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Maybe some other visually impaired members will comment on this, and/or on colors in general...
Cheers!
FWIW, I'm partially vision impaired, and quite frankly the "softer" colors only blur the text, and the bright ones are downright painful. I vote to disable them.
If it's not too personal, what's the impairment; & what colors are best for you?
I have acute astigmatism in my left eye ("legally" blind), and moderate astigmatism in my right eye. I'm also far-sighted. While prescription reading glasses work a charm with normal text and link colors and some darker "off" colors, they magnify the brilliance of lighter colors and cause the blurriness. Bright colored text, such as yellow, is almost equivalent to shining a flashlight in my eyes.
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Thanks for the feedback. I've removed some of the larger options from the size dropdown, which should cut down on some of the most egregious abuses. Unfortunately in the current system there is no option to limit the usage by usergroup or set a maximum size. If there's sufficient demand it's possible we'd add this, but I don't think turning it off across the entire site is the best answer.
I have acute astigmatism in my left eye ("legally" blind), and moderate astigmatism in my right eye. I'm also far-sighted. While prescription reading glasses work a charm with normal text and link colors and some darker "off" colors, they magnify the brilliance of lighter colors and cause the blurriness. Bright colored text, such as yellow, is almost equivalent to shining a flashlight in my eyes.
I almost made that type of argument about Sasha's example, but I don't have your problem, so I didn't know if the argument was valid. I do, OTOH, have hyperacusis & can get nearly homicidal in the presence of loud noises, e.g. shouting people.
Would take a look at Sasha's example & tell me if those colors are hard on your eyes? TIA.
jeremy,
Good choice, I think we can deal w/ the rest of it case-by-case.
I almost made that type of argument about Sasha's example, but I don't have your problem, so I didn't know if the argument was valid. I do, OTOH, have hyperacusis & can get nearly homicidal in the presence of loud noises, e.g. shouting people.
Would take a look at Sasha's example & tell me if those colors are hard on your eyes? TIA.
Thank you for your concern Rick, and yes, I had to strain to read that. I couldn't look at it very long. I can't comment on other people's impairments except to say if the OP needed that style and color to see text, how did they read Sasha's reply?
... if the OP needed that style and color to see text, how did they read Sasha's reply?
Never got a good answer, the OP there took my questions as a personal attack, perhaps because I also questioned the legality of the OQ (original question ), which had to do w/ ripping a copy protected CD that she insisted is legal. The discussion went nowhere, & I decided to drop the matter in the interests of harmony.
Color Summary
The crucial question for future cases is:
Why do you need to use bold colors when writing your posts, but not when reading our posts?
or
How do you normally read the 'Net?-- What is special about composing a post at LQ that is different from your other browsing activities?
Possible comment:
Quote:
Just because you have a visual impairment, you don't have the right to shine a multi-megawatt light in my eyes; any more than deafness would give you right to shout at me. -- I have bothtinnitis & hyperacusis, so I don't tolerate loud noises very well, or the people who make them. Others here have severe astigmatism & don't tolerate "loud" colors well. Please be considerate, you're not the only one with a handicap.
Suggestions for refining the above comment on color are welcome.
Size comment, probably not polite enough to use
Quote:
What follows is my inference, & may not necessarily be your intended implication.
When you use large font size(s) for the body of your post, you are saying that you know better than I how to set up my browser & the rest of my computer for the most comfortable viewing for my eyes. That is arrogant & rude.
Even as a new member i'm going to disagree. In any case policies could be updated to enable per-user restrictions in case of abuse. That way a wide majority of users that do use sane formatting still can have the feature.
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), which had to do w/ ripping a copy protected CD that she insisted is legal. The discussion went nowhere, & I decided to drop the matter in the interests of harmony. 
