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Have you considered that disability is not always permanent? What if you were temporarily blind? Or could only see magnified or high-contrast UIs? Or you broke
by sangnoir 3y ago
Have you considered that disability is not always permanent? What if you were temporarily blind? Or could only see magnified or high-contrast UIs? Or you broke both arms, but your feet are fine for using your USB driving Sim pedals as an input device for 10 weeks while your arms heal? Would you still want to learn new workflows to be used over a few months only?
A11y isn't about helping one set of users (those who have completely lost their sight), it's about helping a whole spectrum of accessibility challenges - not by prescribing boxed solutions, but giving the user options customizable to their specific needs.
- andrewflnr 3y agoI did consider temporary disabilities, and don't see how it changes anything I said (which is, again, not much).
- sangnoir 3y agoThe amount of time one is willing to set aside to learn new tools & workflows isn't worth it if they are to be used for a limited period. It's much better to use the old tools one is familiar with in those cases.
- andrewflnr 3y agoYou're still assuming that learning the old tool in a new way is faster. That's specifically what I'm questioning.