RE: Table contrast ratio

… and perhaps a monolithic table might not be the best way to present this data in order for it to meet user needs/be suitable for specific user tasks????



From: Michellanne Li <michellanne.li@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, May 3, 2019 2:17 AM
To: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
Cc: WAI IG <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Table contrast ratio

Just spitballing here, but how about instead of borders, you used background colors with a 3:1 contrast to one another for alternating rows?

Michellanne Li
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On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 10:19 AM Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk<mailto:redux@splintered.co.uk>> wrote:
Would the table be visually clear if the borders were completely
removed? Or would it be very difficult to work out where one cell/row
starts and another one ends?

If, with borders removed, the table becomes a confusing mess, then I'd
say non-text contrast 3:1 should be applied. Basically, if the non-text
"thing" is needed to understand visually what's going on, it should
follow the ratio.

And saying "it's essential that the border be faint as otherwise it's
too visually busy" (if I understand what you're trying to get at
correctly) is not really what the "essential" clause is about.

In my view, anyway...

P
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