Last modified: 2010-05-15 14:36:19 UTC
The color scheme in comparing Differences Between Revisions is very difficult for color blind folks. The red text on top of, what appears to be a peach-like color on the left is hard, as well as the red on green on the right. I myself am [[Color Blind]], as well as 10% of males! If we could fix this with colors that are easier to distinguish, preferably chosen from a web-safe pallet, it would make this tool available to more people, and be wonderful :) If you need a test-monkey just hit me up on AIM: BReflection or E-mail: reflection@gmail.com - en:User:Alterego
We shouldn't simply show changes in colour; differences should be marked up using <ins> and <del> and styled with something as well as colour. Italics? Bold? Not sure. ..
Once the HTML includes <ins> and <del> like it should: ins, del {color: maroon; background-color: inherit;} ins {font-weight: bold;} del {text-decoration: line-through;} In the meantime, to achieve the same in graphical browsers: .diffchange {color: maroon; background-color: inherit;} .diff-deletedline .diffchange {text-decoration: line- through;} .diff-addedline .diffchange {font-weight: bold;}
I have made the difference pages on the English Wikipedia show changes in bold as well as being colored red. Hopefully this won't be moaned about too much and can stay :) Will get around to modifying MediaWiki and fully fixing the accessibility issues one day...
(In reply to comment #3) > I have made the difference pages on the English Wikipedia show changes in bold as well as being colored red. > Hopefully this won't be moaned about too much and can stay :) That is an *excellent* idea.
Supposedly fixed in HEAD.
Just checked if it's been applied in REL1_4 and HEAD for all skins, it has, marking it as FIXED.
*** Bug 2820 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
