Hi,
I very rarely post to the wikimedia mailing lists, but this message caught my
attention. It mentions something that I feel is very important. Robin Shannon
<robin.shannon(a)gmail.com>
refers to the problem of distinguishing different types of links, which might be hard for
the color blind. She says:
"Sure this isnt really important..."
I don't agree with this remark in any way. I think that the "accessibility"
of our site is quite important. By Section 508 of our accessibility laws, the U.S.
government is not allowed to use non-accessible computer software, applications, etc.
Further, I believe it is morally right that our site be accessible.
If anything, I think it is time to review our site for accessibility. What could
Jimbo mean by his oft-quoted statement:
Wikipedia is described by its founder Jimmy Wales as "an effort to create and
distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on
the planet in their own language."[3]
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia#endnote_WalesGoal)
if our site is not available to the millions of disabled in the U.S., not to mention the
world.
The W3 has complete guidelines on accessibility for web site designers to implement:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
As Ever,
Ruth Ifcher
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-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Robin Shannon <robin.shannon(a)gmail.com>
G'day all,
Currently the colour of the normal link and the visited link are
indistinguishable to the colourblind. This is a problem across all the
sites we have. Sure this isnt really important, but are then any web
designers who have faced this problem before who could suggest colours
which could be distinguished by most colourblind ppl (since most
colourblind ppl arent completely colourblind, just red-green
colourblind). Apparently about 10 percent of ppl are colourblind
paz y amor,
-rjs.
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