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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">I thought that MicroType’s Express Customization tool for FrameMaker might be a partial solution to this as it does have customized toolbars with coloured
icons. But alas, the toolbar customization is only available in FrameMaker 8 and earlier. The FrameMaker 9-11 version offers customized menus, but doesn’t change the toolbars.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">I could have sworn that I saw an article or post about a tool that offered coloured icons in the FM 11 toolbars, but I can’t find it in my mail archives and
a Google search was fruitless. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">And that still wouldn’t solve the icky font issue in the tabs.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Maybe somebody who’s good with a programming resource editor could solve this, but it’s beyond my skill level.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Regards</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Keith</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:windowtext"> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sharon Burton<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 20, 2013 3:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> tmuir@spot-on-creative.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Frame 11 Appearance</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">I have spent time with anyone on the TCS team I could find, complaining about the UI for older eyes. It's a perfectly suitable UI for 25 year old eyes and
a perfectly wretched UI for older eyes. The low contrast tiny icons are horrible and make my head hurt after an hour or so. Stronger contrast with color would be the best. Maybe slightly larger icons, since we are there.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">And remember that Tech Comm is typically a second career, meaning by definition we are going to have more older eyes than we might. So, this is the wrong
UI for the user base. They really need to listen to the users on this. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Stop asking the 25 year old developers if they like the UI. Ask the USERS, most of whom are not 25 years old.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">And then don't get me started on the UI for Acrobat.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">The UI for Photoshop probably works for that user base. But it's a mistake to assume all Adobe products have that user base. Because we aren't. But they are
taking that UI and making it the default UI for all products. It's the wrong UI for people not doing intense color work with 25 year old eyes.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Sharon Burton</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">951-369-8590</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.sharonburton.com">www.sharonburton.com</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Twitter: sharonburton</span></p>
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