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

[jeshyr]

For me, having stuff on the page change (change colour, move, anything) witohut me asking it to by clicking is distracting and makes me lose focus. I hate it!!!

[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.

[blnchflr]

What I would love is a top navigation menu (but I wouldn't be surprised if it is a drawback to people using screenreaders, and then I obviously wouldn't want it implemented) :o)

[jesse_the_k]

Disclaimer: I am completely innocent of CSS and will probably stay that way.

I find these color changes very helpful (double vision, maximize keyboard use).

I do this now with a CSS fragment (which I copied from an accessible Opera style sheet six years ago). I include the fragment in my user style sheet in Safari. I do not know if I could be including it in my DW style definition somehow.


a:active { text-decoration: none ! important; }
a:hover { text-decoration: none ! important; }
a:link { text-decoration: none ! important; }
a:visited { text-decoration: none ! important; }

a:active { color: orange; }
a:hover { color: red; }
a:link { color: blue; }
a:visited { color: purple; }

a:focus { outline: thick solid red; }
a:active { outline: thick solid yellow; }


Could this be a user pref: "URL highlighting"?