DAZ Install Manager feedback

johndoe_36eb90b0

I apologize if this is the wrong category for posting this -- I consider DIM to be a part of Daz Studio so for me it's appropriate to post about it here.

Latest DIM update changes user interface which is frankly a welcome change.

However, in doing so it seems to ignore some accessibility guidelines.

Namely, there doesn't seem to exist support for the dark mode and the colors are all over the place -- blindingly bright background in the list, dark tabs, different shades for different pats of background which look distracting, and finally when you mouse over something in the list the item highlight color contrast against light list background makes it impossible to read for older people.

I'd like to point Daz developers to this resource:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/

Even though it says it's for web, it should apply for application UI too (especially considering most applications today use HTML to render UI).

WCAG 2.1 requires a contrast ratio of at least 3:1 for graphics and user interface components (such as form input borders).

WCAG Level AAA requires a contrast ratio of at least 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text.

This site can be used to check your UI colors to see if you are following those recommendations:

https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

Richard Haseltine

Moved to the Commons as it is not a Daz Studio topic, and there is in fact a trhead on the DIM update(s) here https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/617766/daz-install-manager-dim-1-4-1-19-now-available-updated#latest

johndoe_36eb90b0

Richard Haseltine said:

Moved to the Commons as it is not a Daz Studio topic, and there is in fact a trhead on the DIM update(s) here https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/617766/daz-install-manager-dim-1-4-1-19-now-available-updated#latest

I wasn't aware of that, I will post into that thread if someone from Daz reads it.