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Sim Daltonism is a color blindness simulator for Mac OS X. It filters in real-time the area around the mouse pointer and display the result - as seen by a color blind person - in a floating palette.
What's New
Version 1.0.5:
- Fix for a memory leak introduced in 1.0.4.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later, Millions of colors.
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later, Millions of colors.
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| Downloads:5,153 |
| Version Downloads:402 |
| Type:Home & Personal : Health & Fitness |
| License:Free |
| Date:20 Jun 2011 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price:Free |
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Sim Daltonism is a color blindness simulator for Mac OS X. It filters in real-time the area around the mouse pointer and display the result - as seen by a color blind person - in a floating palette.
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Martin reviewed on 15 Jun 2011
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aljuk reviewed on 05 Sep 2007
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Now I can see what he sees, more or less.
Thanks.
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Jibbe reviewed on 24 Oct 2006
Thanks a lot
Anonymous reviewed on 10 Sep 2005
Anonymous reviewed on 09 Sep 2005
A problem, though. When the display window "Funhouses" (Move the view to the window itself... much like in the sample picture), it starts to chug majorly.
I made the mistake of hitting the button to maximize the window size in an (admittedly foolish) attempt to basically get a more firsthand feeling, where my entire screen would be under the effect.
While my whole screen was indeed colorblind, the problem is that Sim Daltonism is showing Sim Daltonism showing Sim Daltonism showing Sim Daltonism. The screen immediately filled up with menubars and the display window lagged to high hell.
Fortunately, the window functions were still passably responsive and I set the window back to its original size without having to force quit the program or otherwise having it crash.
I think it definitely needs some optimization so it doesn't lag so easily, and it should preferably not show its own window in the display
On the more positive side though:
- It didn't crash during aforementioned full-screen funhousing
- It's an interesting concept
- The fact that I can make more than one window and set the filters independently is great.
As for speed, it was too slow some months ago, now it's fine so I can publish it, but it could still be improved. This software is free, but improvements will surely come sooner if I receive some donations.
Thank you for this insithful comment.
I think a blank rectangle instead of the recursive effect would drastically increase performance, since the funhousing seems to be what makes it chug anyway.
Anonymous reviewed on 09 Sep 2005