[Seattle-editorial] Color scheme & readability

[Marcus Macauley]

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