Comment on Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: ‘We took steps to protect our users’
zeppo@lemmy.world 6 months agoThe latter article doesn’t cite decreasing contrast ratios, but notes
[Apple’s] guidelines state that you should strive for a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 between the text and background colors. Apple’s white text in a blue bubble (iPhone messages) shows a 3.5:1 contrast ratio, while the white text in a green bubble (non-iPhone messages) manages only a 2.1:1 contrast ratio, less than half the recommended minimum contrast
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I saw that, but that doesn’t state what the other person is stating.
We can ascertain no intent but they assert one as malice which is why I pressed their claim.
zeppo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Do you deduce that Apple did that by accident and never noticed?
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
With no evidence to tell me they did it deliberately I can’t deduce anything, I could jump to conclusions or make assumptions.
I’m not really in the business of that here though, someone made a claim and said there were articles about it then produced two articles which didn’t support their claims at all.
It’s a lot easier to believe they did something then just didn’t give two fucks about fixing it since the colors had become ubiquitous than to believe they deliberately did it to get back at people with a handicap to drive them to use their phones, especially when iMessage itself doesn’t follow the guideline.
Again, all I really care about in this thread is that someone who made bogus assertions about intent was unable to support it at all.
zeppo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Sure, Apple never looked over this interface detail. I’m sure they just never noticed.