According to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) they mostly do not have enough contrast. Only 1 out of 8 tests gets a pass. But the dark blue text on light gray background mostly passes. In essence, we should be comparing icons to whole words, not individual letters. So using text-contrast tools might not give the right answer. Spacing, amount and complexity These icons have ample whitespace. Not only inside the button itself, but also between the buttons. Paragraph text consists of many more symbols, densely packed. Even a title is usually a dozen or so characters versus just five icons By that metric, these icons are very large 'words', so they fall outside of the "Normal Text" and "Large Text" categories. (fun sidenote, even the red text of that color contrast checker is bigger than the listed categories) Icons also tend to have different kinds of shapes. Letters/fonts tend to be line-based, single-object, and have a more consistent distribution.

Whereas icons are more often multiple shapes (all except GPS in this case), and they have larger, more distinct shapes (triangle of the speaker, triangle of the arrow), and can ave very different weight distribution (compact speaker icon, hollow screen-rotation icon). Based on what I said earlier (look at words, not letters) that difference is even stronger. If a line in a letter is thinner than one in a letter-sized icon, the difference is even larger with a word-sized icon. It's like comparing Chinese and English: While the symbols are more complex and need to be printed larger, you also need less. Even in comparison to the text in your screenshot, and ignoring the difference in pixelsize between my PC and your phone. So what I currently see, what's big enough for me, might not be good enough for a phone. While not unusable, it looks slightly too low contrast to be nice. It's both too complex and not enough contrast. I don't as much mean the complexity of the icons, those are fine.

Except perhaps the lock symbol on the screen rotation icon. Anyway - the complexity is in the color palette: There are (at least) 8 main colors in that screenshot, some nearly indiscernible. 4in1 auto robot robotic floor vacuum cleaner sweeper reviewsWhy are the bottom background, right half of the brightness slider, and the faded color of the GPS icon not the same? miele s2111 cylinder vacuum cleanerThey should be and at a glance they seem to be, but as my palette shows, they're not.vax mach zen vacuum cleaner review Here's a quick edit that both adresses contrast/legibility, and the unnecessarily large palette. It's also arguably easier to process and easier on the eyes because I unified each buttons' colors.

And I believe it's more balanced due to not having the big void caused by much whitespace. By increasing the amount of colored pixels, you increase the contrast of that object versus the background. This makes it much easier to discern the type of blue. It also removes two colors; white, and light-ish gray. So now you've only got 3 colors for the background and buttons instead of 5. Furthermore it creates a slightly stronger link between used/unused options. The ⛭ and V menus are dark blue, and they're possibilities you currently don't use. So I've made that the inactive button color, whereas active settings are bright blue. (I just notice that the tickbox for auto-brightness could also be bright blue.) Another tweak, replacing the bright blue with the dark blue, and using medium for the inactive buttons. Yet more simple, only 4 colors, but I feel it's a bit flat and faded overall - even after making the dark blue a bit more saturated. The difference between active and inactive toggles is easier to see now, but the link of 'unused' between inactive toggles and the ⛭ V menu options is lost.

Posts 491 Posts Global Posts 494 Global Posts Double Text Messages I can find where people are receiving text messages twice but can't find anything about people "sending" text messages twice. So, my brother started letting me know that he was getting some of my sms/mms messages twice. I asked around to several folks that I text often and they reported the same thing (some on AT&T and others on V). When first notified of the issue I thought it was a GO sms issue so I uninstalled and started using Handcent. The same issue is popping up. I contacted AT&T and they said they had no idea. The messages aren't showing up as being sent twice so I'm not sure if there is an issue with the stock text program and add-on programs. I never had any complaints with the N1 using Handcent or GO. Posts 1,377 Posts Global Posts 2,966 Global Posts I've been using Handcent since I picked up the phone, but so far no one has mentioned I'm sending msgs twice. Let me ask around. Okay, sorry for the extra late response.

No one claims to have been getting double texts :\ Posts 93 Posts Global Posts 104 Global Posts Originally Posted by jess.hickey If you have the stock text messaging app on any of your home screens remove it. Then go into the handcent settings and make sure the following are checked. Is your brother also on android? This resolved the issue for me. Posts 491 Posts Global Posts 494 Global Posts ^ Yes, my brother and the two other people that reported receiving duplicate messages are all on android. Posts 93 Posts Global Posts 104 Global Posts If they are also using other text apps aside from the stock app that came their phone, they should turn off auto-retrieve on the stock app. This was happening between my wife and myself and removing the text message app from the homescreens and checking the settings I mentioned fixed it. Hey Jess, I'm not sure if this could be related in any way whatsoever, but I just realized there's a setting in Handcent that says "Checkmark this box if your phone has trouble and sends messages twice when rebooted" or something like that.

