alt Hacker NewsPro-tip: there are browser extensions able to simulate various kinds of color blindness.
That is better then a random friend, because a.) there are various kinds of colorblindness b.) you wont ask the random friend to work for your company for free.
Pro-tip: there are browser extensions able to simulate various kinds of color blindness.
That is better then a random friend, because a.) there are various kinds of colorblindness b.) you wont ask the random friend to work for your company for free.
On the other hand, the random friend generally has a great deal of experience with what interventions help and don't help.
A filter shader generally won't tell you that substituting white for green in a red/green indicator is a great option, or that a colour that they can “see” is still ambiguous when you have to describe it: “I'm clicking the purple button, but it's not doing anything” “Purple? There's no purple in the app!”