#inaccessibility — Public Fediverse posts

I am having a problem signing in to my Ebay account. It keeps asking me to check a checkbox. I do so, and then, it gives me an inaccessible captcha with no audio alternative. I tried this on Windows 7, 10, and 11, with Firefox and Supermium, and nothing changes. I can't even read their accessibility page because it asks me to sign in and sending me back to the captchas! Is there a trustworthy captcha solver that works with NVDA or a way around this? Alternatively, does anyone here know of another site that sells vintage and antique things, or even another ebay replacement in general? I've been with them for over twenty years as a buyer, but if I need to change sites, I will do so. This is ridiculous!

#accessibility #blind #captchas #Ebay #Firefox #inaccessibility #NVDA #ScreenReaders #Supermium #technology #Windows7 #Windows10 #Windows 11

@mahryekuh

Flat-design voodoo dolls will shortly be available to discerning tech users.

Enquire now about how you can qualify for discounts.

#FlatDesign #SpawnOfCthulhu #HellishUX #Inaccessibility #ContextualMenuBacklash #GUIFailures #ContextualMenus #HiddenMenus

Pole of Inaccessibility

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility

#HackerNews #Pole #of #Inaccessibility #Geography #Exploration #Adventure #Knowledge

🚫404 Error: Journalism Not Found🚫. In a stunning display of cutting-edge #technology, this article offers a mind-bending glimpse into... absolutely nothing. 😅 Apparently, the secret to understanding complex geopolitical issues is to make them completely inaccessible. 🤖🔒👀
https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/gaza-israels-ai-human-laboratory/ #404Error #JournalismNotFound #Geopolitics #Satire #Inaccessibility #HackerNews #ngated

Sheri Byrne-Haber’s Blog: Accessibility Triumph Thursday: BrokenLifts.org. “BrokenLifts is a grassroots initiative providing real-time information about out-of-service elevators in Berlin’s public transportation system. For wheelchair users and others who depend on elevators, this resource saves people from wasted trips and gives them back some control over their commutes. It’s a shining […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/14/accessibility-triumph-thursday-brokenlifts-org-sheri-byrne-habers-blog/

Just searched the Uber > Riders website.

No returns for "blind" or "vision impaired".

This is reasonable adjustment?

I don't think so.

#Inaccessibility #UberInaccessible

#Disabled comedians speak out on career barriers due to widespread industry https://bit.ly/4c2AG4n
#inaccessibility #InclusionMatters #disability #DisabledAndCapable #inclusion

Wellp, its a good thing I'm resourceful, persistent, and know a few things about code. I should not have had to go this far, and I should not have to do what I have to do in order to use my $1,400 network switch. Explnation follows.
But this is what ablism, lack of accessibility, lack of inclusive design, and lack of critical and forward thinking and planning by Netgear UX/UI designers, along with everyone else who does/makes these kinds of things/decisions causes for those who do not fall into their narrow mindset, views, and ideas of what is functional and useful design.
So it turns out that practically the entire web UI is Java script. Surprised, anyone?
On the VLAN membership page, there are ports and link aggregation group designations in a table, but of course not formatted at all like a proper table. Not yet surprised?
That's all well and good. But here's where it gets completely ablist, inaccessible and inconsiderate. The settings that control the port/LAG state is entirely images, and java-based clickable controls that don't actually respond to screen reader clickable identification/listing mechanisms. So if a port/LAG is part, not part, tagged, or untagged in a VLAN is only communicated as a visual signal in an image. And as we've seen in my previous post, even AI can't figure it out accurately more than half the time. Making adjustments to these controls is purely a guessing game.

