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	by wackget 960 days ago
	Unpopular opinion but I hate the design of the site. The transitions are too slow and the entire site is inaccessible to anyone with vertigo, visual processing or balance disorders. Needless to say it also doesn't respect the browser's `prefers-reduced-motion` preference. A massive case of style over substance for me.

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I agree and I don't have vertigo or any other disorder. This is just bad UX.

The charts and graphs are also not very good. You can't search, sort, or filter in any way.

Also no light mode which is also terrible UX. People with astigmatism can have a hard time with dark mode.

Agreed.

Another downside is that it consumes huge amounts of memory.

my philosophy: its ok to have fun on the internet

So what? Memory exists to be used. This isn't Slack, you don't have it open in perpetuity.

If we built everything to tiptoe around every 0.01% disorder out there, we wouldn't have anything nice.

8% of people in the US have some visual impairment; 18% of those over 65.