858664 - Release notes footer text/background contrast is low

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(www.mozilla.org :: Information Architecture & UX, defect, P4)

Description

[[:Aleksej]]

Browser and OS: Firefox 20.0 Beta on GNU/Linux


Steps to Reproduce:

1. Look at the footer of https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/20.0/releasenotes/#footer
→ low contrast

2. Check it with WCAG Contrast Checker (check the "Text selector" checkbox and point at the blue text on blue background) https://addons.mozilla.org/ru/firefox/addon/wcag-contrast-checker/
→ low contrast for all the listed kinds of vision, 2.46-2.57 (whatever that means).
rgb(102,155,225) on rgb(51,85,155)
#669BE1 on #33559B

Comment 1

[[:Aleksej]]

The license note has even darker text, low contrast even if I increase display contrast to too much for me.  The extension says the ratio is 1.47.

Comment 2

[[:Aleksej]]

The extension says some pieces of text on white background are also not OK even for normal vision, but for me they are OK, because I don't have to use the page.  See the "Document" tab of the extension's sidebar for a list.

Comment 3

[[:Aleksej]]

> See the "Document" tab of the extension's sidebar for a list.
And click a "Test …" button there to highlight the list entries.

The blue footer is used also at:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/legal/fraud-report/index.html#footer
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/contact.html#footer
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/#footer


Pieces on white background can be found on many pages, I doubt it's useful to try to list them all in this bug?

Comment 4

[Kohei Yoshino]

This page has been archived. The current page has a different design:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/30.0/releasenotes/#footer