[TenTec] Display color

[Ynkedragon at aol.com]

I'm writing from the perspective of being a color-deficient (a/k/a color 
blind) male.  Statistically, guys, 1:10 of us are!  

I prefer a black on white (field) for text presentation; one of my favorite 
monitors was the old original MacIntosh computer.  It's a familiar 
presentation just like the newspapers and books we read.

For graphics, color can add information or meaning--IF THE VIEWER CAN 
PERCEIVE IT.  For example, when I look at the precipitation intensity 
graphics on the Weather Channel, I see the low precipitation and high 
precipitation indications as the same color.  [My artist daughter says there 
is a difference.]  I have had to "tweak" (with the help of a friend) many 
pieces of software just to see the displayed information.  

So, a color display, to be useful to the greatest audience, has to be very 
well designed--considering the several forms of color deficiency--and must 
have variable parameters, too.  

Thus, beyond the cost of a color monitor comes the cost of increased design 
and programming time, and to some users, more problems.

73,  Blair k3yd