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From: Andrey Gerasimenko <gak@××××××.ru>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:11:41
Message-Id: op.tp31kamtv2ynd8@pavillion
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea. by Jeff Rollin
1 On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:07:15 +0400, Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@×××××.com>
2 wrote:
3
4 > Hi list
5 >
6 > I like the new look of the website, but how on Earth does anyone make any
7 > sense of the links? Purple on black is a really bad idea, and that's from
8 > someone who doesn't have any accessibility issues with websites.
9 >
10 > Should this be filed as a bug?
11 >
12 > Jeff
13
14 Do you mean www.gentoo.org? If yes:
15
16 IMHO this should not be filed as a bug. The colors all over the page are
17 consistent and the links, which are not exactly purple, are visible. Since
18 they turn to light green when the mouse points at them it is impossible to
19 click a wrong link.
20
21 I guess those who are new to www.gentoo.org will move the mouse over all
22 links; the rest just click automatically.
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25 Andrei Gerasimenko
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