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Contrast - Red & Green
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The desktop client uses very light colored red and green to indicated deletes and additions, I’m not sure if I’ve always been color blind, but trying to see the difference between the two colors is nearly impossible for me. I really like the client, it’s simple to use and it is helping me learn source control, but this color thing is becoming a real hurdle to get passed. Would it be possible to get settings to adjust colors or contrast, or to have a dark mode so that the reds and greens stand out more? Thank you so much for all you do in providing this website and control and collaboration.
Version
GitHub Desktop version: 1.0.3
OS version: Windows 10
Steps to Reproduce
- open repo, make adds and deletes, hard to see if colorblind
Expected behavior: able to see difference between green and red on screen
Actual behavior: everything looks white
Reproduces how often: always, I think I’m colorblind
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Additional Information
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 6 years ago
- Reactions:1
- Comments:6 (2 by maintainers)
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Hey @mrwompin, thanks for writing in! There’s an issue tracking a dark mode (https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/1515) and while it’s not part of our current roadmap we’ll be revisiting, and consider it again when planning for future releases.
I’m curious if you find that the red/green contrast of diffs on GitHub.com are any easier for you to pick apart? Ours are definitely a bit paler than them and I see no real need for them to be. Firing up my red-green confusion simulator I can definitely see that the contrast leaves a lot to be desired. I’m gonna take a look at this and see if we can’t improve the situation a little at least.
I’d also like to chime in here, the slightly darker green/red diff colors in the old Github Mac app were definitely nicer and easier to see than the current pale colors. I can imagine this is even harder on cheaper screens or monitors with lower contrast.
+1 for making them a bit darker 👍
Edit: for comparison this is how the new vs the old colors compare:
New app:
Old app:
The font in the new app is also lighter and smaller, further adding to the difficulties in reading it.