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Edge Color Limitations for Workspaces
For anyone else frustrated by Microsoft's changes to the Edge Workspace color picker, I want to call attention to the fact that this represents a change beyond just the aesthetic and affects user accessibility.
Previously, Edge allowed users to customize workspace colors by adjusting hue, saturation, and brightness/lightness. The ability to assign highly distinguishable colors to different Workspaces was an important accessibility accommodation that helped users visually identify working environments, stay organized, and work effectively.
If this change has affected your accessibility needs, please consider reporting it to Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk.
Enterprise Disability Answer Desk (eDAD):
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/edad/
Microsoft has a dedicated process for reporting accessibility barriers. Explain how you relied on customizable workspace colors, how the change affects you, and why the current options don't provide an equivalent accommodation.
The request ought to be rather simple: Restore the previous color picker, or provide equivalent controls over hue, saturation, and brightness/lightness so users can choose workspace colors that meet their individual accessibility needs.
This functionality already existed. Its removal has created an unnecessary barrier for disabled users who depended on it.