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Notice any changes lately?

Some of the regulars may have noticed the blog has been undergoing some changes. I decided to upgrade to Blogger’s latest beta edition. After a little adjustment (the directions for those of us who are technically challenged could use some work) I figured it out and I like the changes.

I’m especially excited to be able to organize content by category rather than just date. I get a lot of inquiries about my diagnosis story, so now there’s a category for that. It will take me some time to go back through nearly 200 posts and put them all into categories though, so be patient.

I’m not sure that I’m happy with the color changes. The goal was to make the blog easier for visually impaired folks to read as so many of my readers are legally blind. But gee, it seems awfully loud! I may experiment some more with those changes.

The only thing left is I still don’t know how to add a music button – but someday maybe I’ll figure it out.

If anyone has any feedback, especially on whether it’s easier to see, I’d appreciate it.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Hi Heather:

I don't use Windows Accessibilities, but I do use the ones for IE. Everything looks the color and font I choose. I always thought your page was just plain green. When you mentioned about been easier to read and such, I disabled these setings to find that your page has several colors. I especially like that bright green, and the black background makes it so very easy to read. Very nice!

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