thankyou very much for the reply, Denise! (or denise? we just realised we don't know your case preference, if you have one. most of us prefer our names all in lower-case, but we know that's not the usual custom on Earth.)
we wondered if that might've been it! we almost added that to the original comment when we were writing it, we were thinking of saying something like we know that someone's accessible can be someone else's inaccessible and you can't fix it all. the lack of noun issue makes a lot of sense to us, we can identify with that person's confusion.
we think you came up with a really good solution to the conflict of needs, too! "custom filter" specifies the noun without repeating any of the other options on the list, and still keeps both the more easily distinguishable starting shape of the upper-case C and the more universally-known concept of something being custom-made. it'll still be a little harder to find for us than the original just because it's so much longer and closer to the length of the other options, but we are very happy with that compromise if it helps someone else be able to use it too. excellent job, and thankyou very much.
we really appreciate so much how willing you and the others are here to listen and make changes for accessibility. it's funny in that not-funny way because this shouldn't feel like such an amazing treat, but in western Earth society, it does. this is why dreamwidth is our home - it's a place where our needs actually matter, for once. it's a place where it's worth us paying the spoons to speak, because people will listen instead of telling us to shut up. it's the only space we've found on Earth that we didn't create, where we are not second-class citizens or the unwanted pile of junk in the corner. thankyou for being the island of safety in this world. <3 <3 <3
thanks for explaining about how text changes are handled and why they don't go in the announcements, too! that makes a lot of sense, we thought it would probably be a much easier thing to change, and we can see why there wouldn't be announcements for this sort of thing, with them being odd tweaks on an as-needed basis outside of other updates. it was a little alarming to us to go into what usually feels like a private space for us and find someone had moved the furniture around unexpectedly, but we know that realistically we are just using a private iteration of a shared common space that needs to match everyone's requirements and the landlord needs to move things sometimes to make that work.
to put it differently: unexpected text changes are jarring and scary especially in places that are familiar and/or personal, but we understand the need for it and can handle it okay. if announcements weren't extra effort we'd appreciate them, but the hassle of making a post each time a text change is made seems like it'd be more prohibitive to getting text changes made in a timely manner than anything.
the beta update page does sound really good, with all its customisation options. customisation helps lower the "landlord needs to move the furniture to suit everyone" quota quite a bit! we're really looking forward to trying that. and a different, easier to distinguish way of selecting security levels sounds very attractive, too! we won't use it though until it has support for draft saving, because we rely on that very heavily and it can make the difference between us posting and having a good day and being okay, and a failure to post completely wrecking our health for the rest of the day because it burned spoons we needed in order to eat.
we've tried using text files to save post drafts in, but it's really not something we're capable of usually. our brain can't reliably produce a "copy and paste into a text file before hitting post!" cue without prompting because it's an external action not part of using the site and following the site's cues. and likewise we can't manage a "remember to go write the post in a text file instead" cue when we want to start a post. plus if we try to write the whole post in a text file it doesn't feel like a post and we often can't do it.
that's okay though. we're content using the original update page until draft-saving can be added to the new one, and if it can't be added, then so long as you never force everyone to change over to the new version we'll be fine. ^_^ (easygoing smile)
(it's also entirely possible our browsers wouldn't be able to load the beta update page at all, or it would be full of errors. that's happening with many dynamic-content pages now, and just newer site design in general, because we're trapped in an old OS that lacks dependencies for newer versions of browsers. it's a long and complex explanation as to why we can't change that yet, that involves a lot of shit most people don't have to deal with and often can't even understand. we don't feel like trying to explain. all readers need to know is that we're aware of the security problems and other such things, and we're already making the maximum progress speed possible towards updating our system. we'll get there sometime in the next few years.)
apologies for our verbosity, though we know you likely won't mind much, being of a somewhat similar ilk. *friendly grin* it eases our social anxiety to acknowledge/apologise for and explain it, though. we have two main modes: silent and textwall, haha. using words and translating into english is extremely challenging, and we're naturally inclined to infodumping and otherwise just communicating a lot of things, and struggling to find concise and accurate translations. so trying to then edit down what we said on top of that often puts us back into 'silent'.
again great job on finding a good compromise with "custom filter"; and thankyou so so much for all you do here. for listening and caring and for making changes when you can and for dreamwidth being the place that it is. thankyou for providing us this space where we can exist, express ourselves, be heard, and have friends in a world that would rather drop us in a hole and forget about us. this is why we keep a paid account whenever we can. dreamwidth is Doin It Rite.
