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From: jimf@SABER.COM
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Open look vs Motif
Message-ID: <9007051511.AA08299@lance>
Date: 5 Jul 90 15:11:47 GMT
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|	I didn't look closely, but
|	had an impression that it used color to suggest semantics
|	and to guide the user's cognitive focus.

This is A Bad Idea.  A large portion of the male population is
color-blind to some degree.  If you use color to convey information
this segment will be unable to make proper use of your software.

Apple publishes a user interface design guide which touches on this
point (along with a lot of others -- if you do UI work, buy that
book!), and I've come in contact with the problem several times even
in the short time I've been doing user-interfaces.

Color can be an additional guide, but don't make it the only one.

jim frost
saber software
jimf@saber.com