IAN
Registered: 10/02/06
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As I have cataracts and am awaiting on the NHS to get round to me I find that sites can be extremely difficult to read. When sites like this one use light or pastel colours for their pages it can become a chore attempting to read menu options.
I have already highlighted this to the site when I first looked into what was happening and this post is to seek the experience of others.
Other than dodgy colours my pet hate is drop down menu items which can not be scrolled or set as full page. I have tried time and time again to read help files eventually giving up totally.
I would have though that considering it is quoted "More than 20 million Americans age 40 and older have cataracts." the Microsoft and other software writers would take this into consideration.
As 20 m is only the figure for the USofA surely there is a worldwide need to address this problem
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mjmuk
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Registered: 08/02/06
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Ian, I think you have raised some interesting points here. I wonder what the other members have to say about it. Any other suggestions most welcome. |
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Paul
Registered: 26/02/06
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Have a look a Style Sheets in Internet explorer (Tools/Internet Options), select Accessibility.. button and tick the box under the heading User Style Sheets. You then have the option to use you pre chosen colours and fonts.
However, I do not use Internet Explorer but moved on to Mozilla's FireFox browser where you can use your own preferred font, size, colour and is much more secure. It is easier to change your colour scheme too (try Tools/Options/Content change the Fonts and Colour settings) it may be just what you are looking for. Firefox is free to download from the link below and works on all versions of windows. (A 5Mb download).
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
Regards
Paul |
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mjmuk
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Registered: 08/02/06
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SeniorNet UK is continuing to gather information from its members and website visitors on this subject, as well as from organisations such as the RNIB as to how we can improve the accessibility of the SenorNet UK website. We will be interested to gather as much information as possible from visitors either via posts to this Forum or via the forms submission on the Members page. Regards Mike M. |
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Stephanie
Registered: 07/05/06
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IAN
Registered: 10/02/06
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Stephanie
When I first raised my points it was on the basis of highlighting a problem. At that time I was using Opera as my browser and found that it was to my need the best of offer.
Magnifiers are not too bad but when you can scroll text to the size you need it beats them hands down.
Perhaps you could look at Opera and see if it improves matters.
I have just had one eye done and while there is an improvement the fact that the other eye was the dominant one still causes problems. I am still using Opera and unless something extremely better comes along it looks like I will be sticking with it.
Hope this assists
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Geoffs
Registered: 06/06/06
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A possible answer to Ian's note could be Web Adaptation Technology. This is software developed by IBM in conjunction with SeniorNet USA. It allows the user to alter the the webpage to his/her individual requirements be it colour and style of text, size of text(up to 250%), background colour and animation control. The user can also choose to have the text read out loud. For those people who have difficulty controlling a mouse the numeric pad on the righthand side of the keyboard can be used instead. This includes click,double click, scroll right,left, up, down and diagonal. If I have whetted your appetite go to http://www.seniornet.org/php and follow the Technology paragraph on the homepage. How can you acquire the software? It is available free of charge to not for profit organisations. So Seniornet UK contact your nearest IBM office and ask about it. This software was released here in New Zealand in early April this year and I have been busy ever since teaching my local Seniornet members to use it. Best wishes from Aotearoa (New Zealand). Geoff |
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