From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] test bulletin board
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:06:47 -0600
I cannot read this with my oldish eyes; background tooooo dark.
I have this problem, too. My eyes aren't THAT bad, but younger folks
often design websites that are hard for me to read. I'm sure they just
don't realize the problem, but they will when they get older. You need a
lot of contrast, and you need to make sure that we can enlarge the
typeface without garbling the page.
I didn't log in, so I'm not sure about the large type situation. But I
think you need to increase the contrast even more. I'm glad you didn't
use a 'busy' background, because those are especially bad. But if it's a
choice between looking pretty and being easy to read, I know which I'd
choose.
Also, could I ask about the advantages of a bulletin board over our
current system? I like getting - and replying to - emails, though many
bulletin boards preserve that feature. And I belong to a lot of Yahoo
Groups, which can be accessed on-site or by email. I'm just wondering
what the advantage would be in changing our current email list.
Thanks,
Bill
--
As a longtime attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, I can honestly
say that I have never been as ashamed of the department and government
that I serve as I am at this time. - John S.Koppel
Re: [NAFEX] electronic and membership discussion
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