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Every single part of HN’s inaccessibility is intentional, with a very strong and unshakable foundation beneath it. This is empirically proven by the fact that Y
by AnonC 3y ago
Every single part of HN’s inaccessibility is intentional, with a very strong and unshakable foundation beneath it. This is empirically proven by the fact that YCombinator hasn’t spent any effort on changing it for over a decade and a half. And it’s not for the lack of money or the lack of competence.
Of all the things one could complain about HN, like the tiny fonts and the tiny buttons next to each other and the disregard for making it easier for those who use screen readers, the color of a text submission would be the very last thing that would get fixed.
(This comment is partly sarcastic)
- satiric 3y agoAgreed 100 percent. Luckily third party apps and websites exist, because the one that YCombinator has made is worthy of all the ridicule it gets. Reddit gets a lot of hate around here but at least it's readable on a device made in the last decade. It's a shame because the community here is so great otherwise.
- pierat 3y agohttps://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented "Additionally, founders of YC companies see each other's usernames show up in orange, which — although not an explicit benefit — does allow fellow YC founders to immediately identify one another in discussions." The real features are hidden from us plebes.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoIs a list backing this available anywhere? Would be neat if someone ported that into a userscript or something.
- SkyBelow 3y agoMaybe I'm the odd one out, but I really like this design for getting a massive amount of comments on screen at once with minimal distractions (no avatars, less ability to add memes), compared to most any other forum or social media. The grey text OP mentioned is a bit of an oddity, especially when I consider someone who has vision issues but not to the extent they need a screen reader. If other forums I frequent decided to swap to a more HN inspired design, I think I would overall feel better using it. That said, I haven't tried using a screen reader on here so I can't speak to how well it works from that level of accessibility.
- SoftTalker 3y agoI would think HN is actually pretty good for screen readers or other assisted browsing. I say that having not tried it myself, but it even works reasonably well in text-only browsers. Certainly a much simpler front-end than most modern websites.
- radarsat1 3y agoI just tried using Firefox Mobile's reader mode and it seems to work really well. All the comments get included, although oddly the usernames do not. But maybe that is not a bad thing ;)