[Hudlug] The Flood Of Messages Today

[Dave Pattern]

Shak - if you need/want any accessibility advice regarding the web 
design, just give me a shout (it's partly what I do for a living).  
You can use CSS to improve the contrast of the links that appear in 
the dark blue areas.

Apart from the contrast that Anne mentions, the only other problem 
I'd raise is the fact that the font size is fixed by your stylesheet 
(e.g. "font-size : 10px;") - it's safer to go for a relative 
percentage size (e.g. "font-size : 80%;") so that users can control 
the text size via their browser.

Not sure if you'd already considered this, but the site works 
extremely well for any colour blind users out there (blue is a 
relatively safe colour).  If any one is interested in seeing how 
things look to a colour blind user, there's a free Photoshop plug-in 
available at http://www.vischeck.com/downloads/

Finally, if I was being finiky(sp?) then I'd suggest that the top 
section of the page (with the logo and HudLUG) is dead space at the 
moment and some of the Main Menu links could be moved up there to 
free space in the left-hand column?

Please take all of the above as constructive critism, as you've done 
a fantastic job!

DaveyP


> Shak - I like the new look, but there's one problem that I see.  Dark blue 
> links on black are very difficult to see, especially for those of us with 
> less than perfect sight.  Can I recommend the old photography trick, of 
> viewing your proposed colour scheme with eyes closed to a slit.  If there's 
> not a clear contrast at that level you have a problem.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Anne
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