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Re: Recommended text for high contrast theme switcher link?

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From: Dean Hamack
Date: Jan 6, 2009 2:35PM

Hi Karl,

The idea to do it came from posts like these:

http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/11/call-for-a-high-contrast-wordpress-th
eme/

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/154988

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/151576

If people who needed high contrast were already covered, I'm guessing people
wouldn't be asking for high contrast themes and theme switchers.



On 1/6/09 1:02 PM, "Karl Groves" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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