[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1961: WUI: accessibility problem with node status in new Welcome page

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#1961: WUI: accessibility problem with node status in new Welcome page
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     Reporter:  daira           |      Owner:  daira
         Type:  defect          |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major           |  Milestone:  1.11.0
    Component:  code-frontend-  |    Version:  1.10.0
  web                           |   Keywords:  wui accessibility regression
   Resolution:                  |
Launchpad Bug:                  |
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Old description:

> On 02/05/13 00:16, Greg Troxel wrote:
> > The up/down-ness of nodes is indicated by a green vs red circle, which
> > is gratuitously unfriendly to people with color vision issues and/or
> B&W
> > displays (yes, I have sparcstation ELC handy, but no I haven't tried to
> > run a browser on it and look at the weclome page).
> >
> > I would suggest leaving the green circle and making the down icon be a
> > red X, basically the logical and of a big X and the circle, so it has
> > similar visual feel, and is distinguishable w/o color.
>
> It's unfortunate that I missed this, given that I fixed it for the
> Introducer and Helper status (they say "Not Connected"). My bad.

New description:

 On 02/05/13 00:16, Greg Troxel wrote:
 > The up/down-ness of nodes is indicated by a green vs red circle, which
 > is gratuitously unfriendly to people with color vision issues and/or B&W
 > displays (yes, I have sparcstation ELC handy, but no I haven't tried to
 > run a browser on it and look at the weclome page).
 >
 > I would suggest leaving the green circle and making the down icon be a
 > red X, basically the logical and of a big X and the circle, so it has
 > similar visual feel, and is distinguishable w/o color.

 It's unfortunate that I missed this, given that I fixed it for the
 Introducer and Helper status (they say "Not Connected"). My bad.

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Comment (by RedEmerald):

 Much love for this

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