Color blindness test

[Stephen Partington]

​Epic webmonkey idea, CSS code written for colorblind/blind usability.​

If something like this does not already exist.

If it does I wouldn't mind any information anyone might have on this. (will
be researching later when i have time)

On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> wrote:

> there are several online tools for testing out general accessibility by
> the blind. Not sure if there are any workstation based utilities to do the
> same thing.
>
> btw, I am probably one of only 2 or 3 people who are in plug that are
> anywhere near expert on this (being totally blind more or less forces one
> to be an expert).
>
> I can dig up some links if you want. btw, most browsers these days let you
> ignore the site specific items and customize for yourself.
>
> one place you can check first is here: http://usabilitygeek.
> com/10-free-web-based-web-site-accessibility-evaluation-tools/
>
> there are extensions for both opera and firefox that also perform much the
> same thing.
>
> btw, when I am in linux, I use ORCA for the unity DM. it's also useful in
> KDE and some others. I have tried out bratty for the console prompt stuff.
> it works ok.
>
> btw, I recently hit upon an idea that would make sense, if I can get any
> of the players in the UEFI consortium to agree to it. the UEFI is either
> linux based or mimics linux (both in tools and functionality). it wouldn't
> be all that hard to setup a UEFI that also has an accessibility tool (like
> BrlTTY). just about anything that app needs can be compiled in to reduce
> the footprint and the UEFI can have the modules outboard instead of being
> compiled in to the kernel (this really would make it universal). the only
> issue I see is Microsoft (they have their fingers buried deeply in UEFI and
> getting them to play ball requires legal action most times).
>
> anyway, thats my 2 cents worth for now.
>
> -eric
> home office of the technomage guild
>
> On Dec 5, 2016, at 8:47 AM, Stephen Partington wrote:
>
> Well the contrast is good, but I just dislike the various shades of
> mustard. especially when paired with blue.
>
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 8:15 AM, Anon Anon <lokotejones at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> https://retro64.xyz/
>>
>> Any one have a good method for testing a website for consumption by the
>> color blind?
>>
>> I need  to test it works with screen readers as well but I xan handle
>> that with blinks.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Aaron
>>
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