oggbashan
Dying Truth seeker
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At present, I hope temporarily, I have limited vision which explains some (but not all) of the typos in my stories.
Today I received an email from a local Nature Group which linked to their Autumn newsletter. But even enlarged I couldn't read it because the text was on blocks of colour for effect. The text was lost in the colour. I wrote back to the Secretary who responded within minutes with a plain bare text, black on white.
But it highlights a problem that many of us don't even think about. My problem with text on a coloured background affects many people who would not be described as blind or even partially sighted. The RNIB estimates that is affects 50% of all people over 80 years of age.
Literotica's style for stories causes no problems. It is clear and not on a background. But if you are designing your own website, think about those like me who cannot see as well as most.
Today I received an email from a local Nature Group which linked to their Autumn newsletter. But even enlarged I couldn't read it because the text was on blocks of colour for effect. The text was lost in the colour. I wrote back to the Secretary who responded within minutes with a plain bare text, black on white.
But it highlights a problem that many of us don't even think about. My problem with text on a coloured background affects many people who would not be described as blind or even partially sighted. The RNIB estimates that is affects 50% of all people over 80 years of age.
Literotica's style for stories causes no problems. It is clear and not on a background. But if you are designing your own website, think about those like me who cannot see as well as most.