- From: Charles F. Munat <coder@acnet.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 12:19:11 -0600
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, "Joe Night" <joe.night@gateway2000.com>
Joe Night wrote: "Rob's point does need some consideration. You've actually hit the nail on the head. I do have to deal with the "new user" or "confused user" issue. The style sheets help -- but for those who can't or won't turn them off, I could compromise by selecting a brighter color or maybe by working with a typeface that isn't so thin. The green on black doesn't do very good with the "squint" test." After reading Rob's comment about the green on default gray background on MSIE3, I'd have to agree. Although this brings up the old issue of what to do about older browsers. Will we be stuck forever playing work-around games because someone, somewhere might still be using a copy of ReallyOldBrowser 0.9? Not that there aren't a lot of people still using MSIE (I presume), but when can we just start using stylesheets the way they were meant to be used? Sigh. Just a though, but I think it would be nice if the stylesheet override function could be controlled by a button on the toolbar and by a keystroke combination. If I got to a page and I couldn't see everything, I'd like to be able to just hit a key and make everything black text on a white background. I, for one, don't think that you need to make every single thing on every page on your site accessible to every single person using any browser at all. For an important government site, perhaps. But for a photography site? Still, the key issue here as I see it is that these are the LINKS. Without them, users with vision problems may not be able to navigate the site at all. So it might be best to seek a higher contrast there and to save the green on black for some less important element. Also, as you pointed out, using a heavier type family (or using a bolder version of same) might also improve readability. One other point: On your photo descriptions, you might ask someone who hasn't already seen your photos to read the descriptions. Then show him or her the photos. I tried reading ahead without looking at the photos and the descriptions mostly left me with no idea what the photo might be about. This process might give you a better idea. Or ask people to describe the photos to you. This will give you a different perspective on each photo, and might also result in more effective descriptions. Charles Munat Puerto Vallarta
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