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I love this bit from TFA: > Is this system usable for me ? > Accessibility is about making our software usable (and, ideally, pleasant to use) for as many peo

I love this bit from TFA: > Is this system usable for me ? > Accessibility is about making our software usable (and, ideally, pleasant to use) for as many people as we can. Exactly. I don't have any disabilities to speak of (less-than-perfect eyesight, mild case of wrist pain), but I enjoy using many accessibility features, such as: - Automatic dark/light mode; yes I do use a light theme in my editor during the day ;) - High contrast (Gnome); I wish macOS could do something sane here - Reduce motion & transparency (Mac, iPhone); I really wish CSS prefers-reduced-* was already widely deployed - Grayscale color filter (mild setting; iPhone) - Dim flashing lights (Mac) - Shortcat.app (looking forward to Gtk apps on Mac supporting this) - On-screen keyboard, for using a Real Computer from a couch. A basic wireless mouse beats every single clunky TvBox remote out there. - Games! Aim assist, highlight ally/enemy, reduce bobbing / motion, etc Accessibility is for everyone.

growlNark 1y ago
I'm sure we can all appreciate not climbing 30 flights of stairs, even if it we are physically capable of it.
- tonyarkles 1y ago
  > I'm sure we can all appreciate not climbing 30 flights of stairs, even if it we are physically capable of it. Totally. And people seem to forget that you can temporarily go from "no disabilities" to "have a disability" to "no disabilities" very quickly. Slip of a knife while cooking can take a hand out of commission for a few days. Stepping on your glasses can make you visually-impaired for a few days. Ear infection can seriously affect your hearing until it's healed. And there's tech issues that can come up too! A couple of weeks ago I needed to get an embedded Linux device set up with SSH and could only find a spare mouse in the office, no random USB keyboards kicking around. Trying to use the Gnome on-screen keyboard was an exercise in frustration. Some symbols were missing that I needed to type into a shell, for example.
pjmlp 1y ago
Scott Hanselman from Hanselminutes fame, has several remarks on his podcast that anyone can be disabled, even if temporary. Unfortunely too many forget about it.

growlNark 1y ago

I'm sure we can all appreciate not climbing 30 flights of stairs, even if it we are physically capable of it.

tonyarkles 1y ago
> I'm sure we can all appreciate not climbing 30 flights of stairs, even if it we are physically capable of it. Totally. And people seem to forget that you can temporarily go from "no disabilities" to "have a disability" to "no disabilities" very quickly. Slip of a knife while cooking can take a hand out of commission for a few days. Stepping on your glasses can make you visually-impaired for a few days. Ear infection can seriously affect your hearing until it's healed. And there's tech issues that can come up too! A couple of weeks ago I needed to get an embedded Linux device set up with SSH and could only find a spare mouse in the office, no random USB keyboards kicking around. Trying to use the Gnome on-screen keyboard was an exercise in frustration. Some symbols were missing that I needed to type into a shell, for example.

pjmlp 1y ago

Scott Hanselman from Hanselminutes fame, has several remarks on his podcast that anyone can be disabled, even if temporary. Unfortunely too many forget about it.