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From: David Ashleydale
Date: Jul 23, 2012 1:48PM

Hi,

I ran into an interesting dilemma today. I'm trying to ensure that there is
enough contrast between the text and its background on a web page and I
noticed that form buttons when they are disabled do not provide enough
contrast. I went back to the designer and asked if they could provide more
contrast, and they said they could, but then it no longer looks like it's
disabled. One of the visual indicators that a button won't do anything when
you press it is that most of the contrast goes away.

Have any of you found a clever way to visually indicate that a form button
is disabled, but still make the text on the button readable for people with
low vision?

Thanks,
David Ashleydale