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Reply to @dalias@hachyderm.io
Ember is so tired of people. :catplant:​@Ember@blobfox.coffee (2026-07-22 21:58:30)
@dalias @joepie91 also people forget/ignore that a mandatory UI overhaul is in itself often a harm to accessibility
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Cassandrich@dalias@hachyderm.io (2026-07-22 22:10:47)
@Ember @joepie91 Yes absolutely. For certain accessibility needs, working "muscle memory" is critical. Forcing people to abandon and relearn that is an assult on accessibility.

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Sven Slootweg, ("still kinky and horny anyway")@joepie91@fedi.slightly.tech (2026-07-22 22:13:03)
@dalias @Ember I am once again reminded of the Yahoo blogpost that nobody else seems to remember, about how they completely banned UI overhauls - you could present a new UI design, sure, but you'd *also* have to present a ton of incremental steps to get from the current design to the new one, because you were never allowed to change more than one tiny, easy-to-adjust-to thing at a time.

If you've ever wondered why so many older people kept using Yahoo services until the heat death of the universe, well, there you go