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Re: Play With Our WebApp - ColorBlindMe

#11

Post by kirubakaran » Fri, Oct 31, 2008, 5:13 PM UTC

mattjung wrote: post #5

Got the following error: http://www.colorblindme.com/static/img_d_80ee3622d58e38042c8...

Sorry about that. We have to turn off all such notifications.

Re: Play With Our WebApp - ColorBlindMe

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Post by crescendo » Fri, Oct 31, 2008, 5:14 PM UTC

Cool idea. One suggestion I would give is to remove the screenshot grabbing process from the post/response cycle and make it asynchronous. Maybe with some kind of ajax landing page that periodically checks for the screenshot's status and then displays it when done. That way, the user gets an instant result which will make the site feel faster. Also, this would eliminate any timeout errors if the screenshot machine is overburdened and takes too long to respond.

Re: Play With Our WebApp - ColorBlindMe

#13

Post by kirubakaran » Fri, Oct 31, 2008, 5:19 PM UTC

crescendo wrote: post #12

Cool idea. One suggestion I would give is to remove the screenshot grabbing process from the post/response cycle and make it asynchronous. Maybe with some kind of ajax landing page that periodically checks for the screenshot's status and then displays it when done. That way, the user gets an instant result which will make the site feel faster. Also, this would eliminate any timeout errors if the screenshot machine is…

Thanks. We'll do that.

Re: Play With Our WebApp - ColorBlindMe

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Post by kirubakaran » Fri, Oct 31, 2008, 5:22 PM UTC

mattjung wrote: post #7

NoBSWebDesign wrote: post #6

Hmm, apparently personalshopper.com uses an invalid security certificate... http://www.colorblindme.com/static/img_s_a104f13f889b73b841b... In your server's Firefox installation, you may want to turn off notifications. And maybe install Flash (or not). http://www.colorblindme.com/static/img_s_f8e133dc8711169cef5...

But what's that personalshopper.com about? I tested for a different site (dezidr.com)...

It happened as we reuse the same instance of Firefox. We'll come up with a fix soon.

Re: Play With Our WebApp - ColorBlindMe

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Post by kirubakaran » Fri, Oct 31, 2008, 5:24 PM UTC

markbao wrote: post #2

Great idea for usability. Bravo. Design could use a bit of work (nothing drastic, just maybe the font). And, you don't need the demo there, since your page is already one.

Thanks! I agree. We'll remove that.

Re: Play With Our WebApp - ColorBlindMe

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Post by kirubakaran » Fri, Oct 31, 2008, 5:27 PM UTC

rsayers wrote: post #3

Cool idea, with a little work this could be a very useful tool for color seeing folk. The method you use could definitely use tweaking though, Ive seen other sites that do this which produce images that look identical to the original to me (im red/green colorblind), but with this there is a significant difference.

Thanks. Yeah it is very much a work in progress.

> (im red/green colorblind)

If it is okay with you, can you please email us at dev@colorblind.com so that we can ask you to test few things for us in the future?

Re: Play With Our WebApp - ColorBlindMe

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Post by visdo » Fri, Oct 31, 2008, 5:29 PM UTC

rsayers wrote: post #3

Cool idea, with a little work this could be a very useful tool for color seeing folk. The method you use could definitely use tweaking though, Ive seen other sites that do this which produce images that look identical to the original to me (im red/green colorblind), but with this there is a significant difference.

Then the method does not work because you see significant difference.

Re: Play With Our WebApp - ColorBlindMe

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Post by mattjung » Fri, Oct 31, 2008, 5:38 PM UTC

kirubakaran wrote: post #14

mattjung wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But what's that personalshopper.com about? I tested for a different site (dezidr.com)...

It happened as we reuse the same instance of Firefox. We'll come up with a fix soon.

No prob. Don't want to forget to tell you that the idea is great.

Re: Play With Our WebApp - ColorBlindMe

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Post by LogicHoleFlaw » Fri, Oct 31, 2008, 5:51 PM UTC

Interestingly to me, the site of my old university sci-fi club looks almost exactly the same in both modes.

Maybe that navy-and-grey color scheme was good for something after all.

Re: Play With Our WebApp - ColorBlindMe

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Post by mwerty » Fri, Oct 31, 2008, 5:53 PM UTC

A few points: The transform we use loses color/detail and could be prettier. There are better methods that are less lossy (and more proprietary) but this kinds/sorta works. We'll probably swap out a better one eventually (supporting other colorblindness types).

The whole architecture of taking screen shots is very hacky. We were thinking of a firefox addon to automate stuff (we could also deliver the whole screen and maybe enable flash/javascript) but would love to hear other ideas.

Atleast partially inspired by a post by Chris from wufoo: http://particletree.com/features/interfaces-and-color-blindn.... Not a bad way to spend a few evenings :) and we'd love to get some HN feedback/ideas of other related things we could do.