General Chat

JUST ASKING IF THE BRIGHTNESS WOULD AFFECT
CERTAIN TYPES OF EPILEPSY

Epilepsy is more often triggered by flashing, not brightness.

As Dizzi says..."types of Epilepsy".
Yes it definitely can, it depends on the Type.

Put it this way.... This new look that GR has definitely does not do my Epilepsy any good at all. That said I am off now. ttfn . :-(

How do you manage to cope on other sites with white backgrounds? because their is certainly plenty of them .. think this is getting a bit ridiculous now , how many more threads do we need about this ?

Sylvia, if you were on the recieving end of Migraines because of it ,you would no doubt be complaining yourself.its too bright.**M**

"It's perfectly true that wiki and Ancestry (etc) have light backgrounds, as do many sites one looks at...I think the difference is that many people use the GR site for long periods ( yes one does with Ancestry also, but there is much more text to cut down on any glare from the background and one is going from index to records, rather than 'reading posts' as such)."

The same is true of FB etc, there are more blocks of colour, and larger text to break up the background.

I will wait to see if anything more will be altered by GR (notably the light and fine turquoise text), and if not at least one person will be happy to see the back of me ;-)

Why is it that every time they "Tinker" with tjhis site tjhings go wrong? is this an experimental site they learn on?.I always thought that the main consideration in anyconcern was Customer satisfaction,especially if they are paying for it.**M**.

SYLVIA

THIS WAS A GENUINE COMMENT BUT AS OF NOW ON.LY ONE MEMBER
HAS REPLYED I DOUGHT IF OTHERS WILL POST,ALL I WANTED TO KNOW WAS DID THE BRIGHTNESS AFFECT THEM

O nly one member replied?? Do you only want people with epilepsy to reply ?

I'd be interested to find out what daughter with MS thinks, she became colour blind in one eye some years ago. Her rose coloured screen filter wouldn't be much use!

If I am on here for more than 10 minutes it gives my eye muscles a work out trying to focus :-(

Sue (the grumpy one)

I have reduced my screen brilliance to 44% and it is a bit less of a glare but it also reduces the definition of the text so you can't win. Have to go off now to give my eyes a rest (and I am not epileptic Dizzi, sorry to go off topic).

Dizzi, I answered your question on facebook :-)

Dizzi, I think it could affect people with certain types of epilepsy. Try sending an email to [email protected] and put For the attention of Katie in the subject.

to be honest i like it

and am sure people will get used to it

maybe a computer isnt the best thing for a epileptic to use as some of the adds flash

I don't have epilepsy , but sudden sun glare and flashing light bring on a migraine for me. I did have a head ache this morning..an unusual thing for me. ??!!!
Using the PC on and off during the day may have caused it.

I hope the change doesn't affect peeps who suffer from epilepsy,

Wish peeps Board names were more definite in colour tho.

IN ANSWER TO A PREVIOUS POSTER
NOT ALL FOLK WILL SAY ON A THREAD
THAT THEY HAVE EPILEPSY, ,

Well you wont really know then if it affects them or not will you ... seeing as you have only had the one reply from someone with epilepsy

Dizzi's OP never asked for a reply from people with epilepsy

She simply asked a question

If the brightness could affect people with certain types of
epilepsy

Roy

I have pointed out to Gru support that the site, as it now is, does not comply with their liabilities to people with impaired vision. In particular it does not allow the substitution of the default color scheme by another one. For instance Opera has two built in styles for people with impaired vision and neither works with Gru.

In general Gru does not seem prepared to accept its legal liabilities or industry standards of practice. Particular examples are support for the visually impaired, other disabilities, auto payment renewal, up front opportunity to opt out of tracking cookies.

These may interest you, there are lots more.

http://www.out-law.com/page-330

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995

In the UK, under the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), any organisation that offers goods or services via their Web site is under a legal obligation to make their sites accessible. Section 19 of the DDA states that it is unlawful for a service provider discriminate against a disabled person by:

Refusing to provide, or deliberately not providing, to the disabled person, any service which he provides, or is prepared to provide to members of the public; or
Providing services of a lower standard or in a worse manner; or
Providing services on worse terms.

Since 1999, providers offering services to the public have been legally required to take such steps as are reasonable them to take, (considering all the circumstances of a case), to enable a disabled person to use the service. Many people are unaware that this obligation can apply Web sites in the same way as it applies to the quality of service provided in a physical environment such as a building. A disabled person can take legal action against a service provider that fails to comply with a duty to make these "reasonable adjustments", unless the service provider can show that such a failure is justified. In relation to Web sites, a provider may be required to:

Make changes to a practice( what the service provider does) policy (what the service provider intends to do) or procedure (how the service provider goes about its activities)which makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for a disabled person to use its service, and

Provide an auxiliary aid or service if it would enable (or make it easier for) disabled people to make use of the service provided by the service provider.


http://www.accesskeys.org/tools/color-contrast.html

http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/design-website-for-blind/

http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webarticle51

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As it was giving me a headache & throbbing eyes...I'm on here wearing sunglasses :-S