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i came up with the idea of a no meta may challenge super last minute and i’ve been enjoying a migraine all day, so i’m taking a break. not a great time for a break when the first day of the challenge ends today but it’s probably fine

i know it’s not great and not everyone will agree with my choices; at the end of the day i think we can all at least agree that the alternatives are still an improvement over staying with meta

thinking i might want to increase the font size on the challenges

if you think it’s a good idea, feel free to edit, share, make your own, idc, fucc the zucc

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why did you decide to write it in Snas Forgettica?

[–] pieland@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i used opendyslexic for accessibility (i am not an accessibility expert by any means, so i apologize for anything that’s off)

[–] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you're going for readability / accessibility, that bright orange background is probably not the way to go. And I can't imagine it was helping your migraine.

[–] pieland@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://venngage.com/tools/accessible-color-palette-generator is what I used for the color palette

i took the hex code of the meta logo and inverted it (anti-meta theme) for a hex code of #F9971E and generated a palette. this was one of the palettes. i went with a more monochrome palette for people who may have trouble distinguishing between colors.

as i do not have any relevant visual impairments myself, i cannot comment on the readability/accessibility.

saying “i don’t think this isn’t accessible” is not helpful (you’re not the only person who has said this) as it does not tell me what is accessible.

i myself am severely disabled and unable to work and living in extreme poverty. i came up with this idea, shared it on social media, and asked if anyone would be willing to make a graphic. no one did.

if the cause matters to you, you always have the option to make your own graphic. i literally cried several times making this because i do not have the energy, the time, or a usable device to make this, or the money to purchase anything usable. i made it on my phone on the free version of Ibispaint, which is the equivalent of using ms paint with a trackpad, if not worse. i have shaky hands and painful joints.

as for my migraine, i can’t comment on that, as i have chronic migraines. we are advised to avoid noise and bright screens. if i do that i’m stuck listening to the convincing voices in my head screaming at me to kill myself while still being in physical pain. i prefer to continue to be in pain while deluding myself into volunteering time and energy i do not have trying to make this world a better place only to achieve nothing and to have ended up wasted time and getting shit on for it, while everyone else who does have the time, energy, and resources complains that no one ever does anything.

[–] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Okay, looking at that accessibility tool with the hex you provided (nice on the anti-Meta rationale), I think what makes it difficult is that white border around the text. It's adding a low contrast border to what would otherwise be high contrast black-on-orange.

https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/?fcolor=FFFFFF&amp%3Bbcolor=F9971E

See what I mean?