>designers need to think of elderly users with bad vision There are plenty of us young folks with terrible low-contrast vision, too :) I've personally got HN t

>designers need to think of elderly users with bad vision There are plenty of us young folks with terrible low-contrast vision, too :) I've personally got HN turned up to 175% zoom, and even that's a bit on the low side if I want to read the text of self-posts. IMO, this is an important distinction -- I once heard a friend indicate that, because their app was targeted at people aged ~20-30, accessibility wasn't an important focus. I thought that was a very short sighted decision.