On 2018-06-25 23:25:27 William Morder wrote:
> On Monday 25 June 2018 14:15:18 J Leslie Turriff wrote:
> > On 2018-06-25 01:08:32 William Morder wrote:
> > > I can't imagine that I am 100 years old, but I can imagine that I am
> > > 60, and have already begun to feel the ravages of time on my body. It
> > > also is a pain to use computer screens that are designed by and for
> > > young people.
> >
> > 	One of the reasons I'm not using KDE4/Plasma is that there are no
> > HiColor icons available there (AFAIK), just the wishy-washy pastel ones
> > that imitate Windoze.  Their contrast is so poor it's hard for me to
> > distinguish one icon from another in many cases.  As you say, today's
> > desktops are designed for young people, by young people, and the
> > limitations due to aging or other disabilities are not thought of, while
> > they seem to be concentrating on eye-candy instead of functionality.
> >
> > Leslie
>
> Old people have less disposable income, so there's no reason to waste time
> designing systems for them to use when they can't afford them anyway. Also,
> old people tend to die sooner than young people, so it's a shrinking
> market.
>
> Bill
	Oh, thank you very much. :-)
>
>
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