Ditto, though I'd also like to add that it's not limited to being an
issue for folks with less good eyesight, but can also cause problems for
anyone else as well depending on their monitor quality/brightness. One
of my computers has a screen where that kind of low-contrast stuff tends
to disappear entirely, for instance, and I have seen problems with this
on laptops in power-saving modes as well (these were much higher-quality
screens).
(Also when/where was this from? I can't seem to find the original thread
anywhere.)
On 09/11/13 07:29, Juliusz Gonera wrote:
Only read this today, but I completely agree.
Ryan Kaldari wrote:
I've noticed that the majority of designs
I've seen from the design
team in the past year have featured light grey text (frequently
#CCCCCC) on a white background. Although I understand the need to
make non-essential text less prominent, having text that is barely or
not at all readable to a large percentage of the population seems
like a bad idea. One of the main differences between designing for
Wikipedia and designing for other sites is that Wikipedia strongly
values accessibility. I know that the design team is very conscious
of color-blindness in its designs, but poor vision in general is a
much more common problem and should arguably be given more
consideration than color-blindness.
Personally, I would suggest that we avoid using light grey on white
text or grey on grey text and try to maintain a minimum level of text
contrast. If that doesn't seem realistic, I would at least like to
see us avoid low-contrast text at small font sizes. What are other
people's thoughts on this?
Ryan Kaldari