Covering a range of topics from questions you should be asking, to accessibility (including colour blindness), to meta. Some of it’s dated, but it’s a look back at history.
If the design and layout looks broke it’s your browser, not us – kinda! I’m adding SSL to make the place more secure (think bouncer on the door keeping unwanted guests from the party). This tends to cause a few hiccups and teething errors as browsers can be a tad pedantic over big changes like […]
Site update : under the hood work in progress! Read More »
Style sheet mods This is a sample page mostly for my own use and is subject to change without notice. WordPress on web caches : I make changes and nothing happens Inline: <tagname style=”property:value;”> October 2022 CSS, additions and notes Above is a H2 Margins: use wspace30 cite, .citation (Generated by Lorem Ipsum): Suspendisse congue
Why bother ? "Hmmm ? Never thought about it." "Why bother going to all that trouble, it’s not like it affects many folk…" "Well, they can’t see properly, nothing we can do about that, is there?" "Looks fine to me and that’s what matters!" Given that you are here, reading this, I assume and hope
Colour Blindness and Web design – intro Read More »
Colour Charts showing visible spectrums { Chart showing spectrums for colour blind people } { The standard websafe colour palette } { Standard websafe colour palette, as seen by someone with Deuteranope colourblindness } { Standard websafe colour palette, as seen by someone with Protanope colourblindness } (To find: Tritan palette)
Colour Blindness and Web design – charts Read More »
Forms of colorblindness Normal vision Trichromasy All three cones types are present and working normally Mildly colour blind Anomalous trichromasy A mild colour deficiency or weakness affecting 6.3% of men and 0.37% of women. One or more of the three cones light-sensitive pigments are not quite right, affecting the balance and brightness of colours: Protanomaly
Colour Blindness and Web design – Conditions Read More »
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,
Colour Blindness and Web design – screen grabs Read More »
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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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 year and rather
Contention or contentious – paying BT more for less. Read More »