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There's a bunch of reasons why this model doesn't hold up in the long run, and I'll give one of them: accessibility. Once your business decides that your app mu

There's a bunch of reasons why this model doesn't hold up in the long run, and I'll give one of them: accessibility. Once your business decides that your app must be sufficiently accessible to reach the many people who need accessibility work, your backlog explodes.

DrJokepu 4y ago
says who? accessibility is not that hard to achieve if you know what you're doing and make efforts from the very beginning to build your product in an accessible fashion
- dwaite 4y ago
  The problem is that accessibility is not a common high priority requirement for most software, making people with accessibility experience rare.
- phillipcarter 4y ago
  Show me a single piece of successful software that didn't suffer the "new business requirement upends everything about how we built it" problem.
MacsHeadroom 4y ago
So ignore accessibility. It's not a legal requirement and it doesn't pay. McDonald's restaurants have handicap accessible ramps but they don't staff ESL speakers. Apps and web services are no different. Clubhouse, for example, isn't accessible to the hearing impaired and that's ok.
- XorNot 4y ago
  Technically it isn't: if you run an American business, you are subject to the Americans With Disabilities act as it is pursuant to electronic services [1]. Uber specifically would definitely fall under a "public transportation" service - accessibility is non-optional if someone decides to sue. [2] [1] https://www.ada.gov/2010ADAstandards_index.htm https://www.ada.gov/2010ADAstandards_index.htm [2] https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/10900-ada-website-requirements.html https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/10900-ada-website-requirem...
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- NickRandom 4y ago
  >> So ignore accessibility. It's not a legal requirement and it doesn't pay. Firstly that is just plain incorrect in a lot of areas (of business) and jurisdictions. Secondly your outlook on accessibility is just ... SMH and walks away from keyboard.

DrJokepu 4y ago

says who? accessibility is not that hard to achieve if you know what you're doing and make efforts from the very beginning to build your product in an accessible fashion

dwaite 4y ago
The problem is that accessibility is not a common high priority requirement for most software, making people with accessibility experience rare.
phillipcarter 4y ago
Show me a single piece of successful software that didn't suffer the "new business requirement upends everything about how we built it" problem.

MacsHeadroom 4y ago

So ignore accessibility. It's not a legal requirement and it doesn't pay. McDonald's restaurants have handicap accessible ramps but they don't staff ESL speakers. Apps and web services are no different. Clubhouse, for example, isn't accessible to the hearing impaired and that's ok.

XorNot 4y ago
Technically it isn't: if you run an American business, you are subject to the Americans With Disabilities act as it is pursuant to electronic services [1]. Uber specifically would definitely fall under a "public transportation" service - accessibility is non-optional if someone decides to sue. [2] [1] https://www.ada.gov/2010ADAstandards_index.htm https://www.ada.gov/2010ADAstandards_index.htm [2] https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/10900-ada-website-requirements.html https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/10900-ada-website-requirem...
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NickRandom 4y ago
>> So ignore accessibility. It's not a legal requirement and it doesn't pay. Firstly that is just plain incorrect in a lot of areas (of business) and jurisdictions. Secondly your outlook on accessibility is just ... SMH and walks away from keyboard.