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		bitbandit on June 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 3% use IE9 and 14% have a disability. Why do we on... I am guessing that 14% = color blind + users with cataract + various other visual impairments. You usually can't have a design that makes all of them happy at once. For example, high contrast UI themes often leave large white areas on the screen that users with glaucoma find blinding, but other users like a lot.

JackFr on June 12, 2014 [–]

I'd like to see the original survey. 14% sounds awful high.

http://www.nei.nih.gov/CanWeSee/

http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/2C.html

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