I said yes, but the general consensus to that on IRC was strongly leaving toward just theming the doku we have.
On Thu, Nov 16, 2017, 5:38 PM jaquilina <jaquil...@eagleeyet.net> wrote: > Hi guys this is something I can contribute to in terms of website. and I > can even host it if you all so desire. Question is do you want this > built off a framework, such as wordpress where it will be easy to > include a forums section or something custom built? > > On 2017-11-16 22:26, Stephen Houston wrote: > > +1 I've been saying we need a new website bad. And one that is sleek, > > modern, and yes white. Time to look up to date and kept with the > > times. > > You will notice nearly every major linux distribution and nearly all > > major > > linux software websites are in the confines of what you describe. > > Simple, > > flat, white background and black text, sharp but small images that are > > mostly subtle, and responsive design to look good across devices. The > > reason being that this is proven to be the easiest on the eyes and the > > most > > pleasing to the reader as you said. > > > > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017, 3:58 PM Cedric Bail <ced...@ddlm.me> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> As some of you may have noticed we are doing some improvement to our > >> documentation and trying to get things easier when starting with EFL. > >> One > >> of the main issue we are facing is that our website is definitively > >> hard to > >> read for a lot of people. So Paul went on trying to figure out why. > >> > >> The first problem is actually the constrast ratio between background > >> and > >> text. According to W3C accessibility guidelines ( > >> https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#contrast-minimum )it should be 4.5:1 at > >> least. Our colors are #818181 for the text and #303030 which give a > >> contrast ratio of 3.39:1 ( > >> https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ > >> ). And it is worth for people with vision impairment where it should > >> be 7:1. > >> > >> Black on white or white on black would work, but according to some > >> random > >> person on Internet (could not find a scientific evidence/citation of > >> it) a > >> white background force your pupils to contracts, making it easier to > >> focus > >> your eye with a smaller pupil (much like the depth of field is > >> increased > >> with a smaller camera lens). This could be shown by a test carried on > >> 136 > >> subject, where the people reading black text on a white background > >> scored > >> better than any other combination of colors ( > >> http://lite.mst.edu/media/research/ctel/documents/LITE-2003-04.pdf ). > >> > >> The second problem are our links that are difficult to tell wether > >> they > >> have been clicked on or not. Also they have a slight glow around the > >> links > >> that makes them harder to read. The best link on the subject we can > >> point > >> to would be > >> https://www.nngroup.com/articles/guidelines-for-visualizing-links/ . > >> > >> So it would be best to come up with a more accessible design for our > >> web > >> site. If someone want to suggest a new design within those constraint, > >> it > >> would be great, but I would suggest to look at > >> https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/ or at > >> http://doc.qt.io/ > >> . They are simple and work well in term of readability. We could > >> easily go > >> with something like that. What do you think ? > >> > >> Cedric > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > >> _______________________________________________ > >> enlightenment-devel mailing list > >> enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
