Re: TECH: Sligh Site Redesign

Sylvia wrote:
<<
And somewhere on the web (see, I can be helpful, too), I found a "zap
colors" bookmarklet which makes all backgrounds white, all text black,
links blue, visited links red, etc.
 >>

Found it (second one down):

http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html

But in response to comments like these...

Mark:
<<
There are generally accepted guidelines for text coloration based on
what doesn't give people eyestrain headaches.
 >>

...and...

Mark:
<<
And never use blue for text - its the
color the human eye is the worst at seeing.
 >>

...let me say, in the words of Olaudah Equiano, am I not a man
and a brother?  I am my site's #1 visitor.  I spend *hours* editing
and working on (and apparently not finding embarrassing typos
in the text of) my site.  I've never had trouble looking at it--or
any site, for that matter (well, except for those annoying flashing
advertisements).  My eyes are no better or worse than the
average American consumer; I have to wear glasses to see things
in the distance (like the other side of the room).  As far as I know,
I'm not colorblind, and my blues are your blues.  Can there be
peace between us?  Or will I have to make every one of my pages
look like this tea rose curtain valence by Pfaltzgraff?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000NDN0HO/
ref=dp_otherviews_1/103-9688157-6004607?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&img=1

Jeff wrote:
<<
It has the same problems, if I make the window narrow enough (quite a
bit
less than half the screen), and also has the sidebar text overlap the
main area.
 >>

Sorry, but I have to ask you to disambiguate: Does it (Mark's site)
have the same problems *if and only if* you make the window
very narrow, or does it have the same problems even when you
view it with a more or less ordinary window size?  (If it's the latter,
I'm just going to abandon this attempt at a fix.)

-David
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