From: Mike M. <mi...@cy...> - 2004-03-29 05:19:21
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On Sun, 28 Mar 2004, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote: > Mike MacCana wrote: > >>Hm. Exactly the things we avoid in building product UI... > > > > > > Why? > > Because they look like a plain HTML page someone wrote on their first > day of HTML lab is why. It seems like you're being very aggressive here. That's unnecessary, especially when you're making a suggestion to someone who's volunteered their time. > High-contrast is desirable, sure -- or at least moderately high > contrast. But to me, black on medium-light blue is more than sufficient. As I mentioned, OSX and Windows have moved to using near-white as their background from darker versions in their previous release. I think closer to white is a lot better than dark grey. But I'll make it more light grey when I get the time. > And as for accessibility and graphical text: that's what ALT text is for. ALT text is for providing alternatives to images. Text is for text. I'm not sure why you're so enthusiastic about 'GUI text'. It doesn't look any better, it ignores user preferences for preferred fonts and the like, and it makes webmin slower over remote links. Mike |