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 scheme. I've used the colour contrast > analyser before, and it does help a lot (although it does say and red > and white are acceptable - but that's where automated tools can > sometimes cause false positives). >
One more thing to consider: a fairly significant portion of the world's population cannot easily distinguish red from black in a run of text, meaning that links ought not to be only reddened but marked in some other manner. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protanomaly#Prevalence> (Tip of the hat to Dean Allen <http://textism.com/2008/05/04/on.not.seeing.red>) ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
