everconfused wrote:
Well, I had asked to be a test subject, but didn't get in ... so I'm depending on ss at this point.
The sidebar issue I've read some people are having - that they'll have to change theirs, is not really that big of an issue to me. Time consuming maybe ... but doable.
I do hope this doesn't affect all of us who have entered the Lookup of the Week before changes are made:)
Please, please please do something about that top banner. It's absolutely horrible for lookups, just ruins them. And in general, I'm a person on dial up (slow computer), half the time the small ads either don't show up or lock my computer up. So with 2 ads - one of them at the top and huge, well...
then there is the physical problem - for me and others. Disabled/impaired people are really at a disadvantage, to say the least.
I will wait until I can actually see first hand on my account what this looks like, ss are good, but not quite the same as the "real thing". I'm not feeling very hopeful at the moment though as large flashing, moving ads on other sites have triggered severe vertigo. I don't know of a way to turn those things off on this computer.
It doesn't really seem like we're being listened to in our requests for testdom, does it? (btw, I fell off my chair today in uni. Lotsa weird looks). Then again, Neopets hasn't ever
clearly claimed to be disability-friendly...
I also have problems with migraines triggered by flashing, colourful things. I can't play faerie racers either, can't watch any of the wheels turning, and Meerca chase turns into a nightmare. The one time I played evil fuzzles, I ended up in bed for the rest of the day with my computer off and the blinds down. I can usually get around Neopets fine if I keep away from these ads, but...it's very hard to ignore the top one. And I can imagine that there are probably a lot of people out there who suffer the same way.
I think I could live with the top banner if it were purely static. Or if I could go into options and turn it purely static. Or if I could turn it into text ads. But not dancing flashy colourful things that may be cute but if they catch me unawares will send me to bed with a painkiller that could knock an elephant out.
Yeah, Ledi needs a new sig...
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