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deborah ([personal profile] deborah) wrote in [site community profile] dw_accessibility2010-07-14 06:26 pm

reminder: what do you want?

A periodic reminder: tell us what accessibility needs aren't being served by dreamwidth and we'll see if we can make them happen. Be pie-in-the-sky. It's unlikely that dreamwidth will be able to be your bionic ears or will be able to give your service animal opposable thumbs, but if it's within the realm of feasibility, let's see what we can make happen.



Or if you are shy you can just talk about it here, or even just private message me.
jesse_the_k: text: Be kinder than need be: everyone is fighting some kind of battle (LUCY old and no longer)

Explicit Comment Heirarchy Indicators

[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2010-07-15 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm still hoping to have a style where the heirarchy of comments is shown explicitly through printing characters as well as/instead of through indents.

Initially discussed here at this thread, then extensively discussed over at dw_suggestions on this thread.

I lack the CSS skills to make it happen, but thought this might be an answer: If the ECHIs are shown in a fixed-width font, they could serve as both indents (if the font = background) and indicators (if the font = visible).

This isn't on the "accessibility" bugs list. The current DW interface prevents audio and large-print users from knowing which thread a comment is in. Initially I raised it as a universal design issue; I do think it's an access issue as well. Any advice on my best next step?