> On 03/28/2008 03:34 PM, Ivan M wrote: >> The problem is that if we increase the contrast of the tabs, we draw >> more attention to them and thus make the page seem busier and more >> cluttered, confusing the visitor. >> >> Actually, the thing I was more worried about more was the current >> download button - it doesn't really fit in as much with the new >> design, it looks more like a remnant of the old design. I've made a >> different download button, keeping it reasonably similar in appearance >> with the current one, but updating it to fit in more with the new >> design: you can see it at test.openoffice.org (by clicking the >> download action statement). This variation is more semantic as well, >> using <h3> and <p> tags instead of <span> and <p>. >> >> If someone wants to update the homepage to reflect this, all you need >> to do is replace the CSS in the current homepage with the CSS in the >> test index page (all of it - I've updated the image paths to be the >> same as the current homepage), and the same thing with the JavaScript >> (I've changed the version to 2.4.0 so you can just copy and paste it >> over) >> >> - Ivan. > > Better thanks. I'm unsure how this change will appear to color blind > visitors; it certainly is easier to find for me. It also might help if > the text in the box were bolded or black, so that when the the mouse > passes over the box the text stands out more prominently against the > background. Hopefully someone with Accessability experience can offer > advise from this point onward. >
To view a page as if color-blind, see this site: http://colorfilter.wickline.org/ I'm also in the camp of "make the contrast greater" -- search is a *very* important feature of a web site; you don't want it nearly invisible. > Thanks again. > > Gary > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
