we're not sure where to say this, if there was an announcement that included this change we can't find it (we do wish we'd seen one ahead of time or when the change happened, that would have made it less jarring, but we may just not be following the right places or have missed a mention among other topics), and it's much harder for us to post a topic in a community (like dw_accessibility) than comment in a thread. in our previous comment here some lovely helpful volunteers suggested this might be a good place for it, so we'll try offering this here. hope it's okay.
accessibility feedback of beasts:
we much preferred (aka found useable/accessible) when in the posting security drop-down menu - the one that when posting an entry says "show this entry to" - the menu option "custom access filter" was shortened to "custom" rather than to "access filter". "custom" is a more widely-known concept and the word itself is easier to read and far better differentiated from the other items on the list, and therefore easier to find and to comprehend for those of us who may have any or all of:
- vision difficulties
- using a second language
- language-processing or language-recognition difficulties
- some other kinds of cognitive difficulties
- visual input processing problems
- dyslexia
- other similar struggles.
in contrast, "access filter" is far too similar to "access list" and for us at least just gets lost in the fog of letters. (we experience all of the above struggles.)
"custom" stands out from all the other options because it's markedly shorter and has a completely different shaped upper-case starting letter as well as other letters that don't appear in similar places anywhere else on the list of options, and with its ending letter being completely unique. this makes it much easier to find.
and to us at least, "custom" has a much clearer meaning, because the term "access filter" is site-specific and complex, while the term "custom" is universal and simple. our brain can locate the meaning of the term "custom" at times when it cannot locate the meaning of the term "access filter".
we're currently able to find the correct option in that dropdown list only because of spatial memory, it's still located in the same place on the list. but that wouldn't help us if we were new to the site, and it's stressful and exhausting not to know for sure what we're picking. makes us disinclined to make posts as we need to save those spoons for necessary survival tasks.
end feedback.
in other news, you guys are all awesome and we appreciate you and all your hard work very much. <3 <3 <3
accessibility feedback (does this go here?)
we're not sure where to say this, if there was an announcement that included this change we can't find it (we do wish we'd seen one ahead of time or when the change happened, that would have made it less jarring, but we may just not be following the right places or have missed a mention among other topics), and it's much harder for us to post a topic in a community (like
accessibility feedback of beasts:
we much preferred (aka found useable/accessible) when in the posting security drop-down menu - the one that when posting an entry says "show this entry to" - the menu option "custom access filter" was shortened to "custom" rather than to "access filter". "custom" is a more widely-known concept and the word itself is easier to read and far better differentiated from the other items on the list, and therefore easier to find and to comprehend for those of us who may have any or all of:
- vision difficulties
- using a second language
- language-processing or language-recognition difficulties
- some other kinds of cognitive difficulties
- visual input processing problems
- dyslexia
- other similar struggles.
in contrast, "access filter" is far too similar to "access list" and for us at least just gets lost in the fog of letters. (we experience all of the above struggles.)
"custom" stands out from all the other options because it's markedly shorter and has a completely different shaped upper-case starting letter as well as other letters that don't appear in similar places anywhere else on the list of options, and with its ending letter being completely unique. this makes it much easier to find.
and to us at least, "custom" has a much clearer meaning, because the term "access filter" is site-specific and complex, while the term "custom" is universal and simple. our brain can locate the meaning of the term "custom" at times when it cannot locate the meaning of the term "access filter".
we're currently able to find the correct option in that dropdown list only because of spatial memory, it's still located in the same place on the list. but that wouldn't help us if we were new to the site, and it's stressful and exhausting not to know for sure what we're picking. makes us disinclined to make posts as we need to save those spoons for necessary survival tasks.
end feedback.
in other news, you guys are all awesome and we appreciate you and all your hard work very much. <3 <3 <3