- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:49:42 -0500
- To: site-comments@w3.org
Dave Allen Barker Jr wrote: > > Well done! > > Only two weeks later, and a qick paruse has shown the issue I raised > fixed by the fine folks at the W3C. > > Ah, the power of the stylesheet... > > > My default foreground and background colors for web browsing happen to > > be unconventional (foreground: #cccccc, background: #000000). With this > > scheme, I found areas of the W3C's site serve me poorly, as they do not > > follow the W3C's own recommendations for accessibility. The result is > > poor (light gray on white) (or with particular colors, zero) contrast > > between foreground and background colors. > > > > I refer to the lack of implementation of item 9.1 "Color Contrast" in > > the "CSS Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0" ( > > http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-CSS-TECHS/#style-color-contrast ), > > specifically the last line, "Ensure that foreground and background > > colors contrast well. If specifying a foreground color, always specify a > > background color as well (and vice versa)." > > > > While composing this email, I found examples of this nonconformance in: > > http://www.w3.org/ > > http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/ > > http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-CSS-TECHS/ > > > > Although the site (well, at least the homepage) bares only WAI-AA > > conformance, and the issue I'm raising is Priority 3, is there a good > > reason it hasn't been implemented? I applaud what the W3C is trying to > > do, and would like to see you take the lead in implementation! :^) > > > > Thank you. -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 831 457-2842 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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