On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 4:03 PM Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> wrote:
> Not only that, using color to communicate anything is a violation of > accessibility standards. Section 508 of the Americans With Disabilities > states that specifically. That is one of 16 technical points along with > the Preamble web designers already ought have known for the last few > years. I have, in the past, helped a person with limited eyesight. He would use a Linux Text Screen, and lynx as his Browser, and then have a special Screen-reading Program. So I brought up https://www.debian.org under lynx, to see how the Download Link looked. The same wording ( "Download Debian 10.5(64-bit PC Network installer)" ) was on its own line, as a usable Link. I'd say this Website passes Muster better than many others. Kenneth Parker > On Mon, 17 Aug 2020, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:25:26 > > From: Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: where is the download page? > > Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:25:45 +0000 (UTC) > > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 02:56:45PM -0400, Lars Blizard wrote: > > > where is the download page? > > > > https://www.debian.org/ > > > > has a link that says "Getting Debian", and it also has a green download > > icon thingy embedded in the huge banner. > > > > (I've told people before that putting important things in web banners is > > a bad idea, because decades of the web have trained us not to look at > > web banners.) >
