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Here's a video I want to age like curdled milk. Age so quickly it's out-of-date a week after it's made. The issues I've outlined here should be fairly simple fixes if they follow Apple's accessibility guidelines, so here's hoping someone at Floatplane Media can get some eyes on this.
I've tried to be as fair as possible, not just to make a 'bitch and ditch' style video, and to showcase the issues I have.
Please boost if you have an interest, or know that it can potentially reach someone who can make a difference.
Not my cup of tea to ask for those under normal circumstances, so I will not be making a habit of it.
Thanks.
#Accessibility Issues With #Floatplane (from a #VoiceOver Perspective) https://youtu.be/2sZTsrek08M
@FreakyFwoof So, that play and close button, they’re actually completely unlabeled which makes it even worse. The only reason you hear “play” and “Close” there is because VoiceOver is doing its image recognition magic and guessing by how the graphic looks like (you can tell by the ding sound that goes with the announcement). If someone has this turned off, or the feature just broke randomly (which I’ve seen it do sometimes requiring a redownload of the models or a phone restart), you’d just get a click on those and nothing else.
@pitermach Please do let me know if you think I was fair and constructive though.
@FreakyFwoof @pitermach my only complaint with the video I suppose is you were, in my opinion of course, maybe a little too nice at the beginning. You said multiple times that you're just trying to give constructive critique. I'd have probably just said hey floatplane, I'm a paying customer and as a blind person I have a few issues with your app. If you could fix them, that'd be really great.
Instead they just kinda... gave you a refund? I understand that this is probably some support misunderstanding but like... to an accessibility issue? That feels super tone deaf. lol. Come on LMG. You can do better than this! We know you can! You know we exist, you made a video including accessible Linux! Big sad puppy eyes
@talon @pitermach I know but people have been canceled for less haha, I really want them to take me seriously. Once they do... Then we pull out the big ones. lol
@FreakyFwoof @pitermach nah I get it I also usually take the side of overpoliteness, which is why I noticed it immediately. lol
@FreakyFwoof @pitermach well... except on mastodon. I do let loose here sometimes. lol.
@talon @pitermach Here feels different. Feels like you can cut loose in a different way somehow.
@FreakyFwoof @pitermach yup. Probably because it's not directly targeted. I'm just airing my frustrations in the moment. I hate the situation I'm in because of a thing. I don't hate the people behind it or sometimes not even the thing that caused it. I just hate that I am where I am now because of whatever it is I'm complaining about.
@talon @pitermach That's probably the best summation of a thing I've seen in a long while haha