[hobbit] "Hobbit" name legal stuff; slight name change will happen

[Josh Luthman]

Shapes is what I was going for (plus for positive, minus or an X for
negative, circle for neutral.

Josh Luthman
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Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
--- Henry Spencer


On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Ward, Martin <Martin.Ward at colt.net> wrote:

>  The issue with colour blindness is that it's not the same for everyone.
> Some people can't see red, others can't see green, still others can't see
> easily see blue (simplified, but close enough for this discussion).
>
> So, we could try and include multiple colour schemes, multiple shape
> schemes, or both.
>
> For the sake of simplicity I reckon on the multiple shapes idea (or simply
> changing the shapes that we currently use, but it's nice to be
> given choices).
>
> |\/|artin
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Galen Johnson [mailto:Galen.Johnson at sas.com]
> *Sent:* 11 August 2008 16:11
> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> *Subject:* RE: [hobbit] "Hobbit" name legal stuff; slight name change will
> happen
>
>  If you've ever been to a real NOC, you'll notice that they usually have a
> large set of displays that are set up around the room for viewing problems
> at a glance.  I can understand where they would be viewing from a distance.
>
>
>
> Ideally, to aid color blind folks (I work with a guy that has Macular
> Degeneration and requires a special application that reverses his video) and
> those that are visually impaired, the icon set should have different shapes
> associated with them as well.  I'd have to go look but I think Steve
> Aiello's set on The Shire are this way.
>
>
>
> =G=
>
>
>
> *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, August 11, 2008 10:08 AM
> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] "Hobbit" name legal stuff; slight name change will
> happen
>
>
>
> I'm sorry...from a distance?
>
> It's a computer screen, not a TV.
>
> You can make your own custom smilies anyways.  Just overwrite the images.
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
> Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> --- Henry Spencer
>
>  On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Stef Coene <stef.coene at docum.org> wrote:
>
> On Saturday 02 August 2008, Thomas Leavitt wrote:
> > My wife is a professional web/graphic designer.
> >
> > I'll ask her to play around with creating another set of icons, although
> > Steve's should be acceptable to the PHB types.
> >
> > I do have to say that no one here has grumbled at me about the name or
> > the iconss.
>
> I received some remarks from some of my collegaes.  4 of them have color
> blindness and it's very dificult to see the differences between the smileys
> from a distance.
>
>
> Stef
>
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