One of the comments that I made during my talk on Monday was that you could go to great lengths, make your site Accessible, pass all of the WCAG recommendations and still have an experience that was less than optimal. That point was driven home to me this morning by a message that a reader really enjoyed the material but that the white on black text was hard for them to read and that it was too small (even though it was set up to be in compliance).
Therefore, for the first time in many years, I stepped back, reconsidered the blog aesthetics vs the blog's usefulness and I redid everything.
My goal in the next few weeks is to re-evaluate this change and then ratchet up the WCAG 2 coverage.
In other words, I ask you all to "pardon the dust" as I reset the look and feel of my home away from home. As always, I appreciate feedback and suggestions for making my words and message as available to all as possible :).
Therefore, for the first time in many years, I stepped back, reconsidered the blog aesthetics vs the blog's usefulness and I redid everything.
- The white on black look is gone.
- The contrast level has been pumped up (I may do some more tweaking on this).
- The default font is larger.
- I will have to go back and check the images to make sure that the tags are still there, but the goal is that every image has an alternate description.
My goal in the next few weeks is to re-evaluate this change and then ratchet up the WCAG 2 coverage.
In other words, I ask you all to "pardon the dust" as I reset the look and feel of my home away from home. As always, I appreciate feedback and suggestions for making my words and message as available to all as possible :).
1 comment:
Cheers! A great improvement
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