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Posted by Kris Krieger on September 25, 2007, 12:04 pm
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>>> Sorry about that - time for a style upgrade maybe? I did it like
>>> that years ago, so the links could be seen clearly on crappy
>>> screens. Some of the material has been on the net since about 1992.
>>> Black background = all guns off = lower radiation on a CRT.
>>>
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>> True, but is it currently relevant? Not being rude, just suggesting
>> something a bit less jarring.
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> Apparently we now have a general obligation here to design web pages
> that do not unecessarily discriminate against the vision-impaired.
> Some of the charts and graphs on my employer's website have been
> modified to accord with this - eg line-art instead of colours, good
> contrast etc. Begs the question as to the extent that the impairment
> is being caused by looking at all this stuff in the first place :-)
>
Well, that last point is an interesting question ;)
OTOH, there is a difference (albeit not a definite line, more like a
gradient) between something being mroe readable in general, and something
designed for the visually impaired.
It's all a matter of target audience, tho'. If a website is intended to
be accessible to as wide an audience as possible, then yes, work has to
be put into making it clear/readable to as many people as possible. For
example, a site with information about cancer, or how to avoid parasitic
infections, or safety information.
It doesn't seem to me that your target audience would be narrower. Color
doesn't have to be eliminated; OTOH, there are "color-blindness
palettes" online (I think I still have the files, let me know whether
you'd like me to check and send them if I still do), socolors can eb
chosent aht still look good to a general audience, but also look
distinguishable to the majority of people with color-vision impairment.
Generally, tho', it's been noted for years that light text on a dark
background can be difficult for people. One option migh tbe to use a
paint program to do up some simple text buttons with a minimum of colors
and using the web-safe palette, save them as JPG or GIF (not all browsers
can read PNG, esp. older ones, so JPG and GIF offer the greatest
accessibility), and load them into your page.
Dunno whetehr that's of any use but HTH ;)
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