Hi all,
I don't think this will work out in this case, but (I think) it's a difficult question all of us are going to be faced with. especially on high profile sites.
Up to now I've been able to maintain my site header as vaguely the below;
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[logo]
[tab][tab][tab][tab]
[help|high contrast|text too small?] [login form]
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Right up at the top by the logo is the high contrast stylesheet switcher and a link to info on altering font sizes. The rationale being that if a user has trouble seeing then it can't go anywhere else but the prime spot, because I can't guarantee they'll find it anywhere else.
This is a very high profile site and marketing want to use this space to promote to the high % of users, rather than to facilitate the very low % of users.
What can be done? It's not something I'm likely to be able to maintain for long, but it's essential that somehow I do.
Q: Just have the high contrast etc links on the homepage then the promo stuff once you're in?
A: no, not everyone enters by the homepage.
Q: Display the high contrast etc links when the last page the user visited wasn't from the same domain?
A: This is my best idea so far, but what if they don't see it on the first load?
Q: Keep the high contrast links but design other strong promotional areas to compensate
A: Probably the most realistic, but the promotional areas you do are going to need to be damn good to compensate enough in the eyes of a marketer, and even then, having both would be even better for Marketing and you can bet they'll try.
Aside from this though, the links are in the same size as the body text, wouldn't a high contrast link need to be massive and bold? There's no WAY anyone can do that on a high profile site, surely?
What to do? Any help and ideas would be great, thanks in advance,
Jamie Mason
Ps- I've seen http://www.alistapart.com/articles/lowvision/
