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Wheelchair users are also pretty unusual and we don’t go removing ramps from everywhere. I’m growing pretty tired of the “your use case is unusual, so fuck you”
by sildur 6y ago
Wheelchair users are also pretty unusual and we don’t go removing ramps from everywhere. I’m growing pretty tired of the “your use case is unusual, so fuck you” argument.
- hyperdimension 6y ago> "your use case is unusual, so fuck you" With love, The Chrome Team
- znpy 6y ago> With love, The Chrome Team Google continues the war against its own users.
- jrm4 6y agoDespite having felt this way about so many things, I have never seen this argument put so well and succinctly. I am going to be using this ALL THE TIME. Also, is this "sildur" of Minecraft shader fame? If so, much thanks, you've given me and my daughter many instances of "ooh pretty look at our house."
- morelisp 6y agoPlease do not so blithely invoke disability just because someone removed the feature you cared about. It sucks, but I promise you navigating the world in a wheelchair sucks a lot more. I don't want to speak for anyone in particular but X11 was definitely not a friend to people who cared about a11y or l10n. It wore its origins in "80s MIT students" on its sleeve, for good and bad - and for non-English-speaking or disabled people, mostly bad.
- sildur 6y agoHey, this is not a contest about who had the crappiest life, and if it was, I can assure you that there are things in life that suck more than navigating the world in a wheelchair, and I’m not asking people to stop complaining about that just because they happened to me. Anyways, replace wheelchair users with pregnant women, or old people. Ramps help them too, and the argument is still valid.
- mcguire 6y agoSupporting "unusual" cases is difficult and takes more effort. In the dog-eat-dog world of commercial development, to win you have to get the majority. Yes, I had that conversation with a friend.