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owlroost

2 years ago

For whatever reason, Neocities isn't letting me comment on seemingly random profiles. I've confirmed it's not caused by blocking- I reached out to a site and checked on that since I was fairly sure I wasn't blocked. Unsure why this is happening.

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owlroost 2 years ago

Asked around and apparently being blocked by a few people might be enough for Neocities to do this to you on profiles that don't follow you back? I guess some folks must have blocked me. Wild that there's enough of them for this to happen, and good on them for exercising their right to view the web how they prefer to.

owlroost 2 years ago

Regardless, I can't comment on a lot of profiles now. If someone isn't following me, then I can't leave a comment on their Neocities profile at all. Others should still be able to comment on mine. If anything happens to prevent that, then my guestbook can be found on my buttons page, and email is always a solid option- feel free to email me on a whim! Owl photos get bonus points.

ballonlea 2 years ago

You're shadowbanned! Just like me

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dontaskforfroyo 2 years ago

you can allow or disallow all comments on a profile as a site owner. are we sure this isn't about that?

pinkvampyr whiona

2 years ago

what a cute little website aaaaa I love it tysm for the follow

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whiona 2 years ago

thank YOU for the follow back! :> your site is so cute too - love the pink and black! Also, I really appreciated the resources you compiled on the Accessible Net directory. They have been super handy.

pinkvampyr ophanimkei

2 years ago

I love everything about your site so much!!! its so pretty and unique

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ophanimkei 2 years ago

Thank you so much T_T I appreciate it a lot!! I put a lot of care into it so I'm happy you think it's pretty and unique!!

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owlroost debtdeath

2 years ago

Neocities isn't letting me reply on accessiblenet, so I'm responding here re:Javascript; I know some folks turn it off because Javascript is often used in privacy-violating ways on the corporate web. User experience and performance are another reason: https://www.wired.com/2015/11/i-turned-off-javascript-for-a-whole-week-and-it-was-glorious/

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debtdeath 2 years ago

interesting!

pinkvampyr accessiblenet

2 years ago

another tip: consider adding a splash page/landing page to your website to let people know about any content warnings as well as if they need to have javascript enabled to use any accessibility features ^^

pinkvampyr 2 years ago

many people (such as myself) often have JavaScript disabled by default, so it's nice to know if I'm gonna need to turn it on to be able to pause gifs/change layout/etc.

debtdeath 2 years ago

curious, what's the reason for disabling js by default? im pretty pro-js (probs also bc i make browser games and js is often a backbone for that) and i dont really understand the aversion

jasm1nii 2 years ago

as a pro-JS person, i think the main issue is with privacy and security, since JS can is also used for tracking visitors if a webmaster has analytics enabled; CDNs also collect user data from the sites they're installed on. and if the CDN is ever compromised, that also poses a risk to every site running those scripts.

jasm1nii 2 years ago

of course, this can be mitigated by setting the appropriate security headers and hashes, but this isn't common knowledge for a lot of people, let alone novice web devs.

pinkvampyr 2 years ago

pretty much what Jasmine said! I often forget to turn JS on for individual sites so it's a nice reminder, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. I'm okay turning it on as long as I feel the site is safe or it has features that require JavaScript to function

pinkvampyr 2 years ago

of course I would say people with things like photosensitivity may feel like they can't afford to turn off JavaScript because of things like that, but I think it's just a nice to have just in case you know :^)

pixelglade 2 years ago

The noscript tag can let you inform users if JavaScript is required on a page

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qrunchysnaq 2 years ago

I've been considering implementing a splash page, even though I don't love them personally. This is a good argument for doing so since I use JS for major features that I don't know how to code without it. Thanks for the tip!

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canina updated Dingo’s Den

2 years ago

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leilukin updated Leilukin's Hub

2 years ago

pixelglade owlroost

2 years ago

Hey owlroost, this is scopefilter's other site. Your site design is so relaxing to look at.

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owlroost 2 years ago

Thank you! It's shifted a lot over the last two years, but I'm pretty happy with it at the moment.

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scopefilter owlroost

2 years ago

Hi owlroost, thank you for following. I know there isn't a lot on my site right now but I'm hoping to fix that in future. Your reader mode page was very informative, I actually wasn't aware the article tag was used to tell browsers reader mode was available and now I think a future update for my blog is to add tags. So thank you for writing that. 😇

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owlroost 2 years ago

I'm glad I was able to help! I really appreciated your site when I stumbled across it. It's very rare that a site doesn't overwhelm me to some degree, and yours actually feels comfortable (largely because as it says, it's not visually noisy; everything there has a purpose, and there's ample space to breathe). I'd say you succeeded at making it easy to follow!

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scopefilter 2 years ago

Thanks a lot, that's what I was aiming for. 😊 Happy to know it functions as described on the box.

dontaskforfroyo 2 years ago

on supporting firefox reader view, you both might appreciate this link: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1140969

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leilukin updated Leilukin's Hub

2 years ago

pinkvampyr

2 years ago

oh i forgot to post this with this acct, check out the new updates for Accessible Net! https://accessiblenet.neocities.org/feed.xml

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accessiblenet

2 years ago

New updates! https://accessiblenet.neocities.org/feed.xml Added a new guideline as well so please make sure to give the guideline another look after you read the update.

solaria owlroost

2 years ago

just found your site so i havent dug too deep yet, but im learning about accessable web design and your reader mode article gave me some helpful things to keep in mind!

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owlroost 2 years ago

I'm glad I could help a bit! I have a ton of links and tidbits in another article about accessibility if you'd like some more to think about. https://owlsroost.xyz/articles/tech/accessibility.html

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solaria 2 years ago

just read through the article, great resource!

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pinkvampyr

2 years ago

how would people feel about me hosting an accessibility code jam to celebrate accessnet going up?

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pinkvampyr accessiblenet

2 years ago

tip: in most cases, it's better to give people the option to turn something on rather than have it be on by default and giving people the option to turn it off. things like VHS filters that can cause eyestrain, autoplay, or quickly moving images, they're best turned off by default so a person doesn't have to spend any more time with it on while searching for how to turn it off

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pinkvampyr 2 years ago

think about it: if you go on a website that's giving you a headache, would you rather search the whole page for the off button or just leave? this is expecially true in case where it could cause people health problems like migraines or seizures!

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pinkvampyr 2 years ago

adding to the guidelines as well but thought I'd mention it here first!

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leilukin updated Leilukin's Hub

2 years ago

pinkvampyr accessiblenet

2 years ago

don't have much mental energy to update the directory at the moment, apologies

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pinkvampyr 2 years ago

I have some things I need to add and fix but I am very exhausted

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pinkvampyr accessiblenet

2 years ago

forgot to put it on the form page but once you join the directory please take one of the buttons to place somewhere on your site! I won't enforce it but it can help other people find our directory 😊

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pixelglade 2 years ago

I added the button to my homepage!

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owlroost updated Beep Bird

2 years ago

Beep Bird

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owlroost 2 years ago

Augh, just noticed that the style reorganization screwed with Neocities. Just uploaded to fix that in addition to today's new articles. Fingers crossed.

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pinkvampyr

2 years ago

do i really have to say it? don't bring your "profic" "anti-anti" whatever drama in my vicinity. gross.

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