Discord's new UX design is harmful to the visually impaired and colorblind

Post by shlant » Tue, May 11, 2021, 3:04 PM UTC

kevingadd wrote: post #14

shlant wrote: post #7

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yea I was a bit taken back by multiple uses of "harmful" and then "catastrophic"

If Discord suddenly stopped working for me, while it wouldn't be catastrophic it would be quite bad. I use it as my main channel of communication with many contacts, and I use it for work. I have secondary contact channels for plenty of people (twitter, email, etc), but not all. I can imagine a person having more of their life exist on Discord and if it suddenly became unusable for them due to these changes, it would…

Post by tobr » Tue, May 11, 2021, 3:05 PM UTC

silicon2401 wrote: post #40

dahfizz wrote: post #10

The language here rubs me the wrong way. Everything is stated as being "incredibly harmful" with no explanation beyond > ...directly harms visually impaired individuals due to lack of visual clarity. I am also not sure how "Elements lack unity" is related to the UI causing harm. I don't use discord, so I have no idea how good the UI is. If the UI is bad and hard for the visually impaired to use, there is definitely a…

> The whole thing reads like a bad tumblr post. It's exactly the kind of demonizing language that has unfortunately become common in recent years. By using dishonest wording to make your target look like an inhuman villain, it's easier to make the readers accept whatever the writer says. The writer then tries to sneakily shirk the responsibility to justify their claims. Just like at your quote: > This is not good UX…

Post by ycom13__ » Tue, May 11, 2021, 3:06 PM UTC

eloeffler wrote: post #53

theandrewbailey wrote: post #47

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And yet, Windows 98 let you have more control over its appearance than Windows 10 does.

Absolutely :) There was some official addition to 95 that was later integrated into 98 in a way... Don't remember its name.

Post by adamrezich » Tue, May 11, 2021, 3:07 PM UTC

faitswulff wrote: post #60

dahfizz wrote: post #57

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I agree that Discord should maintain accessibility in their products, and I can sympathize with how frustrating it is when services you rely on break. I think we are in agreement here - this post is an emotionally charged person venting. I don't have any problem with that, but maybe there is a better way to vent than on the discord support page. If you want to actually effect change, this is not the way to do it.

What you're doing is called tone policing and it's not helpful. Would the post have gotten as much attention if the poster had been meek and polite? Probably not.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 11, 2021, 3:09 PM UTC

AnIdiotOnTheNet wrote: post #26

eloeffler wrote: post #6

I miss the times™ where theming was a thing in my favorite programs and environments. WinAmp, MySpace, even my Nokia 6300 had themes. I never understood why this trend didn't stay and become more popular.

I miss the times before applications had their own theming and just used bog-standard OS provided widgets that could be themed globally by the user. That this has fallen out of favor is, in my opinion, a good indication of how unprofessional and user-hostile our industry has become. We didn't use to need bespoke "dark modes", you just changed the colors globally. We did this in the 90s, when 64MB of ram was huge . We…