On 03/28/2008 03:34 PM, Ivan M wrote:
> The problem is that if we increase the contrast of the tabs, we draw
> more attention to them and thus make the page seem busier and more
> cluttered, confusing the visitor.
> 
> Actually, the thing I was more worried about more was the current
> download button - it doesn't really fit in as much with the new
> design, it looks more like a remnant of the old design. I've made a
> different download button, keeping it reasonably similar in appearance
> with the current one, but updating it to fit in more with the new
> design: you can see it at test.openoffice.org (by clicking the
> download action statement). This variation is more semantic as well,
> using <h3> and <p> tags instead of <span> and <p>.
> 
> If someone wants to update the homepage to reflect this, all you need
> to do is replace the CSS in the current homepage with the CSS in the
> test index page (all of it - I've updated the image paths to be the
> same as the current homepage), and the same thing with the JavaScript
> (I've changed the version to 2.4.0 so you can just copy and paste it
> over)
> 
> - Ivan.

Better thanks. I'm unsure how this change will appear to color blind
visitors; it certainly is easier to find for me. It also might help if
the text in the box were bolded or black, so that when the the mouse
passes over the box the text stands out more prominently against the
background. Hopefully someone with Accessability experience can offer
advise from this point onward.

Thanks again.

Gary




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