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[Daniel van Vugt <daniel.van.vugt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

The top area of the browser window is really just a series thin grey
lines on a white background. This is poor design for a few reasons:

  1. Grey and white don't contrast very well, especially thin strips of grey on white.
  2. The grey outlines and symbols are inconsistent in thickness and colour:
     2.1. The X icon is thinner than the + icon beside it, which is a different consistency again to the < button below it.
     2.2. The rounded grey outline around the address is slighly thicker (blurred?) compared to the grey outline delineating the tabs.
  3. Those vision impaired will have a very hard time.
  4. Even those who are not vision impaired will be cognitively slowed by having to interpret the fine grey lines rather than areas of greater contrast.
  5. It looks unprofessional.

** Affects: canonical-devices-system-image
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: ubuntu-ux
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Incomplete


** Tags: a11y unity8-desktop visual-quality

** Also affects: canonical-devices-system-image
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: ubuntu-ux
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Tags added: unity8-desktop

** Changed in: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Description changed:

  The top area of the browser window is really just a series thin grey
  lines on a white background. This is poor design for a few reasons:
  
-   1. Grey and white don't contrast very well, especially thin strips of grey on white.
-   2. The grey outlines and symbols are inconsistent in thickness and colour:
-      2.1. The X icon is thinner than the + icon beside it, which is a different consistency again to the < button below it.
-      2.2. The rounded grey outline around the address is slighly thicker (blurred?) compared to the grey outline delineating the tabs.
-   3. Those vision impaired will have a very hard time.
-   4. Even those who are not vision impaired will be cognitively slowed by having to interpret the fine grey lines rather than areas of greater contrast.
+   1. Grey and white don't contrast very well, especially thin strips of grey on white.
+   2. The grey outlines and symbols are inconsistent in thickness and colour:
+      2.1. The X icon is thinner than the + icon beside it, which is a different consistency again to the < button below it.
+      2.2. The rounded grey outline around the address is slighly thicker (blurred?) compared to the grey outline delineating the tabs.
+   3. Those vision impaired will have a very hard time.
+   4. Even those who are not vision impaired will be cognitively slowed by having to interpret the fine grey lines rather than areas of greater contrast.
+   5. It looks unprofessional.

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Title:
  Thin grey lines on a white background look inconsistent and provide
  poor contrast

Status in Canonical System Image:
  New
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  New
Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  The top area of the browser window is really just a series thin grey
  lines on a white background. This is poor design for a few reasons:

    1. Grey and white don't contrast very well, especially thin strips of grey on white.
    2. The grey outlines and symbols are inconsistent in thickness and colour:
       2.1. The X icon is thinner than the + icon beside it, which is a different consistency again to the < button below it.
       2.2. The rounded grey outline around the address is slighly thicker (blurred?) compared to the grey outline delineating the tabs.
    3. Those vision impaired will have a very hard time.
    4. Even those who are not vision impaired will be cognitively slowed by having to interpret the fine grey lines rather than areas of greater contrast.
    5. It looks unprofessional.

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