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>That's pretty awful. Agreed that is awful! But none of your examples are! >* Renaming master/slave to central/peripheral Yes, please go and explain to peopl
by ralfn 9y ago
>That's pretty awful.
Agreed that is awful! But none of your examples are!
>* Renaming master/slave to central/peripheral
Yes, please go and explain to people in the BDSM scene why their preferences are considered inappropriate and discriminatory. Or should the whole world shape around the sensibilities of US slavery? That's a bit US-centric, no?
>Avoiding gender in code comments and documentation, e.g. "When user clicks, log him out" to "When user clicks, log them out".
Depends on the context. What if it's a woman's magazine website and the comment reads 'log her out'? It sounds a bit hard for all economic activities to not have target audiences. What are we gonna do with all these marketeers then? How would they even establish a focus group?
Off course, that would suggest they are just ordinary people, and not some evil immoral conspiracy against a specific gender.
>Being able to disable animations globally, for epileptic users.
That's not how epilepsy works at all -- these sort of misconceptions are actually the things they are actively fighting _against_.
For some reason, every _constructive_ attempt of making people treat each other better, brings out the worst kind of people that like vultures jump onto any opportunity to find moral laws they can use to feel superior to other people. A sort of moral übermensch (yeah gender neutral phrasing!) if you will. In the bible they are referred to as Pharisees. The monsters that play king of the hill in the moral center. "No true Scotsman" would be an other expression that comes to mind.
The clearly homophobic comments are horrible! Yet it's so easy to tell the difference between those comments and your examples. And you would be able to tell the differences as well, if you your intentions were even in the slightest way honorable.
- odbol_ 9y agoAnimations causing seizures and discomfort are definitely a thing: http://webaim.org/articles/seizure/ http://webaim.org/articles/seizure/ These kinds of knee-jerk reactions from people in the industry are exactly why we have to try consciously to remove these biases. Listen to the people who are saying these things make them uncomfortable, and try to work with them on a solution that's inclusive to all, instead of dismissing it out of hand, like most the commenters here are doing.
- ralfn 9y agoFrom your own link: >Some people are susceptible to seizures caused by strobing, flickering, or flashing effects. >Most web content is completely harmless to individuals with photoepileptic tendencies. Even most animations, videos, moving text, and Flash objects do not present any danger. However, some developers insist on dramatic effects of flashing or flickering lights and strobe-like effects. Most developers use animations to get rid of strobe-like effects caused by things like pop-in or quick scrolling. Blindly disabling all animations would make things _worse_. Its why most browsers animate discrete (mousewheel) scrolling: prevent accidental strobing effect caused by aliasing. >These kinds of knee-jerk reactions from people in the industry are exactly I'm trying to be factual. You can't even bother to read the links you share. Blindly disabling all animations would be the dumb knee-jerk reaction. >Listen to the people who are saying these things make them uncomfortable They aren't the one making drama. People like you are. Look at how emotionally compelling your argument is. Yet not based on facts, and if you would actually have epilepsy or would know anyone who has, you would know this. > instead of dismissing it out of hand, like most the commenters here are doing. People are dismissing the masturbatory judgement displayed by unrequested/unwanted judgement heroes. No solution ever comes from moral indignation. The polite thing is to keep the judgment-toy in your pants and only whip it out for a select special few.
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