Comments on: New monitor promises to make the web more visible to colorblind individuals http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071127/new-monitor-promises-to-make-the-web-more-visible-to-colorblind-individuals/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:02:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jim http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071127/new-monitor-promises-to-make-the-web-more-visible-to-colorblind-individuals/comment-page-1/#comment-321451 Jim Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:40:40 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071127/new-monitor-promises-to-make-the-web-more-visible-to-colorblind-individuals/#comment-321451 I'm a colorblind engineer and usually have great difficulty with color coded charts and graphs. I found a great software that lets you manipulate the colors on the screen and even highlight them by name. It's called "eyepilot" by Tenebraex and you can demo it. It worked well enough for me that I bought it. Check it out, it's cheaper than a new monitor. I’m a colorblind engineer and usually have great difficulty with color coded charts and graphs. I found a great software that lets you manipulate the colors on the screen and even highlight them by name. It’s called “eyepilot” by Tenebraex and you can demo it. It worked well enough for me that I bought it. Check it out, it’s cheaper than a new monitor.

]]> By: Tom http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071127/new-monitor-promises-to-make-the-web-more-visible-to-colorblind-individuals/comment-page-1/#comment-321445 Tom Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:07:37 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071127/new-monitor-promises-to-make-the-web-more-visible-to-colorblind-individuals/#comment-321445 Me too. Red/Green are my trouble colors. I didn't even know till 8th Grade. Me too. Red/Green are my trouble colors. I didn’t even know till 8th Grade.

]]> By: Fred http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071127/new-monitor-promises-to-make-the-web-more-visible-to-colorblind-individuals/comment-page-1/#comment-321440 Fred Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:51:46 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071127/new-monitor-promises-to-make-the-web-more-visible-to-colorblind-individuals/#comment-321440 Hey Chris, it's Fred (I used to write here a bit). I'm a designer, and I too am colorblind (a fun mixture of issues in the blue/purple, and orange/red/green/brown area) so you can pretty well guess I fight a daily battle. I can't truly fathom what difference they're going to bring to monitors, as, well,, we simply can't see the changes (ok, they can simply raise the contrast, but it doesn't help us to see as others see (unless you shift the whole light spectrum to match up to others colors, and to do that each screen would have to be individually calibrated). I too would love to give it a try, but there's a reason its called color blind, it's because we cannot see certain colors, (Without tricking ourselves). Plus, how would we do photoshop correctly (I already use the eyedropper to prove what I think is a certain color, is indeed in the color wheel where I think it should be). We'll see! Hey Chris, it’s Fred (I used to write here a bit).

I’m a designer, and I too am colorblind (a fun mixture of issues in the blue/purple, and orange/red/green/brown area) so you can pretty well guess I fight a daily battle.

I can’t truly fathom what difference they’re going to bring to monitors, as, well,, we simply can’t see the changes (ok, they can simply raise the contrast, but it doesn’t help us to see as others see (unless you shift the whole light spectrum to match up to others colors, and to do that each screen would have to be individually calibrated).

I too would love to give it a try, but there’s a reason its called color blind, it’s because we cannot see certain colors, (Without tricking ourselves).

Plus, how would we do photoshop correctly (I already use the eyedropper to prove what I think is a certain color, is indeed in the color wheel where I think it should be).

We’ll see!

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