Colorblind Accessibility & Legend Clarification

Author: chief-finanigansCreated Sep 16, 2026Updated Sep 16, 2026
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Describe the feature or improvement

Using this software for the first time, I found that I couldn't distinguish between Recommended and Not Recommended apps on the App Removal page. With my version of colorblindness, the colors look virtually identical.

  • Suggestion 1: Adopt a colorblind friendly palette such as blue/yellow/red for the legend and app indicators.

  • Suggestion 2: Use shape in addition to color to convey meaning. For example, recommended apps could be denoted with a blue circle, optional with a yellow triangle, and not recommended with a red octagon.

  • Suggestion 3: Increase the size of dots/icons. Larger visual area can aid in differentiating colors.

On a related note, the meaning of Recommended and Not Recommended was not immediately obvious. I eventually discovered that a tooltip would pop up if I hovered over the legend entries, but it might be clearer if "Recommended" became "Safe to Uninstall" and "Not Recommended" became "Uninstall Not Recommended".

Examples

Here's an example I whipped up with Antigravity.

An alternative implementation using Segoe Fluent Icons and AppFgColor so it works in both light and dark mode.

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