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From: Dean Hamack
Date: Mon, Jan 19 2009 11:55AM
Subject: Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
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OK folks, I've finally finished my wordpress theme with stylesheet switcher.
It's just a very basic black on white theme with an optional high-contrast
yellow on black theme. I did a lot of code cleanup and optimization, and I
believe it is the most accessible, semantic, and search engine friendly
theme offered.
For right now, I don't have any real posts, just placeholder text. But I
would be interested to hear if anyone has any suggestions before I release
it:
http://www.bushidodesigns.net/blog/
From: Randall Pope
Date: Tue, Jan 20 2009 11:00AM
Subject: Re: Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
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Got a question for testing accessibility and older browser. Does anyone use
Netscape 4.x and IE 5.x to browse the web?
With Warm Regards,
Randall "Randy" Pope
American Association of the Deaf-Blind
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From: Jared Smith
Date: Tue, Jan 20 2009 11:15AM
Subject: Re: Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
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On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Randall Pope < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Got a question for testing accessibility and older browser. Does anyone use
> Netscape 4.x and IE 5.x to browse the web?
The stats I found indicate that it is less than .5 percent for
Netscape 4 and and IE 5 or lower combined.. Beyond maybe ensuring that
the content is readable and core functionality available, I wouldn't
worry about browsers that old. For the WebAIM site, they account for
about .15 percent of traffic, but more than half of our visitors are
using Firefox, so our stats are probably atypical.
Jared Smith
WebAIM
From: Dean Hamack
Date: Tue, Jan 20 2009 11:50AM
Subject: Re: Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
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On 1/20/09 10:14 AM, "Jared Smith" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> The stats I found indicate that it is less than .5 percent for
> Netscape 4 and and IE 5 or lower combined.. Beyond maybe ensuring that
> the content is readable and core functionality available, I wouldn't
> worry about browsers that old.
I concur. I don't know any developers who still support those browsers. You
can't even download either of them anymore. Same goes for IE on the Mac.
All of the big companies I've consulted for support the same browsers:
- Firefox 2 and 3 for Mac and PC
- IE 6 and 7 for PC
- Safari 2 and 3 for Mac and PC
- Chrome for PC
Like all developers, I go to bed at night praying that IE 6 will become
extinct and I won't have to spend half my time trying to make things look
right on that crappy browser. But as long as there are illegal copies of
Windows XP floating around, I'm afraid we're stuck with it.
From: ben morrison
Date: Tue, Jan 20 2009 3:35PM
Subject: Re: Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
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On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Dean Hamack < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> All of the big companies I've consulted for support the same browsers:
>
> - Firefox 2 and 3 for Mac and PC
> - IE 6 and 7 for PC
> - Safari 2 and 3 for Mac and PC
> - Chrome for PC
>
We use our Graded Browser Support:
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/articles/gbs/
Ben
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Ben Morrison
From: Keith Parks
Date: Wed, Jan 21 2009 10:25AM
Subject: Re: Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
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On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Dean Hamack wrote:
> OK folks, I've finally finished my wordpress theme with stylesheet
> switcher.
> It's just a very basic black on white theme with an optional high-
> contrast
> yellow on black theme. I did a lot of code cleanup and optimization,
> and I
> believe it is the most accessible, semantic, and search engine
> friendly
> theme offered.
>
> For right now, I don't have any real posts, just placeholder text.
> But I
> would be interested to hear if anyone has any suggestions before I
> release
> it:
>
> http://www.bushidodesigns.net/blog/
>
Dean,
FYi, this is not working for me in Safari.
The page loads in high contrast mode (yellow on black) and the pop-up
reads "High Contrast". If I select "default" and hit the "Set" button,
the page reloads, still in high contrast mode.
Safari 3.2.1
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San Diego State University
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From: Dean Hamack
Date: Wed, Jan 21 2009 11:20AM
Subject: Re: Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
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Hi Keith. I'm using the exact same browser (unless you are on Windows?) and
it works fine for me. Only thing I can think is you may have a conflicting
cookie.
On 1/21/09 9:23 AM, "Keith Parks" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> FYi, this is not working for me in Safari.
>
From: Dean Hamack
Date: Wed, Jan 21 2009 11:30AM
Subject: Re: Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
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Keith,
I just tried it on Safari for Windows and it worked there too. I just
changed the cookie name (since my old demo had the same one). Try it again.
