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Re: Recommended text for high contrast theme switcher link?

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From: Karl Groves
Date: Jan 6, 2009 2:05PM

Dean,

Have you considered that perhaps folks who *need* high contrast would
already have either modified their desktop settings or employed assistive
technology on their computer which handles this for them?

Regardless, to answer your question, I think your options of "High Contrast"
and "Default" are fine.

More importantly, IMO, is to just ensure that the default theme already
contains sufficient contrast to begin with.

Karl

> -----Original Message-----
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> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Dean Hamack
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:21 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] Recommended text for high contrast theme switcher
> link?
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Finally found a good way to build a theme switcher that doesn't rely on
> js.
> I've noticed several calls on the WordPress forum for a high contrast
> theme,
> so I figured I would wrap it into one I'm building, and offer it for
> public
> download.
>
> I figure I'd place the link in the upper right hand corner, just above
> the
> site search box. Since I want people to be able to switch back to the
> default theme if they want, I figured I'd create a select menu for
> switching. My question is, how do you think I can best word the label
> and
> select menu text.
>
> Is a label that says "change theme" with options of "high contrast" and
> "default" easily understood?
>
>
>