I’m getting complaints about the faint grey font now being used in the mail box. Someone suggested blithely just pointing users at this document http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/dominowiki.nsf/dx/how-to-modify-font-and-color-properties-of-unreadread-documents-in-notes-8.0.2 to which I went, as if!!!
Am I missing something under preferences where users can just set to font colour back to the bog-standard, ordinary black colour? Or maybe in group policies?
Subject: Check Themes
Try File - Preferences - Windows and Themes - Theme Section switch to OS theme instead of Notes 8 Theme
Subject: Um
Well that changes the font alright – and 9,000 other things LOL.
We wuz just looking for a basic, bog-standard black font back.
Subject: light grey font in mail
Nice thought by the 19 year old designers, but I’m getting feedback from 40 year old + users that it is just really causing accessibility issues.
They don’t need anything else changed about the mail template, and find the built in accessibility options really hard-core and over the top. They just want a crisp black font back instead of a blurry grey one.
I’ve been through the inbox folder in designer. All the columns are set to black as the colour.
So nothing I can do there.
I gather that, if, in all my spare time, I were to visit every machine in the office and at users’ home offices in far-flung suburbs, I could monkey with some jar files installed locally on machines. But say I don’t actually have all that theoretical spare time? How can I improve accessibility by just getting the black colour back, and do it centrally?
Subject: Complaint about light grey font within in-box for read email
Hi,
Thought I would add to the list that users are not happy about the light grey being used for read emails, and black for all other folders.
IBM this has been raised as PMR #: 58891 (by another user on notes.net). Can this be addressed ASAP please so that the inbox uses a black font for read emails as per all other folders.
Thanks
Ian
Subject: Any news?
Is there any news on this issue?This light grey is really annoying.
Does anyone have a hint how to modify Notes 8 Themes?
Subject: fixed in 8.5.3
In 8.5.3, there is a new preference under “Fonts and Colors”, which allows the user to choose the color, size, and bold/plain text for the fonts in the Mail application. These attributes can be applied independently to unread and read messages.
Subject: IBM is trying hard to get rid of over 40 y/o users
It is not just the Notes inbox that has the small grey or light font problem. IBM web sites including this forum has the same problem. IMHO IBM is just trying to get anyone over 40 to switch to a different product.