Re: accessibility feedback (does this go here?)
we wondered if that might've been it! we almost added that to the original comment when we were writing it, we were thinking of saying something like we know that someone's accessible can be someone else's inaccessible and you can't fix it all. the lack of noun issue makes a lot of sense to us, we can identify with that person's confusion.
we think you came up with a really good solution to the conflict of needs, too! "custom filter" specifies the noun without repeating any of the other options on the list, and still keeps both the more easily distinguishable starting shape of the upper-case C and the more universally-known concept of something being custom-made. it'll still be a little harder to find for us than the original just because it's so much longer and closer to the length of the other options, but we are very happy with that compromise if it helps someone else be able to use it too. excellent job, and thankyou very much.
we really appreciate so much how willing you and the others are here to listen and make changes for accessibility. it's funny in that not-funny way because this shouldn't feel like such an amazing treat, but in western Earth society, it does. this is why dreamwidth is our home - it's a place where our needs actually matter, for once. it's a place where it's worth us paying the spoons to speak, because people will listen instead of telling us to shut up. it's the only space we've found on Earth that we didn't create, where we are not second-class citizens or the unwanted pile of junk in the corner. thankyou for being the island of safety in this world. <3 <3 <3
thanks for explaining about how text changes are handled and why they don't go in the announcements, too! that makes a lot of sense, we thought it would probably be a much easier thing to change, and we can see why there wouldn't be announcements for this sort of thing, with them being odd tweaks on an as-needed basis outside of other updates. it was a little alarming to us to go into what usually feels like a private space for us and find someone had moved the furniture around unexpectedly, but we know that realistically we are just using a private iteration of a shared common space that needs to match everyone's requirements and the landlord needs to move things sometimes to make that work.
to put it differently: unexpected text changes are jarring and scary especially in places that are familiar and/or personal, but we understand the need for it and can handle it okay. if announcements weren't extra effort we'd appreciate them, but the hassle of making a post each time a text change is made seems like it'd be more prohibitive to getting text changes made in a timely manner than anything.
the beta update page does sound really good, with all its customisation options. customisation helps lower the "landlord needs to move the furniture to suit everyone" quota quite a bit! we're really looking forward to trying that. and a different, easier to distinguish way of selecting security levels sounds very attractive, too! we won't use it though until it has support for draft saving, because we rely on that very heavily and it can make the difference between us posting and having a good day and being okay, and a failure to post completely wrecking our health for the rest of the day because it burned spoons we needed in order to eat.
we've tried using text files to save post drafts in, but it's really not something we're capable of usually. our brain can't reliably produce a "copy and paste into a text file before hitting post!" cue without prompting because it's an external action not part of using the site and following the site's cues. and likewise we can't manage a "remember to go write the post in a text file instead" cue when we want to start a post. plus if we try to write the whole post in a text file it doesn't feel like a post and we often can't do it.
that's okay though. we're content using the original update page until draft-saving can be added to the new one, and if it can't be added, then so long as you never force everyone to change over to the new version we'll be fine. ^_^ (easygoing smile)
(it's also entirely possible our browsers wouldn't be able to load the beta update page at all, or it would be full of errors. that's happening with many dynamic-content pages now, and just newer site design in general, because we're trapped in an old OS that lacks dependencies for newer versions of browsers. it's a long and complex explanation as to why we can't change that yet, that involves a lot of shit most people don't have to deal with and often can't even understand. we don't feel like trying to explain. all readers need to know is that we're aware of the security problems and other such things, and we're already making the maximum progress speed possible towards updating our system. we'll get there sometime in the next few years.)
apologies for our verbosity, though we know you likely won't mind much, being of a somewhat similar ilk. *friendly grin* it eases our social anxiety to acknowledge/apologise for and explain it, though. we have two main modes: silent and textwall, haha. using words and translating into english is extremely challenging, and we're naturally inclined to infodumping and otherwise just communicating a lot of things, and struggling to find concise and accurate translations. so trying to then edit down what we said on top of that often puts us back into 'silent'.
again great job on finding a good compromise with "custom filter"; and thankyou so so much for all you do here. for listening and caring and for making changes when you can and for dreamwidth being the place that it is. thankyou for providing us this space where we can exist, express ourselves, be heard, and have friends in a world that would rather drop us in a hole and forget about us. this is why we keep a paid account whenever we can. dreamwidth is Doin It Rite.
we love you folks. <3