[Seattle-editorial] Color scheme & readability

[Joseph Eisenschmidt]

Eddies,

I disagree wholeheartedly. The site is more readable as the black background
puts out less 'glare'. It does take getting used to.

Joseph

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:seattle-editorial-bounces at lists.indymedia.org]On Behalf Of
Marcus Macauley
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 7:36 PM
To: seattle-editorial at indymedia.org
Subject: [Seattle-editorial] Color scheme & readability


Hi,

This may seem petty, but I think the color scheme of the Seattle
Indymedia website inhibits readability. I have gotten links in e-mails
to Seattle Indymedia articles on occasion, and I like the idea of the
site (and Indymedia in general), but I find the white-on-dark color
scheme to be somewhat of a turn-off, both in its dark character and its
low readability. This fact came to my attention just a minute ago when
I followed a link to the Portland Indymedia site, which in contrast is
very inviting and almost made me want to bookmark it and return to it
regularly - except that I'm a Seattlite.

My sense, since I first discovered Indymedia (and the Seattle site),
has been that I want to like this site, but for some reason I haven't
been able to. Should the color scheme of a website be enough to turn
away a real activist and citizen from a local independent media site?
No. But in terms of the site's accessibility (to anyone) and
practicality (in my life, speaking for myself), I find that with the
current design, it is not something that I can refer to at a glance,
that I can fit within my busy life, much as I would like to.

Just my two cents.

Sincerely,
Marc Macauley

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