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I use my browser on my notebook computer to interact with Mastodon, using the Advanced Web Interface. My instance (mstdn.ca) recently implemented v4.3.0-alpha.0. I was happy to note that the "like" symbol (which Mastodon calls "favorite") no longer depends solely on color: a post not yet "liked" has an outline star, one that is liked has a solid star.
The boost symbol, however, relies primarily on color, though if I hove the cursor over the symbol, a tooltip helps: if the tooltip displays "Unboost," I know the post has been boosted; if it displays "boost," then the post is not (yet) boosted. But in appearance to the colorblind, the symbol doesn't change when boosted or unboosted. (I believe some see it as blue if boosted, black if not, but that is no help for the colorblind.)
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I use my browser on my notebook computer to interact with Mastodon, using the Advanced Web Interface. My instance (mstdn.ca) recently implemented v4.3.0-alpha.0. I was happy to note that the "like" symbol (which Mastodon calls "favorite") no longer depends solely on color: a post not yet "liked" has an outline star, one that is liked has a solid star.
The boost symbol, however, relies primarily on color, though if I hove the cursor over the symbol, a tooltip helps: if the tooltip displays "Unboost," I know the post has been boosted; if it displays "boost," then the post is not (yet) boosted. But in appearance to the colorblind, the symbol doesn't change when boosted or unboosted. (I believe some see it as blue if boosted, black if not, but that is no help for the colorblind.)
I can get by with cursor-hovering to tell the difference, but why does the UX team go with color as the only obvious indicator, given 8% of men — and 4.5% of the world population — are colorblind?
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