Should Lynx have different focus/hover colours?

[jeshyr]

I know a bunch of readers here use the very plain Lynx site scheme. This poll is for those who use the Lynx site scheme on Dreamwidth (or LiveJournal, etc.) some or all of the time...

We've wondering about defining separate colours for hover or focus.

Mouse users: this would mean that a link would change colour if you put your mouse over it without clicking on the link.

Keyboard users: this would mean that a link would change colour if your keyboard focus got to the link. This would be in addition to the outline which is already present as you move keyboard focus.

Poll #1328 Lynx & Focus/Hover Colour

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

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Would you prefer the Lynx site scheme to use a separate hover/focus colour?

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Yes please, it would help with accessibility for me
2 (20.0%)

I prefer them, but they don't affect accessibility
3 (30.0%)

I don't really mind either way.
4 (40.0%)

I'd prefer not, but it doesn't affect accessibility for me
1 (10.0%)

Please don't, I find they make accessibility worse for me
1 (10.0%)

I have a more complicated answer I'll explain in the comments
0 (0.0%)

Please leave comments as well as using the poll. What's good/bad about it for you?

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Comments

[jadelennox]

since I do everything by keyboard-equivalent, I'm very unlikely to notice -- browser highlighting for keyboard-find is likely to be much more obvious than any hover effects that actually spring up based on keyboard access.