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  • UI Design?

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  • Yeah thanks for the effort. You would be stunned at how many web sites make no effort.

    Many modern web sites often fail miserably, especially scripted ones. But mostly because companies just don't care. As you say it is hard work. So when companies outsource that hard work is rarely if ever asked for up front. And the cost to modify existing site is hugew..

    But remember if we are talking software. Again all the pro measures are based on 0 or 100% able. So again leave all disabled depending on solutions that slow down workload.

    All the laws on the West only require reasonable accomadations. And being less productive is never considered reasonable. Or in anyway a hope for a successful career.

    So with so much software moving to Web apps. Those AA standards rarely help beyond making the page usable. If your career depends on performance as almost all do. Most disabled are not able to efficiently use them.

  • UI Design?

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  • Honestly best approach is to find some small projects you feel need help. Introduce yourself to the development team and offer time and suggestions. Eventually one will say yes.

    But as a visually impaired developer I'll give you a heads up. Most pro non foss ui is freaking awfull for accessibility. The choices made over the last 20 year are just bad. OS is far from perfect. But I find the interfaces generally work way better with enlarged text then anything using modern UI ideals.

    So please if you get involved. Remember accessibility is more complex the let voice assist work. Most blind folks have some vision. And rellying on the Systems accessibility options is not enough for us to be able to use software in a competitive way.

    OS software using the UIs designers seem to dislike. Is generally more customisable for font sizes and colour options accross different parts of the system. In ways able folks would just never consider. This allows us to actually layout software so we only need magnifiers or text readers for things we individually rarely need to read. But can increase the stuff we do in ways that allow us to work at competitive speeds.

    Modern UI design is pecomming less accessible as the software becomes much more complex but developers of ui tools seem to see disability as a 0 or 100% slowing disabled users with some ability down to the point they are unemployable.

    Please please try to avoid moving the OS stuff we can use that way as well.

  • Why the F*CK Were BBC & Guardian Editors Meeting an Israeli General During a Genocide?

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  • Answer is pretty obvious.

    Either they do not believe it is a genocide. Or they are working to convince everyone they believe it is not.

    Either way both are not reporting it as such. So avoiding such interviews would be hypocritical of them.

    Its a bit like asking farrage why he dosent change his name to dickhead. Weather he believes he is one. Or just want you to think not. Nothing he's ever done would suggest its likely to make decisions based on admitting it.

  • The UK must make big changes to its diets, farming and land use to hit net zero – official climate advisers

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  • Yep. I'm likely older than you. (coincidently bang on the age where the stats placed our votes at 50/50 )

    So I was born a few years before we voted to join. And grew up watching most of the benefits becoming a part of UK life. And realise half my generation are fucking insane.

  • Starmer says he wants to increase UK defence spending to 3% - and announces foreign aid cut

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  • wars are have been with technological edges.

    But mass population of economic differences can also overwhelm that edge.

    Unfortunately the world has changed over the last 20–30 years. Technological edges have less(but still some) effect sue to ionformation technology changes and the ability to extract it.

    IE, unless that edge is such a huge change that we are basically talking a new scientific disapline/form of technology. The ability and history of global communication means nations can copy the principals and develop similar design. So the war returns back to speed and ability of implementation. IE finance and population.

    The only way a technology can now outweigh that is if the tech is so different top that being used. The opponents cannot formulate a basic theory of its methodology of function. IE the new discipline idea I pointed out above. This is due to war being so much more viewable due to the availability and distribution of video and communication. Deployment of weapons in a manner that cannot be seen and understood by your opponents, impractical.

    Of course, this is only a hypothesis. But a logically well backed one. That military professionals are now having to consider with long term planning.

  • I need to vent about Windows. I want workplaces to use Linux.

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  • Go get drunk. You deserve it.

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    I just want to say THANK YOU to Claude.ai, for making this attempt at fully moving to Linux a rousing success!

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  • Back in my much older days, people used newsgroups/email/ and before that, magazines to work out how to use windows.

    You guys that grew up with the windows' dominance, forget all you actually had to learn. You think of windows like riding a bike. Not because of windows design. But because you have been doing it all your life and learned the stuff when you were freshly minded and quick to learn.

    I'm not opposed to AI. Although atm it can get shit wrong more often then other sources so care is required.

    But please stop thinking your need to learn is a Linux issue. Rather than a complex system issue. .

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    Linux users don't customize their systems all that much?!

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  • Well put. But yep, that pretty much somes it up.

    The issue is how much stuff seems to just say. Let's not bother at all. I will not the worst OS software for this has commercial names attached to it. Even when OS if some big company is responsible for funding. It's down to the community to fight to get any decent support as a default. Capitalism really dose not want to care about disabled users unless forced. Or medical level profits are attached. But lets ;leave that mess out for now.

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    Linux users don't customize their systems all that much?!

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  • Yep no one seems to like it. Yet it keeps getting implemented.

    My current conspiracy. It my brothers guide dog controlling the world so she has a job.

