discuss: flowcharts update
Subject:
Re: flowcharts update
From:
Machtelt Garrels ####@####.####
Date:
26 Apr 2005 06:22:53 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0504260622280.25084-100000@cobra.xalasys.com>
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Alex Nordstrom wrote:
> Perhaps I'm colour blind, but in the maintenance image, I can't see any
> boxes that have the darker blue colour representing CVS access
> according to the legend.
>
> In general, using colour as the only means with which to convey some
> information is inadvisable, as the W3C Web Accessibility Guidelines,
> for example, point out. It would seem particularly perilous to use
> colours that are as similar as light blue and lighter blue (this also
> applies to the blue link text on lighter blue background and to colours
> that may appear similar to colour blind readers).
>
> My suggestion would be to select more distinctive colours and preferably
> add another way to convey the information conveyed by the colours.
Wouldn't it be better to use different grey values, then? I'll try your
suggestions for compression, thanks for the explanation.
Tille.
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