[BlindRUG] BlindRUG Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1

[Jonathan Godfrey]

Hello,

The request for a dark theme in `ggplot2` could probably be handled as an issue on the GitHub site. I did think there was a dark theme of some sort though, so perhaps the description needs to be more informative. FWIW, I don't live in this space so I can't do justice to a low-vision person's request without understanding what the limitations of the current options are. I would need help.

WRT RStudio: This will get a mention if/when necessary, but I'm pretty confident the issue is known and not likely to be resolved in this setting (if at all).

More ideas please everyone,
Jonathan

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Subject: Re: [BlindRUG] BlindRUG Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1

Dear Jonathan

I support your list. The only two suggestions i'd add are not base R
issues, but may still be worth airing depending on who is present:

- RStudio accessibility (an old issue i know, but i think poor RStudio
accessibility is still a barrier to entry for some people when it
comes to R.)

- And it would be great if just one of the themes included in
ggplot2() can be a high contrast dark theme (i.e. black panels and
background with white lines). This is also a barrier to entry issue
since at least some people with low vision first have to figure out
how to mannually change plot attributes before they can use the most
popular plotting package in R.

Thanks
Marcus






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