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Check how people with color blindness might view your website Posted: 15 Nov 2009 01:53 PM PST Color blindness is a condition which is prevalent among almost upto 10% of the population. This can mean that if you have a website, its color scheme can perceived differently by 10% of the visitors. Most common condition is when a person mixes up colors which are shades of green and blue. The question that needs answering is does it affect someone viewing your website? Would a mix of certain colors confuse or make the website difficult to navigate? I came across Vischeck a website which simulate different ways color scheme of your website could be perceived. Vischeck I just needed to go to their website, enter the URL of the website and get an simulation of how someone with color blindness would perceive the website. There are multiple options to select for simulating color visual of a website. It has limitations as it does not simulate colors properly if website has Flash or certain type of Java Script operations. I did the simulation with our very own Devils Workshop and tried to see if it could have any issues in color perception. Devils Workshop screenshot in Normal browser Devils Workshop screenshot in Vischeck mode If you look at the comparison, the teal coloured text which we have on Devils Workshop can be perceived as purple. This is not much of an issue for DW, as the background is white and we have written material which is predominant rather than images. A lot of our readers also have their own blogs and I think if you have websites with a lot of color you might want to take a look at Vischeck to see if someone visiting your site is not being inconvenienced with the color scheme inadvertently. Do look up some websites with Vischeck and let me know through your comments if you have got some interesting results. Related posts: Now Customize Color of Gmail Inbox! [New Feature] Check where shortened URLs redirect you to with Unhid View Streets through Google Street View!

Check where shortened URLs redirect you to with Unhid Posted: 14 Nov 2009 11:38 PM PST Shortened URLs have been very useful, especially with the rise of Twitter. The problem is shortened URLs give you no idea about the page you are visiting and if it is safe website to visit or not. Recently a virus is circulating with random messages along with shortened URLs on many social networking sites. Click on the URL and your computer can be affected. On DW we have reviewed a lot of ways to creating shortened URLs but not much on doing things the other way around. This is where Unhid helps. It is a website which helped me convert a shortened URL and showed me the original URL where I would be redirected. Unhid Unhid is a great way to look up which site you are being redirected to before clicking on a shortened URL. I copy pasted the short URL and clicked on ‘Unhide‘ as shown in the image above. This showed me the actual URL of the page I would be taken to. In this case Devils Workshop homepage. I find Unhid quite handy to make sure if I have any suspicion on where I may be redirected by a shortened URL. Hope you too find this website useful and let me know your views and opinions through your comments. Related posts: 10 Services To Shorten Long URLs Adf.ly: Shorten URLs and earn some extra money too! Check Google Adsense Premium Ad Unit In Action!

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