Re: [WSG] Colour accessibility/ usability

2008-05-06 Thread Benjamin White
On 5/6/08, Linda Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I would just like to thank all those who have shared their > experiences. There has been some very interesting feedback that has > been mentioned and we are hoping to conduct a few tests and see how > users feel with the colour sche

Re: [WSG] Colour accessibility/ usability

2008-05-06 Thread Linda Simpson
ee. We have > used this in the past and seemed to be pretty effective. > > James > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ROBEY,Jane > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:39 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > > Subje

Re: [WSG] Colour accessibility/ usability

2008-05-05 Thread McLaughlin, Gail
There are two people I know of in my company (over 100,000 people) who can see the color red fine in the real world, but cannot read red text , typically error messages, on a computer screen. They did not know they had a problem until they called a help desk to find out why they were having a probl

Re: [WSG] Colour accessibility/ usability

2008-05-05 Thread Andrew Maben
On May 5, 2008, at 8:58 AM, McLaughlin, Gail wrote: There are two people I know of in my company (over 100,000 people) who can see the color red fine in the real world, but cannot read red text , typically error messages, on a computer screen. They did not know they had a problem until they

RE: [WSG] Colour accessibility/ usability

2008-05-05 Thread Likely, James A.
see. We have used this in the past and seemed to be pretty effective. James From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ROBEY,Jane Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:39 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] Colour accessibility

Re: [WSG] Colour accessibility/ usability

2008-05-05 Thread kate
bank Jane. Kate http://jungaling.com/katesplace/ http://jungaling.com/Malaysia/ - Original Message - From: ROBEY,Jane To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 5:38 AM Subject: RE: [WSG] Colour accessibility/ usability Well, apart from what has already been

Re: [WSG] Colour accessibility/ usability

2008-05-05 Thread McLaughlin, Gail
There are two people I know of in my company (over 100,000 people) who can see the color red fine in the real world, but cannot read red text , typically error messages, on a computer screen. They did not know they had a problem until they called a help desk to find out why they were having a probl

RE: [WSG] Colour accessibility/ usability

2008-05-04 Thread ROBEY,Jane
to warn me about something that is overdue. Except this month. I have changed bank. Regards Jane From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Linda Simpson Sent: Monday, 5 May 2008 12:46 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Colour

Re: [WSG] Colour accessibility/ usability

2008-05-04 Thread Ben Buchanan
Hiya, What we need more information about is how the colour red can affect > readability. I have done research, and I know about the w3c colour contrast > algorithm. I've also had a look at the psychology of the different colours > and that red is associated with anger and intensity. > I used t

[WSG] Colour accessibility/ usability

2008-05-04 Thread Linda Simpson
Hi, We've been asked to change our colour scheme on our websites to fit into our corporate colour scheme. We currently use blue, and the colour we've been asked to change to is now red. Our site will be using a solid background, with white for the content area (along the lines of news.com.au).