Re: Patch for stylesheets

[Patrick McCarty]

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Till Rettig <address@hidden> wrote:
> Patrick McCarty schrieb:
>>
>> I have considered keeping the soft blue for the links, but here are my
>> two main reasons for changing to the more "pure" blue:
>>
>> - The current blue (#3465a4) does not pass the WCAG 1.0 against a
>> white background.  Based on experience, the new blue definitely
>> increases readability, even though the current "soft blue" might be a
>> *nicer* color.  Since LilyPond's documentation is so extensive, I
>> think the increase in readability is a plus.
>
> Yes it's true about readability, but what if there would be stille some blue
> 'in between'. Maybe it is only my lcd screen?

Well, it looks okay on my laptop, but I'll have another look and see
what I can do.

>> - With the current soft blue, it is difficult to distinguish *links*
>> from *black text* if link underlining is turned off in the browser.
>> Since the new blue is more contrasting with the black text in
>> div#main, this would no longer be an issue.
>>
>
> what if they would be underlined in the text? One could argue that if the
> user want's to switch it off he can distinguish also more subtle
> contrasts...

Ah, good point.  The whole idea of link underlining in the first place
is to increase accessibility.

Thanks,
Patrick