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Post #277,046
by Another Scott
12/31/06 9:05:26 AM
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New Colour Contrast Analyser doesn't like some of it.
[link|http://juicystudio.com/article/colour-contrast-analyser-firefox-extension.php|Colour Contrast Analyser]. It flags the pale blue on black and dim white on black as being something to avoid. It is a little hard to read.

Just something to think about.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #277,052
by pwhysall
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12/31/06 10:43:17 AM
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New I was struggling with the anchor colour.
Suggestions welcome - it seems difficult to select a colour that still looks hyperlinky but isn't #0000FF

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Post #277,054
by Another Scott
12/31/06 11:00:00 AM
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New Maybe just keep the achors white, with underlines.
The [link|http://www.w3.org/TR/AERT#color|AERT] discussion at W3C seems to use the same color for anchors as for headings, but with underlining of the links. Also, when you mouse-over the links, the background color changes (similar things happen at LinuxToday).

I'd suggest just sticking with white text (or some other high-contrast color) and doing things like the AERT document does.

HTH.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #277,055
by Another Scott
12/31/06 11:22:46 AM
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New I played around with Vischeck some.
[link|http://vischeck.homeip.net/uploads/11675819754039/|This] combination of colors seems easier to read to me. It's the Tritanope simulation of your example.

HTH.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #277,069
by Another Scott
12/31/06 5:11:24 PM
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New Another dark theme to consider is Bloomberg's
E.g. [link|http://www.bloomberg.com/news/worldwide/|World News].

The contrast is pretty good, but I still think I like their previous style (that didn't have a black background) better. A problem with this style is clicking on a link gives a news story with black text on a white background. If it's good enough for that, why not for the main page?

HTH a bit.

Cheers,
Scott.
(Who still thinks a black background is generally too reminiscent of the 1995 Web.)
     OK, here's my first stab at it. (96K img) - (pwhysall) - (23) - Dec. 30, 2006, 06:35:41 PM EST
         Kinda cool -NT - (drewk) - Dec. 30, 2006, 08:45:36 PM EST
         Oh, what am I doing? - (pwhysall) - (6) - Dec. 31, 2006, 03:15:24 AM EST
             Colour Contrast Analyser doesn't like some of it. - (Another Scott) - (4) - Dec. 31, 2006, 09:05:26 AM EST
                 I was struggling with the anchor colour. - (pwhysall) - (3) - Dec. 31, 2006, 10:43:17 AM EST
                     Maybe just keep the achors white, with underlines. - (Another Scott) - Dec. 31, 2006, 11:00:00 AM EST
                     I played around with Vischeck some. - (Another Scott) - Dec. 31, 2006, 11:22:46 AM EST
                     Another dark theme to consider is Bloomberg's - (Another Scott) - Dec. 31, 2006, 05:11:24 PM EST
             I like it. Much! -NT - (Meerkat) - Jan. 1, 2007, 06:44:35 AM EST
         Question -- will this be an optional change? - (Nightowl) - (13) - Jan. 2, 2007, 01:59:20 AM EST
             Don't worry... - (imric) - (1) - Jan. 2, 2007, 03:43:10 AM EST
                 excellent answer! :D -NT - (Steve Lowe) - Jan. 2, 2007, 04:42:23 AM EST
             Please read what's written. - (pwhysall) - (2) - Jan. 2, 2007, 07:01:03 AM EST
                 I did read it, Peter - (Nightowl) - (1) - Jan. 2, 2007, 01:48:56 PM EST
                     Re: I did read it, Peter - (pwhysall) - Jan. 2, 2007, 02:48:21 PM EST
             it looks like crap to me too -NT - (boxley) - (3) - Jan. 2, 2007, 09:42:29 AM EST
                 STFU if nothing constructive to say, cheers. -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - Jan. 2, 2007, 01:08:51 PM EST
                     You asked for opinions... - (jb4) - (1) - March 5, 2007, 02:49:26 PM EST
                         "it looks like crap" is "constructive"? - (pwhysall) - March 5, 2007, 03:25:47 PM EST
             'hard on eyes' ??? - (Ashton) - (3) - Jan. 3, 2007, 06:57:47 AM EST
                 For me, yes - (Nightowl) - (2) - Jan. 3, 2007, 04:03:50 PM EST
                     Re: For me, yes - (pwhysall) - (1) - Jan. 3, 2007, 04:05:23 PM EST
                         Forgot to add - (Nightowl) - Jan. 3, 2007, 04:26:49 PM EST
         Here's how we could implement it. - (pwhysall) - Jan. 3, 2007, 07:31:43 AM EST

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