[Microbit-Python] Python editor designs from Steve

[David Whale]

Looks cool, but...

Can we have a user settable option to make the background white and the
text the same colours as used by IDLE? Also for UX accessibility guideline
compliance, you may have to provide either an alternative colour scheme, or
a way for users to configure the colour scheme to their linking,
specifically supporting at least one 'high contrast' scheme for visually
impaired users.

It's really hard for visually impaired people to read that black background
design, to be honest.

Thanks!

David


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David Whale, B.Sc (Hons), MIET
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On 27 October 2015 at 10:47, Nicholas H.Tollervey <ntoll at ntoll.org> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Here is a link to a screenie of Steve's current design for the Python
> editor (I've added Steve to this list):
>
> http://ntoll.org/static/images/py-editor-dark.png
>
> Apart from a couple of textual changes I've already fed back to Steve, I
> think we're definitely on the right track. If you remember, Steve was
> asked to create something that looked "Pythonic", would appeal to 11yo
> kids and be simple to use. It should also look "cool" (for some
> definition of "cool") in a way that complements the BBC micro:bit's design.
>
> The next steps are to send this to the BBC branding and UX compliance
> teams to ensure we're meeting the partnership requirements. Once this is
> done we can apply the styling to the existing editor and get the thing
> into TouchDevelop.
>
> Yay! Many thanks and congratulations to Steve for such amazing work.
>
> Feedback welcome..!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Nicholas.
>
>
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