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28 Oct 2021, 06:33 AM | #1 |
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Calendar Hard to See for Colorblind Folks
I'm partially colorblind, and have serious issues seeing calendar entries; particularly those that span multiple days (as there aren't any words). I have no problems with seeing my events in Google Calendar as they use white letters on colored backgrounds, and not same color family text on same color family background as in FM. And for multiple day events, the colors Google uses are much darker, and therefore easier to see on a white background.
I know I'm in the minority -- I'm assuming most FM users are not colorblind -- so I wouldn't necessarily request a complete feature change. But I am curious if anyone has developed a Stylish/CSS (or whatever) profile that makes the calendar entries more visible. TIA! |
28 Oct 2021, 10:16 AM | #2 |
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Editing a calendar to change the color
Fastmail allows you to edit the colors of your calendars. Here are the directions when viewing on a PC with a browser. I used Firefox to develop these steps:
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28 Oct 2021, 07:43 PM | #3 |
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Thanks, Bill. The custom colors do help multi-day events stand out slightly better, but it doesn't change the situation of, for example, blue text on darker blue background or yellow text on darker yellow background. I'm shade deficient, so most combinations are extremely difficult to see (if at all).
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29 Oct 2021, 04:45 AM | #4 |
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In Settings>Preferences, have you tried each of the 5 display color themes?
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2 Nov 2021, 10:07 PM | #5 |
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Yeah, the dark theme helps quite a bit, which is great for the calendar. But I don't care for it when viewing email. (Too bad we can't have different themes for the different "applications".)
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3 Nov 2021, 05:48 AM | #6 |
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The browser I use (Pale Moon) isn't 'chromium based' so I can't use any of the supplied themes. The Fastmail UI tells me I need to update my browser, which isn't actually true. I just need to use a browser which doesn't follow web specs too closely and allows 'updated' browsers to skirt by. Since I refuse to use another browser, I just use the Fastmail light theme (or whatever the default is called) and an add-on that lets me choose whether to use 'a simple stylesheet' or an 'inverted color mode'.
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4 Nov 2021, 12:01 AM | #7 |
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4 Nov 2021, 12:10 AM | #8 |
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11 Nov 2021, 04:42 AM | #9 |
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So for anyone interested (that has this problem in the future), I ended up going with Dark Reader. Makes a huge difference. Thanks!
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11 Nov 2021, 05:17 AM | #10 |
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I have Dark Reader installed in Edge, even though I rarely use that browser. I use Night Light, which is basically a blue light filter, on my phone.
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