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Re: Interesting cause: http://contrastrebellion.com

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Jul 27, 2011 6:21PM

Just a few thoughts before the rest of this show gets any uglier.
Primarily, let's keep things civil.

Several good thoughts have been shared. I also thought the site
presents a much-needed and important message to exactly the audience
that needs to hear it. I could have found about 500 better examples of
poor and good contrast, but that's OK. Contrastrebellion.com will do
and is doing much to educate and advocate better accessibility. It's
promoting conversations that weren't occurring yesterday. The site
references WCAG 2.0, which is sufficient. Nearly anyone can eye-ball
within a very close margin whether a particular color combination is
WCAG conformant or not. If it looks like it needs more contrast, it
does.

At the same time, there were other aspects of accessibility on the
site that could have been improved. Of course the few that would
notice them are the same ones that don't need to be schooled about
good contrast. In the end, the site is serving its purpose. Perhaps
the author might consider some enhancements to accessibility (assuming
someone points them out to him/her rather than blathering on here
about them).

Jared