There are Frames And Graphics or Graphics And Frames. If you can see them, they are pretty ... and pretty much the same. To the SIGHTED they are TERRIFIC. With LOW VISION they are a STRAIN. For the BLIND, they CONFOUND our screen reader speech programs, to drive us both INSANE.

The very Graphics and Scrips, that go to make a web site "cool". Are much adored and adorn web site design as a tool. That leaves our Screen Readers "cold"; [un - cool].

For The Blind graphics and scripts can be both Barrier and Bomb. Some just terminate speech programs. Scramble screens. Cripple controls. While others just Hide the text, buttons, and links; or Play -Take- Away. Where Crashes deliver us from Chaos, as only JAVA Death restores the Calm.

For Low -To- No Vision ... Living In A Sea -Of- Fog computer Users customize MS Windows and Browser Screens to a Low Density, and High Contrast, color configuration. This means that there are:

1. No Pastel colors, or fills.
2. No Borders wide or broad.
3. Pen-Stripe Outline borders/buttoms.
4. No Background Wallpaper [color or design].
5. No Background Color [black or dark color].
The surface light output of a large screen monitor [with light color screen background] can generate enough defused light to look like a White-Out in a Snow Storm or a Spot Light in a Fog Bank.
6. Try Bright Green or Gold as "Text" and Link color.
A dark or black background makes green or gold text stand out like Fog Lights At Night.
7. Use any colors You Can See - Ignore any colors You Can Not See - Eliminate any colors Too Bright To See.
Without the black background the fog returns, and we are awash in a Sea - Of - Light.

8. Many Low - To - No Vision Computer Users customize their MS Windows and Browser Screen Fonts to increase their Text Size. Rather than a #10 or #12, they use #18 through #28, [and up to #72] "Bold" fonts. Set your fonts to our sizes and see how many hidden "traps" you can find. Restrictive tags and hidden frames jumble text, as over - runs and over - laps lead to chaos.

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