Lawrence Meckan
"Beez" test
Overall, lots of whitespace means this design provides sufficient contrast, as it renders down to a simple black and white template.
However, you couldn't pick that the left hand nav actually has different colour navigation material to the main leading article. Then again, are you meant to ? (Probably, since it is styled differently in colour to convey a different value or meaning). Semantics involves colour and typeface usage as much as it involves structure (to borrow from Joe Clark)
"Beez" test
Overall, lots of whitespace means this design provides sufficient contrast, as it renders down to a simple black and white template.
However, you couldn't pick that the left hand nav actually has different colour navigation material to the main leading article. Then again, are you meant to ? (Probably, since it is styled differently in colour to convey a different value or meaning). Semantics involves colour and typeface usage as much as it involves structure (to borrow from Joe Clark)