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From: Thompson, Rachel
Date: May 27, 2016 2:37PM

And please excuse the punctuation weirdness in the previous message! Sorry!

Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility
Center for Instructional Technology
The University of Alabama
123 Russell Hall
Box 870248
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone 205-348-0216
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Date: Friday, May 27, 2016 at 3:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] accessibility skills quiz?

I guess I associate green with Œgo¹ and red with Œstop¹. I use those
colors for that purpose in some cases, but not as the sole indicator.

Happy Friday!
Rachel

Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility
Center for Instructional Technology
The University of Alabama
123 Russell Hall
Box 870248
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone 205-348-0216
<EMAIL REMOVED> | http://accessibility.ua.edu




-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > on behalf of L
Snider < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Date: Friday, May 27, 2016 at 3:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] accessibility skills quiz?

Hi Teresa,

Yes, they did use multiple things there for sure. I guess I never liked
green/red for do/don't or good/bad. It is a personal preference thing. I
know why they used those colours, but I stay away from that combination in
general.

Cheers

Lisa

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Teresa Haven < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi, Lisa. I think their point was to use multiple means of
> representation: they don't only use color, they use color as one of
>several
> means of getting the point across, since for some people color is very
>fast
> and intuitive. For folks who can't perceive the color differences, they
> still have other indicators (such as the words "accessible" and
> "inaccessible") so nobody is being denied access, they're just trying to
> make it better for a broad array of users.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Teresa
>
> Teresa Haven, Ph.D.
> Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of L Snider
> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 12:55 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] accessibility skills quiz?
>
> I really like the WAI example, thanks. My only question is, why did they
> use red and green at the top to show inaccessible and accessible? I see
> they have little icons that show you which one you are on, but colour
>blind
> people won't see the difference. Sorry to be a bit off topic, I was just
> surprised to see this...
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
>
> On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Jennifer Sutton < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> > You could also use WAI's Before and After Demonstration:
> >
> > http://www.w3.org/WAI/demos/bad/
> >
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