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Not quite. Your rate limiting seems to be cookie based, which makes it easy for someone to circumvent just by replaying their initial request (or by deleting the cookie you set).
Or just hit the vote URL repeatedly with cURL (which is done via GET request). The author might want to change it to POST/PUT and limit votes based on IP address instead.
Told during the final stretch of a four month project that all the colors in the app had to be readable for people with Color Blindness Surely in these days of accessibility awareness this ought to be a design goal by default unless otherwise stated?
I'm more surprised that people actually expect us to have this in the back of our minds at all times. There's a reason they didn't go replacing all stairs with ramps.
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I think i've fixed that now! Fingers crossed.
Not quite. Your rate limiting seems to be cookie based, which makes it easy for someone to circumvent just by replaying their initial request (or by deleting the cookie you set).
There's about a half dozen people down_vote DOSing the server right now.
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I'm more surprised that people actually expect us to have this in the back of our minds at all times. There's a reason they didn't go replacing all stairs with ramps.
Architects spend a lot of time worrying about accessibility requirements. Accessibility, fire safety, and car parking are the major factors that shape buildings.
What I mean by the stair/ramps remark is that stairs weren't suddenly removed from the architect's toolkit when the wheelchair was invented. Since ramps are clearly not used in all instances they are not always appropriate or desirable.
The same goes with web design, which is as much art as is architecture. Not all sites are going to select between a limited range of colors to cater to a relative few if those colors happen to clash horribly with their intended design.
Just kidding. I suppose there's a niche for shortform "sighs" too.
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Not quite. Your rate limiting seems to be cookie based, which makes it easy for someone to circumvent just by replaying their initial request (or by deleting the cookie you set).
Ooops. There's about a half dozen people down_vote DOSing the server right now.
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Architects spend a lot of time worrying about accessibility requirements. Accessibility, fire safety, and car parking are the major factors that shape buildings.
Definitely a fact, but I wasn't suggesting that it isn't. Everyone knows there are clear and obvious benefits to having a site that is accessible to everyone as opposed to only the majority. What I mean by the stair/ramps remark is that stairs weren't suddenly removed from the architect's toolkit when the wheelchair was invented. Since ramps are clearly not used in all instances they are not always appropriate or des…
TRWTF is that this a site like this already and is hillllarious : http://www.thedailywtf.com/ Just kidding. I suppose there's a niche for shortform "sighs" too.
Reminds me of Clients From Hell (www.ClientsFromHell.net). And a text only version of Dilbert. Nice!
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Definitely a fact, but I wasn't suggesting that it isn't. Everyone knows there are clear and obvious benefits to having a site that is accessible to everyone as opposed to only the majority. What I mean by the stair/ramps remark is that stairs weren't suddenly removed from the architect's toolkit when the wheelchair was invented. Since ramps are clearly not used in all instances they are not always appropriate or des…
But if you've only space for stairs or ramps, then you'd have to use a ramp, which everyone can use, rather than stairs, which most but not all people can use. Similarly, if you can only have one colour scheme, you ought to be picking one which everyone can read, not just most people. It's not as if it inconveniences non-colour-blind people.
I feel I might be getting astray here. I simply think it's odd to impose on--what is as much an art form as it is a medium for communication--the restriction of only being able to use a certain color scheme. I'd be bummed out.
Luckily you don't have to sacrifice any aesthectics. SparkFun does a good job of making their stock status icons accessible by employing a combination of color and shape to help color-blind people recognize the status easier.
Here's a good example: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10388