Firefox extensions
I’ve been using Mozilla’s Firefox browser for over a year now, and it’s my main browser. One of the key reasons is its extensibility, and here are the extensions I use (generated by the Listzilla extension):
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Web design
Bookmarklets
Read Eric Meyer’s roundup on SXSW 2004, and find that I too am a person mentioned in his SXSQ04i Wrap-Up: in that I hadn’t come across bookmarklets / favelets. Am pleased to say that I’ve now added in a few of Squarefree’s bookmarklets and Tantek’s favelets, and they’re becoming very useful.
Colour-blindness and the web designer
As I’ve been looking up more and more on accessibility (section 508 guidelines etc.) for some site redesigns, I’ve become increasingly aware of some of the other issues around it, and finally read up on some dedicated sites about the different types of colour-blindness.
I think I’m deuteranomalous – i.e. the rods in my eye don’t perceive green as they should. The intensity of light is still the same, but the waves are off-centre. It’s not that I can’t see green light (am not dichromatic), just that I perceive it differently.
A test: Webexhibits – hover over “Protan” and “Deutan” (to the right of the dot pattern) and see what happens. For me there’s no change (only a slight change on the bud of the flower, but none in the dots).
Web designer’s palette: Visibone palette and colour choice
Great explanation of colourblindness, and opinion on design: Firelily
Ishihara-type dot tests (I failed!):
Update 10 March: The man in blue now offers the Technicolor web designer
