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Posted by Dr John Stockton on 06/22/06 18:48
JRS: In article <pan.2006.06.22.12.39.41.774943@zync.co.uk>, dated Thu,
22 Jun 2006 13:39:43 remote, seen in news:comp.infosystems.www.authoring
..html, Richard Gration <richard@zync.co.uk> posted :
>On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 16:33:06 +0100, Dr John Stockton wrote:
>
>> JRS: In article <Fz4lg.3666$Mq5.50@fe05.lga>, dated Sat, 17 Jun 2006
>> 21:24:04 remote, seen in news:comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html, Mark
>> Eggers <mdeggers@charter.net> posted :
>>>
>>>A quick, off-topic comment on your web site. Please do not use red on
>>>black, black on red, orange on blue, or blue on orange for navigation.
>>> About 8 percent of the male population is red / green color blind.
>>>This makes the mentioned color combinations difficult to impossible to
>>>read.
>>>
>>>Since you are creating a sports and celebrity memorabilia site, making
>>>navigation difficult for 8 percent of your potential target audience
>>>doesn't seem to be a good idea.
>>
>>
>> You appear to be ignoring the possibility of female interest in the site.
>
>Only 0.4% of women are colour blind apparently.
Indeed. Allowing for them, and 8% of men, then if women are equally
interested it will be 4.2% of the total that suffer, not 8%.
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