Have you seen it? Mine's left unchecked, but maybe you should toy with it on and off? Posts 673 Posts Global Posts 1,199 Global Posts Sorry, I am not having that issue. If the above post doesn't fix it, a wild shot in the dark here.....but I just left Sprint b/c of coverage issues. i know you are AT&T and you said others are on Verizon, but same principal here...I had horrible service here with Sprint, they have been having network issues for several weeks. Anyways, long story, but side result of the bad network was that texts came through two at a time. Is there any time delay in when you send it and when they receive them both? There was always a delay and then 2 would pop through. Posts 491 Posts Global Posts 494 Global Posts Originally Posted by jonneh yeah, i saw that. i've now gone back to go and haven't had the issue after following some of the other steps listed here. thanks for pointing it out though! negative...they would both pop up instantly. the person on V that complained about it lives in a spotty coverage area but my brother normally gets 3-5 bars.

no one has mentioned anything in the past 24 hr or so so whatever it is/was might be fixed thanks to rec's made by the helpful folks on this site. Posts 491 Posts Global Posts 494 Global Posts Originally Posted by flrtnbrtn Jess, as an Andriod Expert, I would expect you to know this. It never ceases to amaze me that people will tinker with their phones, add apps, load software, even unlocking or jailbreaking their phones and still want to point fingers everywhere else, especially at the network, because their phone doesn't work.... Also I pulled this from the GO SMS App description on the Andriod Market website. The actual app has more detailed info. -Please refer to "Help" in GO SMS menu. -For "wrong timestamp on incoming text", it is caused by using network time,please try to change the timeoffset or change message sort type in GO SMS's settings -For "receiving messages twice", it is not done by GO SMS, but caused by other SMS app. /details?i...=search_result And as someone that hasn't posted but once, it doesn't suprise me that you didn't take the time to read the whole thread and to see what my actual issue was.

I'm not complaining about me receiving double notifications or me receiving double messages. I am complaining about people I send messages to receiving them twice.Please read the first post before jumping on people. They said that people are receiving their text message twice, not receiving two notifications. Your suggestions have to do with notifications on the senders phone, not the recieving party getting two texts. As someone who is jumping down peoples throats, you might want to read first. And the person you are referring to as an expert, he/she is not calling themselves an expert, that is the forum assigning that based on number of posts. Please bring you anger elsewhere, we are here to help others, not be negative about other people's opinions. Posts 2,164 Posts Carrier CodeName Android 1.5.5 keep things on topic, folks. no reason for things to get derailed on a simple question topic There should be the addition of a dislike button, where in situations where it has reached maybe 15-20 dislikes, it is hidden as "spam" and only viewable if the user clicks to see that post.

To keep this on topic...Jess, how are things working now with Go SMS installed over Handcent? It's been awhile since the change, right? Nobody saying they have 2 msgs from you? Yeah, I'm still having the issue. But I have noticed that there is something that happens when the person receives the double text. Once I hit send on the message, most messages will just appear in the thread once they are sent (or will show up in the thread with an envelope flashing showing it is being sent). Well, on messages that end up being received double, the message kinda flickers on the screen when I hit send...almost like a pop up for fractions of a second...then I get a message back letting me know that got that one doubled. Ahh, I'm not too worried about it at this point. It's happened in Go and Handcent. I tried stock for a day or two and just couldn't handle it. My brother and a couple of other people will have to deal with getting double messages once a day I suppose. Posts 3 Posts Re: Double Text Messages

not to bring back a dead thread but i have go sms on a froyo atrix and am having the same issue of sending duplicate texts. was this ever fixed? Originally Posted by Sirpoozalot How do you turn off auto-retrieve? I recently started using Handcent because my plan only allows a limited number of text messages and I have been going way over limit. I tried to increase my allowance, but I would lose my unlimited data in the process. I have been using Handcent for a week or so, but it is still using up my limited text messages. When I open the stock messaging app I see all of my recent text messages there. I have read that I need to disable auto-retrieve in the stock app, but the setting seems to be missing from the menu. I have even seen screenshots showing the option, but it's not there on my Atrix. Posts 1 Posts Re: Double Text Messages For about 2 weeks I have been getting texts twice. I have AT&T as my provider. I don't have an android either. I have an iPhone. So it sounds like the problem isn't phone specific or network specific....