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by flappyeagle 1156 days ago
This is not a grocery store. It’s a niche enthusiast website.

It’s supposed to be fun. Many fun things “exclude” people. Sports for instance. Music. Painting. There might be accessible versions. There are also inaccessible ones that trade off artistic expression over other factors. The internet is a big place. There’s room for all of it.
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zagrebian 1156 days ago
I disagree. There’s no room for inaccessible websites. You don’t have to trade off anything. You can have both artistic expression and accessibility at the same time. For example, the website can make sure that it’s compatible with the browsers’ reader views. Then users can switch to reader view to read the text in simple black and white.
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whostolemyhat 1156 days ago
It is accessible - it matches standards and is available in text-only browsers.
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mschuster91 1156 days ago
The question is, can it be considered accessible under legal standards (i.e. US ADA or the EU EEA, which is slated to come into final effect in 2025)?

In general, courts tend to follow not just the letter of the law but also the intent, so it's better to go on the safer side.

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zagrebian 1156 days ago
I disagree. A website that induces eyestrain and headaches in some people is not fully accessible, unless the user has an easy way to switch to a simpler design. Browsers have reader modes, but the website in question is not compatible with them.
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pjerem 1156 days ago
As someone who suffers from strong eyestrain issues, I strongly disagree.

There are an infinite number of possible disabilities. Most disabled people already have tools to accommodate.

If you can't see little things, you can zoom. If you have issue with poor contrasts, you can configure your display and/or your browser and/or your OS. If you can't see anything, you can use screen readers. If you have issues with low contrasts, you configure your computer or your browser to override contrasts.

Being "accessible" doesn't mean that your website have to think about every possible disability and that you have to provide a solution. It means that you use decent defaults styles but above all, it means that your website continues to function when it's degraded by the user agent.

Someone with eyestrain issues will not hate you because you made a bad color choice for his disability. But he will probably hate you if him changing the colors or the zooming ratio renders your website unusable.

edit : Also I have strong issues with contrasts due to amblyopia + astigmatism and this page was a pleasure to read. Black on light gray with slight font shadow is exactly what my eyes need.

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zagrebian 1156 days ago
How can a user with eyestrain issues change the colors of a website?
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pjerem 1155 days ago
It depends on your own issue but :

- https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/font-contrast-fi...

- https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/darkreader

Or anything that can change or override the default browser style-sheet. Be it yourself if you are technical savvy enough or a tool.

It can also just be your monitor settings if it suits you.

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