- From: Matthew Smith <matt@smiffytech.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:16:12 +1030
- To: Ginger Claassen <ginger.claassen@gmx.de>, WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Quoth Ginger Claassen at 16/02/10 20:04... > I have a small problem. Currently I am working on my website and I was > thinking about color coding the links on the site - one color for > external links and one for links to content on my site. If the contrast > is sufficient enough staying in the suggested range would this still be > accessible for people who suffering from color blindness? I am not an expert on colour-blindness, but would suspect that this would not be clear. If you can, try viewing the page on a monochrome monitor, where the different colours would be different shades of grey. I know I'm out of date and still using WCAG 10, but: <http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/#gl-color> If you are trying to make a visual differentiation, why not style the link in a way which makes this more obvious, such as with a background image? A good example of this is that employed by Wikipedia - look at the external links at the bottom of articles. But the biggest issue that springs to mind is what happens in a non-visual context? How are you going to convey this information to screen reader users, for instance? Just something else to consider. Cheers M -- Matthew Smith Smiffytech - Technology Consulting & Web Application Development Business: http://www.smiffytech.com/ Blog/personal: http://www.smiffysplace.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/smiffy Skype: msmiffy Twitter: @smiffy
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