- From: Philip 'Yes, that's my address' Newton <nospam.newton@gmx.net>
- Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 11:33:51 +0200
- To: wai-wcag-editor@w3.org
Hi, I am currently reading through your "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines". Good idea. I have a comment on Guideline 2: "Don't rely on color alone". Your checkpoints say "Ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup." and "Ensure that foreground and background color combinations provide sufficient contrast when viewed by someone having color deficits or when viewed on a black and white screen." May I suggest adding something along the lines of "Ensure that if you specify any one of foreground, background, and link colours, you specify them all."? Otherwise we might have the following scenario: Most graphical browsers have a white or light grey background by default, on which black text shows up well. So page author A might choose to specify that the body of his document be rendered in black. However, user B might have set his browser to display white text on a black background by default. Because A overrode the default with black text, B will see black text on a black background. This wouldn't have happened if A had specified both foreground and background colours. Sincerely, Philip Newton
Received on Friday, 7 May 1999 05:33:00 UTC