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FedEx – Example #1 of Bad Web Design for November 2, 2011

November 2nd, 2011 5:05 am by Vincent Flanders

Submitter’s comments: I can’t read it very well.

Vincent Flanders’ comments: For those of you who don’t understand the concept of contrast, my Daily Sucker from 9-9-9 explains it quite well.

Even though the line height on FedEx’s home page keeps the text separated, it requires effort to read the page. Visitors shouldn’t have to strain to read your text. FedEx uses #666– Satan’s CSS — throughout their site. I’ve met a few of their web employees and they’re too smart for this.

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kingsnake · 700 weeks ago

The #666666 on #ffffff text meets the HP standards (400/125), and is not far below the W3C standards (500/125), for color contrast at 459/153, per the Colour Contrast Analyser. The purple on white is 528/205; purple on grey 433/172. Problem is, the text is tiny. Given that most of the people shipping via Fedex will be older than 18, that's a problem. Site is mostly not gooped up with eye candy and wing dings. (Except for the pointless flash banner -- I'm already there to ship, no need to market me on shipping with you!)

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