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    Linux users don't customize their systems all that much?!

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  • Grins Been non windows at home since the 90s. Lost my vision and mobility in the early 2000s. So really have not tried to use windows since.

    But yeah I have 3 32-inch monitors, tend to have the magnifier on the alt key with the mouse to zoom. But only use it for setting up new software of the odd gnome menu stuff.

    But every now and then you get some software that just refuses to follow the gui text hints and fails to give users any options. OS is way better than proprietary. But many developers just do not realise how little accessibility in the OS actually helps with workflow when they do not allow text customisation.

    And what the F%$^ is it with pale grey on white text lately why the hell does anyone want that. Low contrast text and backgrounds seems to be a very annoying trend over the last 10 years.

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  • Disabled users tend to customise a lot. Because no matter how well-intentioned the accessibility options may be. Most are actually unusable in real world situations.

    Generally because developers are rarely disabled in the way being supported. And seem to assume full or 0 use. Never recognising we depend more on our limited abilities to see, hear or move than most able-bodied do. So options that try to replace 100% slow us down rather than making things easier. So we are forced to spend time trying to adapt colours fonts and sounds in ways they never consider. Just to be able to compete in any form of work.

    Don't get me wrong. Accessibility options are essential and more are needed. But for most disabled they are essential (when there at all) to allow us to access the device/software while we customise the displays and devices to actually be easy to use. Not for actually doing the work.

    Desktops can be bad. Limited options for text on menus etc. But far far too much software seems to lock down layouts and forget that some users are unable to use it effectively without the ability to go in and customise everything.

    (Today I'm looking at you guys, orca slicer. Cura is better but far from perfect, Blender developers. Please marry me. You guys are fantastic and getting better every release. )

  • The UK must make big changes to its diets, farming and land use to hit net zero – official climate advisers

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  • I am not good enough at this law

    Nor am I. But Do know pre Brexit the EU was funding actual wood land. That is a huge part of the issues farmers have now.

    The huge farm subsidies the EU provided were still not replaced or agreed to long after Brexit. I'm not sure if they ever were at all. But farmers were forced to change growing habits with no idea what the gov was going to support.

    It was a huge part of way £350m a week was an outright lie. Not only were we not actually sending that much due to discounts. We got a huge chunk back via farm subs, and others.

  • The UK must make big changes to its diets, farming and land use to hit net zero – official climate advisers

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  • This is a point that needs pushing more.

    Save the planet is not only false. But less impactful than just save humankind.

    Trying to convert humanity back to low meat diets (again a much easier sell and the real issue is mass production). It is more likely if people are convinced it is their children to great grand children that will Suffer/Die/never happen. Rather than suggesting all life will end.

    The sun god will still burn. Just like you did after the last great extinction.

    Sorry could not resist the silly joke. I'll go hide in a bottle now

  • The UK must make big changes to its diets, farming and land use to hit net zero – official climate advisers

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  • to convert their source of income into land for trees?

    The correct trees are income. Less than other sources. But I spose that is where gov needs to step in. But well managed wood cultivation is both CO2 absorbing and would reduce the huge transport harm imported wood causes.

    Also, wood is getting insanely costly in the UK due to import costs. It may help other industries.

    Also wood absorbs more Co2 in early growth so 10-50 year (depending on wood type). Replant and Investments plans in such land can be very effective.

  • Starmer says he wants to increase UK defence spending to 3% - and announces foreign aid cut

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  • Def a better manned military dose. Well-trained disaplined manpower can be the most helpful aid to many a crisis.

    Unfortunately, equipped depends very much on the type of equipment. With the modern military, less spending goes on such equipment. As more effort is made to move personnel from the field. IE remote combat.

  • Starmer says he wants to increase UK defence spending to 3% - and announces foreign aid cut

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  • Bit depressing that they can find the cash for weapo

    Defence increase (by 2027) is entirly funded by aid reduction.

    So seems that was the only way to fund it.

  • Who will be the next James Bond? Amazon's tough 007 decision

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  • Please explain that one. I prefer new talent as well.

    But do not get why a well known actor would require a different story to a new one. They are after all acting, so the writer's job story wise would be the same.

  • Woman, 74, charged under abortion protest law in Glasgow

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  • You seem to totally forget multiple doctor murders and violence over the years.

    Not to mention the simple fact. Just because someone believes something does automatically mean they have the courage to fight in every way. To exclude fear of punishment as the reason these people refuse to act. It is a clear failure to look at the realities of humanity. Completely ignoring a huge history of people objecting to things but still failing to act.

  • Woman, 74, charged under abortion protest law in Glasgow

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  • Honk honk, Moan

  • Woman, 74, charged under abortion protest law in Glasgow

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  • I disagree with her. Mainly because I'm not religiose. But if she honestly believes life starts at conception. Then its really not hate but preventing murder.

    I disagree and support the law banning protests near clinics. But failing to understand the other side's motives makes for an ineffective fight.