[Slackdocs] images slackware:install

Nocturnal Slacker nocturnal.slacker at hotmail.com
Mon Aug 27 00:29:17 CEST 2012


Let's go ahead and do this, Rodrigo, and see how it looks when finished. :)

~V. T. Eric Layton, Nocturnal Slacker

On 08/26/2012 05:43 PM, Rodrigo Amorim Ferreira wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> How about we see this in a "technical" way? My idea: put side by side,
> both full color screenshot images and B&W screenshots (the images that
> is already present in the SlackDocs Slackware install page).
>
> I think, we have plenty of space to do that in SlackDocs. And better, we
> can attend "three types" of users: those who have color monitor, those
> who don't have color monitor, and those with some kind of visual
> disabilities.
>
> And to better highlight this, we can put some legend in every botton
> part of the images(in text format in the page body). Something like
> this:
>
> "Installation screen of the swap recognition from the '''setup''
> Slackware installation tool, both in full color (left) and B&W (right).
>
> And, one thing that I think we are missing is just the image's legends.
> I think we need to put a legend in every image present in the SlackDocs
> pages, to help users to better understand the steps.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Best Regards.
>
> Rodrigo
>
> On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 15:47 -0400, Nocturnal Slacker wrote:
>> My thoughts are that the actual color screenies would be best. While we
>> are sensitive to people with disabilities, this site cannot possibly
>> modify all its content for every contingency. I'm sure you understand.
>> Moreover, the color blind person would most likely be seeing those same
>> images were they actually doing what the tutorial is teaching on their
>> own systems.
>>
>> ~V. T. Eric Layton, Nocturnal Slacker
>>
>> On 08/26/2012 03:24 PM, Ian Cordasco wrote:
>>> On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 04:04:36PM -0300, Rodrigo Amorim Ferreira wrote:
>>>> I think we can put color images in this tutorial. That way it will be
>>>> better for readers. If users can see the actual Slackware 13.37
>>>> installation images in this tutorial, exactly as they are seeing in the
>>>> installation procedure, it will be the best for everyone.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Is it possible this could negatively affect any colorblind users that might
>>> come across this?
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