Update I actually wrote this series of articles over tens years ago so the screen grabs below are rather dated, but do still show that choosing the right colour scheme makes your site easier to read to everyone. I suppose, in retrospect, I should have also used a series of images to show the reverse,
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Links and resources relating to colour blindness TOPTAL: Colourblind Web Page Filter: “See your web site through colorblind eyes with the colorblind web page filter.” Wickline colour filter : See your web site through colourblind eyes. Wickline colour simulation – wheel charts Vischeck – You can see pages with this online utility, or download their
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BT cntention rates Bee in my bonnet time. Snake oils and ludicrously priced ‘luxury’ items aside I generally believe in the adage you get what you pay for. So when I sign and pay for a business contract I not unreasonably expect the service to match the premium. BT, it seems, disagree! We moved last
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On this day, an intro This is just a brief introduction to Ackadia’s new feature, the ‘daily post’ (started in November 2013). Seems to me that most news and events sites and periodicals pay too much attention to the gloomy side of life, wars, disasters, so forth. If it’s your birthday ‘today’, do you really
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Quote of the day : I’m really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when I let them loose! ~ Author Judy Blume, born this day. She is also quoted at saying, When I’m writing a book, you can’t think about
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Quote of the day : Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. ~ Thomas Edison, born on this day. He also pointed out: If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves. Picture of the
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A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad. ~ Actor Robert Wagner, born today. Related to this and equally true, I feel, he also said, Pets have more love and compassion in them than most humans. Picture of the day : As the
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Quote of the day : In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful. Author Alice Walker, born this day. Picture of the day : Performers in praying mantis costumes Youtube video of the day : One of those rare quiet days in
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