However, here's where my persistence, resourcefulness, and understanding of code comes in.
After slamming things around for a few hours, including my keyboard, I got the bright idea to start looking through the dev tools as well as page source.
It was then that I got frustrated once again, until I figured out that the VLAN membership stuff was in a separate iframe. So I had to look at its separate source specifically.
Once I found the code I needed, I then discovered that I could figure out what state each port/LAG was in by interpreting the html/java image code/tags and image names for each port. Two examples follow.
The first port is 10, and is removed from the VLAN. The second port is 11, and it is untagged in the VLAN.
<div class='portMember margin'><span class='portword'>10</span><div class='panels'><div class='portImage remImg'></div></div></div>
<div class='portMember margin'><span class='portword'>11</span><div class='panels'><div class='portImage untImg'></div></div></div>
So in the two above examples, we can see that the portword class is 10 and 11 respectively. This tells us what port we're dealing with.
Then later in the code, we can see that the portImage is either remImg or untImg. I've deduced that rem means remove, and unt means untagged.
So this is how I have to do VLANs in my $1,400 switch.
#Inaccessibility #Nonusability #Noninclusive #BadUX #BadUI #Ablism #RealEffects

Ever found modern fancy scrollbars in #Firefox too accessible?

about:config and:

widget.gtk.overlay-scrollbars.enabled → false

keeps them fully visible while not however.

widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override

can be used to make them THICC (I've set 512).

#Inaccessibility

⸻ @mgorny
https://social.treehouse.systems/@mgorny/112751700910090648

Sometimes it doesn't pay to be disabled and leave the house. #frustration #totallyblind #inaccessibility #ignorance

2/2
nicht-sichtbaren Behinderungen nicht teilnehmen.
(unable to participate)
▶ Behinderte Menschen werden in der Öffentlichkeit nicht gesehen. (not visible)
▶ Das widerum bedeutet, behinderte Menschen werden als Ausnahme/Seltenheit wahrgenommen. (rarety)
▶ Und darum besteht kein Anlass, sie mit in Betracht zu ziehen.
(no need to consider them)

#inaccessible #inaccessibility #barrieren #barrierefreiheit #autismus #nichtsichtbarebehinderung

Redesigned by siuman

You've heard of the inflatable dartboard, you've heard of the chocolate teapot, get ready for...

🥁

The SAND RAMP

It was installed when my friend complained to the council that there was no way to get down off the pavement and back up the other side as a wheelchair user while the pavement works (courtesy of the council) are happening.

Photo 1: Before I used it.
Photo 2: After I used it in my wheelchair.
Photo 3: The groove left by my wheels, which are at least an inch deep in places, which explains why my push rims (and therefore my hands) are covered in sand now. This photo also shows (middle-right) that after one wheelchair use it is crumbling and splitting apart like a wet sandcastle, because it is a wet sandcastle.

#disability #inaccessibility #ableism

#Accessibility is not a feature. #Inaccessibility is a bug.

If your software or website is #inaccessible, that renders it unusable to the end user. It is broken, in other words.
#a11y

#Accessibility is not a feature. #Inaccessibility is a bug.

If your software or website is #inaccessible, that renders it unusable to the end user. It is broken, in other words.
#a11y

"The #oceanic pole of #inaccessibility, also known as #PointNemo [...] is the place in the #Pacific ocean that is #farthest from land. [...] The area is so remote that—as with any location more than 400 kilometres (250 mi) from an inhabited area—sometimes the closest human beings are astronauts aboard the #InternationalSpaceStation when it passes overhead. [...] The general area plays a major role in the 1928 short story "The Call of #Cthulhu" by H. P. #Lovecraft, as holding the location of the fictional city of R'lyeh, although this story was written 66 years before the identification of Point Nemo. The area is nowadays known as a "#spacecraft #cemetery" because hundreds of decommissioned #satellites, #space stations, and other spacecraft have been made to fall there upon re-entering the atmosphere, to lessen the risk of hitting inhabited locations or maritime traffic. The #ISS is planned to crash into Point Nemo in 2031.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Oceanic_pole_of_inaccessibility

@hackgfk_311 WHAT THE HECK? This is beyond ludicrous.

#Accessibility #Inaccessibility