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