Yes, exactly. In gmail I've not seen any evidence of yellow or grey backgrounds. I can't remember which settings do it, but (for webmail) there's numerous firefox extensions which can do it.
On 14 November 2010 10:34, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Set email client to convert html mails to non formatted plaintext or use a > replacement ccs style for websites that allow client side style sheets. > Might not be possible in all clients or all webmail clients either. > I have worked with seriously dyslexic staff and students and those > registered blind. Most use the above user preferential overrides > > Sent from my HTC > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "martin mitchell" <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Nov 13, 2010 2:50 pm > Subject: [NetBehaviour] R.I.P Henryk Gorecki > To: <[email protected]>, "NetBehaviour for networked distributed > creativity" <[email protected]> > > Interesting research being done on dyslexia:- > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8128233/Dyslexia-the-secret-of-Da-Vinci-and-Picassos-success.html > > Guess I'm are mere space cowboy... > > martin. > > On 13 Nov 2010, at 13:51, Ruth Catlow wrote: > >> Hi Martin, >> >> You raise an interesting issue. >> >> Achieving equal access for everyone through the application of web >> standards is not straightforward. >> >> Firstly, of course, there is no one kind of visual impairment and many >> different strategies are suggested for making information accessible to >> people.While you request black text on white background "many dyslexic >> readers are particularly sensitive to the brightness of text on a pure white >> background. This can cause the words to appear to move around and to blur >> together. This difficulty can be avoided if pure white is not used for the >> page background color." http://www.dyslexia-parent.com/mag35.html It turns >> out that different people have different access needs. >> >> Then there is a lot of dogma (in the Nielson school of web standards) that >> privileges more textually focused people (proposing set column widths, text >> sizes and colours, standard link colours etc) over those of us that find >> content more accessible if it is arranged more contextually and presented >> with images and other forms of content. >> >> Then when artists take audio, visuals, text and interactivity of browser >> content as their media and context for expression and exploration it becomes >> impossible (and undesirable) to impose a standard. Like insisting on a >> particular frame size for a painting or a format for an installation. But I >> don't think this is what you are talking about. >> >> The best approach I guess is for everyone to attempt to stay patient and >> good humoured and say what we need. >> >> best wishes, >> >> Utopian Ruth >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: martin mitchell <[email protected]> >> Reply-to: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >> <[email protected]> >> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] R.I.P Henryk Gorecki >> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:56:55 +0000 >> >> Has anyone thought of the visual consequences for visually impaired >> people, blue type on such a yellow background is very difficult for me to >> read, daft as the previous grey background. Think of of disability web >> standards they do exist, for an artists/creatives email site to display such >> behaviour is ridiculous, please have plain white background with black type. >> >> martin... >> On 13 Nov 2010, at 12:39, marc garrett wrote: >>> Hi Fung-Lin, >>> >>> Much Thanks... >>> >>> Here's the original link http://tinyurl.com/24zqlu8 >>> >>> marc >>> >>>> R.I.P Henryk Gorecki >>>> >>>> http://www.mutanteggplant.com/vitro-nasu/2010/11/12/r-i-p-henryk-gorecki/ >>>> >>>> F.L. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- _ : http://jwm-art.net/ -audio/image/text/code/ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
