Comment 19 for bug 231953

Actually, the bug occurs when I load the context help module package to
work with the software.

I uninstalled the HELP stuff by doing a System Restore and got my
Windows Aero feature back. I am able to use the software suite with no
problem.

Elmer

On 11/25/2013 11:40 AM, <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> *Comment # 3 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71511#c3>
> on bug 71511 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71511> from
> <email address hidden> <mailto:<email address hidden>> *
> > Potential duplicate ofbug 64842 <show_bug.cgi?id=64842>.
> Yes, this does look like a potential duplicate. But sincebug 64842 <show_bug.cgi?id=64842> was filed
> against Ubuntu and not Windows, I wouldn't be sure that the fix for that one
> would fix the similar problem on windows. The offending code for each OS may be
> slightly different.
>
> I've read the comment for change Ia42ca7882f0d2dd1f2a304db5e4b5aaba23244fc.
> This change introduces a serious accessibility flaw for folk with a vision
> disability. I can no longer use later versions of LibreOffice because of this.
> As a developer myself, I would have said that a better fix for the problem
> would have been to correctly detect when Open Office / LibreOffice has been set
> to work in accessibility mode and when so, for the displayed document colours
> to inherit from the underlying high-contrast theme accordingly. When
> LibreOffice is not in set in accessibility mode, then by all means default to
> other more appropriate display colours for the document.
>
> It appears the developer of the patch may misunderstand why (at least in
> Windows) the High-Contrast themes exist and how visually impaired people like
> myself benefit from them.
>
> Various partially sighted or blind people and folk with other visual
> impairments benefit from a custom text foreground and page background colours.
> Setting the host OS to a high-contrast accessibility theme should trigger all
> applications to inherit that theme. There are of course some offending
> applications in Windows that don't this, but most do. Open Office / LibreOffice
> has been particularly good at this in the past - and has been especially useful
> to people with a vision disability with it's ability to adapt to document
> display colours accordingly when accessibility is set to on (this is now
> broken). This has been singly the biggest winning feature for which why I
> choose OpenOffice/LibreOffice over Word.
>
> I suffer from a light sensitivity disorder called Visual Stress for which white
> / light backgrounds on paper and computer screens cause considerable discomfort
> and migraines. This disorder affects 15 - 20 percent of the population at
> varied levels of severity from very mild to extreme. Is is also known as
> Meares-Irlen Syndrome or just Irlen Syndrome. Colour is of extreme importance
> for these people to be able to see and read comfortably. We rely on
> high-contrast OS themes to get around the problem to some extent. White
> background documents and UIs cause these people a multitude of debilitating
> symptoms including migraines, not being able to think straight, loss of some
> co-ordination, irritability, nausea and quite a few others - different for each
> individual.
>
> Please honour high-contrast themes in Windows. They are there for a reason.
>
> In sort, please restore LibreOffice's ability to adhere a document's displayed
> colours to the underlying high-contrast theme, when the applicable
> accessibility settings have been set in the application's preferences.
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