Feedback on ISD's Excellent Usability and a Proposal for Color Accessibility/Contrast Issues (Active Green)

[hitobashira]

Congratulations on the release of ISD v0.6!

I am incredibly impressed with ISD's superior visibility and intuitive operation. It truly is a "Gospel" tool that drastically cuts down on the usual command-line hassle.

I have one piece of feedback concerning color accessibility that I believe could significantly boost the tool's wider adoption.

• The Problem:
  The default green color used for active/enabled units is highly difficult to read for me. This is due to a combination of age-related visual changes and general contrast issues (which affect a significant portion of the global male population, about 8-10% in Caucasian communities). This subtle issue might be a barrier preventing broader adoption.

• Reference Example (Custom TUI Solution):
  I also develop my own system monitoring TUI in Rust, so I appreciate the difficulty in UI design. In my tool, I've found that carefully adjusting colors and contrast is essential for readability. For instance, in the header below, I use inversion and color shifting to ensure critical system information (like CPU status and frequency) is legible even from a distance. This kind of UI adjustment is vital for system administration efficiency.

  AMD P-State: guided - powersave 🐰
  🐰 AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (24) 4.695GHz
  

• Humble Proposal (Considering Ease of Implementation):
  I understand that implementing a comprehensive theme system can be a major undertaking. I'd like to propose simpler, less intrusive solutions:

  1. High-Contrast Theme Templates: Could you consider providing high-contrast theme templates or simple configuration examples for popular terminal emulators (WezTerm, Kitty, etc.)? This would allow users to easily override the default ANSI Green with a more discernible color without changing ISD's source code.
  2. Documentation Clarity: Clearly state in the README/docs that ISD's status colors rely on the terminal emulator's ANSI palette, guiding users toward terminal-side customization for better accessibility.

This small adjustment could help ISD become a more inclusive and universally adopted system tool.

I look forward to your continued development!

[welcome]

Thanks for opening your first issue here! 💖

[kainctl]

Hey, I just happened to have reworked the color UI in the latest commit. Please check out the (yet unreleased) version from master and let me know if this improves legibility for you. Otherwise Please see the later comments in #66 for more information and feel free to propose another default theme.

With the latest change isd does not rely on the ANSI palette for the green items in the preview windows.

[kainctl]

PS: Now the fixes have been released in https://github.com/kainctl/isd/releases/tag/v0.6.1

[hitobashira]

Thank you very much for the recent update!

I have tried the latest release and am happy to report that the visibility has significantly improved. The distinction between colors is now clear and much easier for me to use.

I will no longer need to apply custom adjustments for my own environment.

I tested the improvement across several terminal emulators, including:

• wez-term
• ghostty
• ptyxis
• alacritty
• gnome-terminal
• rio

The improvements hold up well across all of them. Great work!

[kainctl]

If you still like to propose a more "accessible" color theme, please do so!

Otherwise, thank you for you feedback and I am happy that it is working for you now 👍