Thank you guys for the comments and replies. I guess the best thing to do is call ahead of time. I see that Apple now advertises the next day availability on the web application.
LillieDesigns: Thank you very much for the advise, and the iPhone is intended as a gift to an uncle - hopefully I'll get mine in a few months.
About the colorblindness gene, it is a recessive trait that is associated with the male gene: that is why it affects men mostly and very few women suffer from the condition. There are levels to the condition, and unfortunately no treatment is available. Some people use filtered spectacles to enhance the colors - I recall there was a late-night infomercial a few years ago that pitched such a product, if I remember Matt Lauer mentioned such glasses on the Today Show. What do you make of
this test?
Deirdre: Yes, in fact the combinations would depend on the material and / or background: the color difference on a bright luminous screen could be different than on paper.
This topic might be more appropriate in the community discussion forum. The issue I raised was about web design, and many publishers do not take the issue seriously even though it affects millions of potential customers - mostly men. It is estimated that 7 to 10% of men (some even propose a higher percentage) suffer from color blindness - in the US this number translates to tens of millions of men. Here is a link to various
Ishihara plates, how do they look to you guys? Ladies?
The issue of not being able to see color can cause problems - some of them innocent, others are more problematic - my boss once told me how his brother drove home with a nice new "red" car, only to be told that it was in fact green. Sometimes, the situation can become drastic and lead to discriminatory practicers: some countries wouldnt issue driving licenses to color blind drivers.
Faustfire: Even though I was referring to web design, where the senses of smell and taste are not involved, but you raise an interesting point. Many people have lost their sense of smell - and the associated sense of taste - due to various conditions, including chronic nasal congestions. How is that different than colorblindness? The answer stems from our human ability to describe colors vs odors. Even using lab techniques, rather than the organs we were born with, our ability to discern various wavelengths of color is far simpler than identifying odors - the former is single degree physical unknown vs a combination of chemicals that yield an outcome which we associate with an object. How do you describe the difference between Chanel #5, chicken soup and fresh paint - other than recalling how they remind you of perfume, food and cyclohexhane? But chicken soup smells different than roast beef, and non of them smell anything like coffee, Chanel doesnt smell like Polo, and cyclohexhanes oder is different than gasoline.
