ooo, this is a good read. It’s got my brain firing way too late in the night. Yawn! This person has to let their wifey migrate even if it’s an uphill battle. Cause a) she wants to and b) she is clearly open to doing her own research which is like…Linux 101. I get what’s going on here though, it’s like a call to action for developers as a whole to be more aware of accessibility needs. I get it. I see the hell that they’ve been through, and all the duct-tape they need in order to get a semi-functional system to work for them. To be honest most legally blind folks I have met (and know what systems they’re using) tend to use windows. It’s really good for accessibility and you can blow everything up 700xs to make things much more readable. I get not agreeing with their practices as they seem to be constantly jumping off the rails of what I myself would be comfortable using. I think having something you can use at all trumps having nothing you can use because you’re not the “intended” user. I think it kind of shows how accessibility tends to come with finances and really the only place I have ever seen it baked in that was made for the people is via the Government (and even then, that was more of a state-based thing over a federal setup). People will for sure grumble down on me saying something about this, but this might be a point where AI could help? I’m not sure, but it might be able to fill the gap well enough that someone can string things together to frankenstein better support or squash some usability bugs. Idk. I feel this person’s frustrations, I just wish I had a better idea for solutions if they want to stick on Linux. Lord knows what is going on the Mac side, because I find their software heinously unfriendly, but I don’t really use it much because of that.
ooo, this is a good read. It’s got my brain firing way too late in the night. Yawn! This person has to let their wifey migrate even if it’s an uphill battle. Cause a) she wants to and b) she is clearly open to doing her own research which is like…Linux 101. I get what’s going on here though, it’s like a call to action for developers as a whole to be more aware of accessibility needs. I get it. I see the hell that they’ve been through, and all the duct-tape they need in order to get a semi-functional system to work for them. To be honest most legally blind folks I have met (and know what systems they’re using) tend to use windows. It’s really good for accessibility and you can blow everything up 700xs to make things much more readable. I get not agreeing with their practices as they seem to be constantly jumping off the rails of what I myself would be comfortable using. I think having something you can use at all trumps having nothing you can use because you’re not the “intended” user. I think it kind of shows how accessibility tends to come with finances and really the only place I have ever seen it baked in that was made for the people is via the Government (and even then, that was more of a state-based thing over a federal setup). People will for sure grumble down on me saying something about this, but this might be a point where AI could help? I’m not sure, but it might be able to fill the gap well enough that someone can string things together to frankenstein better support or squash some usability bugs. Idk. I feel this person’s frustrations, I just wish I had a better idea for solutions if they want to stick on Linux. Lord knows what is going on the Mac side, because I find their software heinously unfriendly, but I don’t really use it much because of that.