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If the topic is not your interest but web design is, check out the article for the cool verticle scrolling progress indicator that's displayed horizontally in t
by drewmol 7y ago
If the topic is not your interest but web design is, check out the article for the cool verticle scrolling progress indicator that's displayed horizontally in the floating top menu bar.
My mother has been involved in operating and supporting a network of Kenyan orphanages for decades. She's on the board of directors for the US 501c3 that funds them. The woman who founded this organization (a US citizen) adopted several of the orphans and spent most of her time for 20 years in the country operating the homes until her health decline and dimensia prevented her direct involvement. The board became aware that a director of one of the homes (keynan born man in his mid twenties and the first adoptee of the orgs founder) had been submitting false receipts and not paying land tax, had kicked out orphans and was renting the property, etc. The 93 year old, recently widowed founder did not believe the allegation and a court case (in Kenya) between her the board ensued. Predicting resolution and subsequent board control of the home, my mother quit her job in the US and moved to Kenya (planned for a year) to act as interim director, reestablished the orphanage and transition to a new local director. They instead realized that a case between two westerners, with resources to pay attorneys and court fees, was likely to be dragged out for a long time. She instead volunteered at the nursery at Kenya Children's Home for a short time before going on to help setup and operate a new clinic, built by the Freedom from Fistula[0] foundation, in Madagascar.
In our correspondence, she expressed the vital need for both incontinence and feminine hygiene supplies and consequences of a girls life without them. She explained a tragic situation: that pubecent girls would miss unpredictable amounts of school (often falling behind to the point of withdrawal/failure) without them, and that there was a very real fear of being shunned for failing to control their natural bodily functions. Projects like the one in this article, where minimal targeted investments can result in wide spread life changing outcomes are awesome and inspiring!
- fhw8fhe 7y agoHey. Just wanted to say thanks for sharing this story.
- drewmol 7y agoMy pleasure. Wanted to keep it short, additional context: The organizations founder quite likely believed the allegations but couldn't bear to see the child she adopted and raised from 6 y/o end up in a Kenyan prison. The Freedom from Fistula foundation opend clinics to provide free maturity care, and outpatient obstetric fistula repair surgery. Women with the condition become incontinent and are often shunned from society, it's a result of inadequate medical care during childbirth and it can be repaired with a routine, single day outpatient procedure.
- veidr 7y agoWow! If you insist on having a floating bar at the top of your web page, this sort of scrolling progress indicator should be mandatory. (Also, I learned about menstrual cups due to your enticing reference to the progress indicator which tipped the balance in favor of clicking though to the article.)
- amelius 7y agoI already have a scrollbar indicating the position in the page. Now I have two indicators, which seems a bit much.
- Fnoord 7y agoTrue (though I did like it aesthetically as it isn't noisy). This custom scrollbar could've added several features though such as an indication of how long the article would last time-wise (which is an estimate). Tells me much more than a scrollbar would.
- FearNotDaniel 7y agoVery often there is a difference between how far you are along the article, versus how far you are down the actual page, especially if the page has a large footer, additional advertising down there, and an unmoderated comments section. In the latter case, the actual text can end less than half way down the page. So the additional indicator, when used wisely, can actually have a valid use case.
- veidr 7y agoYou might, but most Apple platform users don't... (T_T) https://www.dropbox.com/s/o2gj5e44n5tryrt/no-scroll-bars-waaaah.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/o2gj5e44n5tryrt/no-scroll-bars-waa...
- saagarjha 7y agoThe scrollbar is easy to bring back, though: just scroll a little bit.
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