Patrick H. Lauke
Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:33:53 -0800
On 31/01/2010 23:23, Andrew Stewart wrote:
My point about OS/browsers is that they can easily adjust the colours displayed to the screen for the whole operating system, which makes the whole computer more useable by colour blind users. Which is a much better solution than spending hours removing reds/greens etc from your site because it can be adjusted for specific users and will work with every website/application.
So it's really not so much "we have hardly any power over what the user sees", but rather "I can't be bothered spending any time looking at the few most common colour combinations that can cause problems for users who are colour blind and avoiding those, so let the OS/Browser deal with it".
True, the OS/Browser/AT can work around your colour choices, but only if you implement them correctly. E.g. they can override colours you set in your CSS, but not in Flash, or in images. So again, you need to actually be aware how to build things properly. Simply saying that it shouldn't be your responsibility is not a carte blanche for not doing anything at all.
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