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It’s worth pointing out though that iOS has extensive options for enhancing accessibility, like increasing font size and contrast, reducing transparency, removi
by matthewmacleod 9y ago
It’s worth pointing out though that iOS has extensive options for enhancing accessibility, like increasing font size and contrast, reducing transparency, removing animations, and so on. To me, this seems like a reasonable compromise.
- notadoc 9y agoI made all of those changes on a relatives iPhone and they still struggle to read anything on it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- gnicholas 9y agoUnfortunately, many many apps ignore these settings wholesale. I actually did a survey of news apps to see which ones offered any text accessibility options at all (or respected the OS level settings). The results are not good, especially among tech company news readers. https://hackernoon.com/the-importance-of-text-accessibility-in-news-apps-45ac8cca2e9a https://hackernoon.com/the-importance-of-text-accessibility-...
- vacri 9y agoIf you make a design because it looks good and not because it works well, then you're an artist, not a designer. A designer has to meld form and function. Pencil-thin light grey fonts are a fashion fad, not a thoughtful design choice.