On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:55:44 -0400, singhals <[email protected]> wrote: >Patricia Geary wrote: > >> Ask yourself this question "Is Your Background Color Configured?" If >> you don't know, you might want to read this article >> http://www.genealogy-computer-tips.com/background-colors/ >> >> Why do I ask? As I look at the pages you include in your signature >> lines or ask about, quite a few of the ones I check are a pretty >> shade of pink. Not what you want? Then you need to se your background color. >> >> Unfortunately even the "big guys" don't configure their background >> colors, including RootsWeb. :-) >> >> pat >> >> Pat Geary >> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage > >Well, sure, but then again -- something like 40% of all >males and a tiny percentage of females are color >dysfunctional -- ie., color-blind -- to some extent. If I >like this nifty shade of orchid or peach and specify, my son >can't see the page because to him both colors are a shade of >grey. If I get cute and use a pale pink bgcolor and a medium >light green text, he's going to see grey on grey. > >If the only colors the visitor can see are on grey-scale, >the visitor is a better judge of what he can see than I am. Your browser can be set to ignore the website's colors, fonts, and styles and always use the user's settings. -- Dennis Kowallek Cincinnati, Ohio [email protected] ******************

Dennis Kowallek wrote: > On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:55:44 -0400, singhals <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>Patricia Geary wrote: >> >> >>>Ask yourself this question "Is Your Background Color Configured?" If >>>you don't know, you might want to read this article >>>http://www.genealogy-computer-tips.com/background-colors/ >>> >>>Why do I ask? As I look at the pages you include in your signature >>>lines or ask about, quite a few of the ones I check are a pretty >>>shade of pink. Not what you want? Then you need to se your background color. >>> >>>Unfortunately even the "big guys" don't configure their background >>>colors, including RootsWeb. :-) >>> >>>pat >>> >>>Pat Geary >>>Microsoft MVP - FrontPage >> >>Well, sure, but then again -- something like 40% of all >>males and a tiny percentage of females are color >>dysfunctional -- ie., color-blind -- to some extent. If I >>like this nifty shade of orchid or peach and specify, my son >>can't see the page because to him both colors are a shade of >>grey. If I get cute and use a pale pink bgcolor and a medium >>light green text, he's going to see grey on grey. >> >>If the only colors the visitor can see are on grey-scale, >>the visitor is a better judge of what he can see than I am. > > > Your browser can be set to ignore the website's colors, fonts, and > styles and always use the user's settings. > Precisely. So, why would I spend time getting my pages all pretty on my monitor if most of the world has their browser set to ignore the webpage specs? And, when what's being presented is a list of names, if the visitor can see those names easier on his chosen blue-screen or RED ALERT red, why should it matter to me as a web-designer? Cheryl -- There should be no attachments on this message, unless I specifically mentioned them above.