[nativeit]

Wait, so just no more using red? Anywhere, at all, in any facet of design? What about other differentiated abilities. Should “designers” stop using anything under 18-pt font? 24-pt? How accessible must an interface before you will grant “designers” their un-quoted status as designers?

[dragonwriter]

> Wait, so just no more using red? Anywhere, at all, in any facet of design?

The usual advice I’ve seen to avoid discriminating against people with reduced ability to differentiate color is “don’t use color distinctions alone for any purpose”. If you want to make things recognizable as different at a glance, and are inclined to use color for it – do that, but also use some other visual distinction. If its text, use a non-color stylistic distinction as well as color.

[nativeit]

Sound advice. All that strike through is going to look horrible, and diminish the overall readability for a much larger population. I’m not sure there’s a very good solution for this particular case. Should they trash the entire idea rather than accept some lesser accessibility?

I’m certainly not against broader accessibility in any sense, I have had multiple sclerosis for 22-years, I was really more against using “quotes” to question a professional’s credibility for what seems like a fairly sensible choice.