Dean Hamack
Lead Web Developer
Bushido Designs
Tel:(206)523-6705
www.bushidodesigns.net
From: Keith Parks
Date: Wed, Jan 21 2009 12:20PM
Subject: Re: Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
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On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Dean Hamack wrote:
> Keith,
>
> I just tried it on Safari for Windows and it worked there too. I just
> changed the cookie name (since my old demo had the same one). Try it
> again.
Yes, it is working fine now.
I had visited your earlier demo, so I guess that was the issue.
Anyway, all is now hunky dory. :^)
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Keith Parks
Graphic Designer/Web Designer
Student Affairs Communications Services
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-7444
(619) 594-1046
mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/communications
http://kparks.deviantart.com/gallery
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slaw.
From: Keith Parks
Date: Wed, Jan 21 2009 12:25PM
Subject: Re: Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
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Also thought I would mention that in your normal theme, I have a
really, really hard time reading the dark grey on black footer text,
on both my Apple Cinema display and my generic PC flat screen monitor.
I know you want it subtle, but IMHO it is annoyingly hard to see.
My unsolicited 2¢.
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Keith Parks
Graphic Designer/Web Designer
Student Affairs Communications Services
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-7444
(619) 594-1046
mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/communications
http://kparks.deviantart.com/gallery
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From: Dean Hamack
Date: Wed, Jan 21 2009 12:30PM
Subject: Re: Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
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Excellent. Thanks much for checking it out. I'm writing up an article on the
theme now, as well as a couple of other accessibility articles. I'll post a
link when I'm done.
On 1/21/09 11:15 AM, "Keith Parks" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Yes, it is working fine now.
>
> I had visited your earlier demo, so I guess that was the issue.
>
> Anyway, all is now hunky dory. :^)
From: Dean Hamack
Date: Wed, Jan 21 2009 12:40PM
Subject: Re: Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
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Yeah, I figured as much (hence the reasoning behind multiple themes). But I
may bump it up a color to make it a little easier for everyone to read.
On 1/21/09 11:23 AM, "Keith Parks" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Also thought I would mention that in your normal theme, I have a
> really, really hard time reading the dark grey on black footer text,
> on both my Apple Cinema display and my generic PC flat screen monitor.
>
> I know you want it subtle, but IMHO it is annoyingly hard to see.
>
> My unsolicited 2¢.
From: Randall Pope
Date: Wed, Jan 21 2009 1:25PM
Subject: Re: Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
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Thank to everyone who responded. The reason for this question was I found
an entry in the web statistic page that show a person was using a Window 3.1
o/s and IE 4.0 to access our website. That really blew my mind away and had
me wondering how many are really using this system.
Just to let you all know, there is a group email list that focus on old
window o/s. The audience of this group are mostly diehard blind people who
just don't believe in using newer o/s.
With Warm Regards,
Randall "Randy" Pope
American Association of the Deaf-Blind
Website: http://www.aadb.org
301 495-4402 VP/TTY
301 495-4403 Voice
301 495-4404 Fax
AIM: RandyAADB
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Randall Pope < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Got a question for testing accessibility and older browser. Does anyone
use
> Netscape 4.x and IE 5.x to browse the web?
The stats I found indicate that it is less than .5 percent for
Netscape 4 and and IE 5 or lower combined.. Beyond maybe ensuring that
the content is readable and core functionality available, I wouldn't
worry about browsers that old. For the WebAIM site, they account for
about .15 percent of traffic, but more than half of our visitors are
using Firefox, so our stats are probably atypical.
Jared Smith
WebAIM
From: Dean Hamack
Date: Wed, Jan 21 2009 1:40PM
Subject: Re: Wordpress high-contrast theme switcher finished
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Hi Randy,
The problem with these older browsers is mostly just related to aesthetics.
They have terrible CSS support, so things tend to look pretty bad on them.
But if the people in question are completely blind, it shouldn't really
matter, and they should still be able to access all the content just fine.
On 1/21/09 12:20 PM, "Randall Pope" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Thank to everyone who responded. The reason for this question was I found
> an entry in the web statistic page that show a person was using a Window 3.1
> o/s and IE 4.0 to access our website. That really blew my mind away and had
> me wondering how many are really using this system.
>
> Just to let you all know, there is a group email list that focus on old
> window o/s. The audience of this group are mostly diehard blind people who
> just don't believe in using newer o/s.