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My mentor told me to ignore contrast ratios, then my client rejected everything
He said 'trust your eyes' over WCAG guidelines, so I used a light gray on white for a hero section. The client's accessibility audit failed on 12 elements, and now I redo the whole thing. Anyone else had design advice that sounded smart but backfired?
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the_eric16d ago
Wait, did your mentor actually explain WHY they said ignore ratios or was it just a vague vibe thing? Genuinely curious what their reasoning was.
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nathanking16d ago
Haha yeah honestly it was more of a vague vibe thing! My old boss used to say that all the time and I'd be like "okay but why" and he'd just shrug and say "because people are dumb and click whatever." Pretty much the same energy.
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