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The reality is to keep up with all this is a waste of time for most small and medium businesses. Unfortunately there are more customers who aren't handicapped.

bcx 3y ago
I'd challenge you to expand your understanding of disability and ability. Small and Medium businesses "waste time" on all sorts of things, one anecdote that might help your libertarian leanings is that majority of disabilities are age related, and the majority of the wealth is controlled by older folks who are far more likely to just not spend money at said small/medium business without providing any feedback to said inaccessible business. In general, I might look at the "curb cut effect". Curb cuts are those things you see on sidewalks that let folks roll bikes, carts, strollers, walkers, and even wheel chairs when cross streets. You might take for granted that the build environment for folks is far more accessible than it was in the 80s pre ADA. My philosophy is well designed systems fully embrace the constraints and benefit everyone.
ironmagma 3y ago
As someone with limited vision, I agree. The actual solution is enabling system-wide tools to work around the non-accessibility-aware applications.
fzeroracer 3y ago
This is false, because accessibility helps everyone. There are examples of customers who are temporarily impaired being assisted by options for people that might have only partial use of one hand, or options for colorblind people improving the overall design of your site. For example, there are still games created which do not support button remapping because why would they? It's an accessibility option, they don't need to support 'everyone'. But I, as someone who is not disabled, use it because it allows me to make the controls more comfortable.
nathanfig 3y ago
Consider that everyone who ages will someday require accessibility features. I suspect most developers will eventually find themselves wishing they had created a more accessible world.

bcx 3y ago

I'd challenge you to expand your understanding of disability and ability. Small and Medium businesses "waste time" on all sorts of things, one anecdote that might help your libertarian leanings is that majority of disabilities are age related, and the majority of the wealth is controlled by older folks who are far more likely to just not spend money at said small/medium business without providing any feedback to said inaccessible business. In general, I might look at the "curb cut effect". Curb cuts are those things you see on sidewalks that let folks roll bikes, carts, strollers, walkers, and even wheel chairs when cross streets. You might take for granted that the build environment for folks is far more accessible than it was in the 80s pre ADA. My philosophy is well designed systems fully embrace the constraints and benefit everyone.

ironmagma 3y ago

As someone with limited vision, I agree. The actual solution is enabling system-wide tools to work around the non-accessibility-aware applications.

fzeroracer 3y ago

This is false, because accessibility helps everyone. There are examples of customers who are temporarily impaired being assisted by options for people that might have only partial use of one hand, or options for colorblind people improving the overall design of your site. For example, there are still games created which do not support button remapping because why would they? It's an accessibility option, they don't need to support 'everyone'. But I, as someone who is not disabled, use it because it allows me to make the controls more comfortable.

nathanfig 3y ago

Consider that everyone who ages will someday require accessibility features. I suspect most developers will eventually find themselves wishing they had created a more accessible world.