oh good fucking grief

[ysobel]

So the fucking disaster that is Ravelry's makeover

that is literally giving people migraines and seizures

and not usable by screen readers

has not been rolled back, or de-animated, or in any way made accessible

and there's been no explanation

the front page still has just a chirpy twee "explanation" of the redesign with stuff like "We tried a bunch of different approaches but ended up with a simple misshapen circle with the r in it. Like the primary logo, we kept the secondary mark simple so that it could be flexibly used. We affectionately call her "Lumpy" :)" and "We already had our cinnamon color for the logo, and now we needed some color friends." (the logo is coral not cinnamon) and "we didn't want the colors to follow current web trends in color schemes" (coral/teal is not unique) and "I can't stress enough how much hard work, thought, and love went into the new look."

there have been daily feedback threads that pay lip service to "We also will not permit accessibility issues to be dismissed." but also say "We understand that those of you giving feedback in this thread would like us to make the Classic Ravelry site the default site. We feel that keeping Ravelry’s New Look as our default, with an option to opt-in to the Classic Ravelry look as we improve the new site, is the best option." and there are no answers or explanations for anything, so it has the feeling of shouting into a void

this is not the first time rav has had accessibility issues, but holy fuck this is just a dumpster fire

I am so very out of cope

Comments

WTF WTF WTF

[jesse_the_k]

Who wins with this attitude?

I'm trying to imagine the art director(s) who are gripping the new design in their talons.

[havocthecat]

OMG. Why is there so much ANIMATION. It hurts my brain. Literally.

[ysobel]

Because Livia thinks it's cute, as far as I can tell.

[havocthecat]

Sure, it's cute, but it HURTS, so, uh. Maybe we shouldn't do things that cause pain in the userbase?

[ysobel]

Pfft, who needs ~logic~ (and compassion and common sense) when there's ~cute~

...seriously, I tend to like cute, but a) the new icons do not scale well, b) the yarn ball smileys just look wrong (and have pokey out bits that we've taken to calling "yantlers"), c) not everyone likes twee, and d) there would be ways to sneak in animated Easter eggs that would make it *fun* instead of required. Like, the login page being static unless you click on Bob; or the About page having a Konami code trigger for yarn balls bouncing across (bouncing yarn emojis is currently the animation when you buy things wtf). Nothing that impedes functionality, nothing in-your-face, cute little things that people who like cute can seek out.

I'm really really hoping there's some explanation for all this besides "Cassidy is burnt out and has already given "ownership" of rav over to someone else, and said someone else doesn't give a flying rats ass about the userbase"...

[havocthecat]

I think it's time to go online tonight and make sure I have all my patterns downloaded and backed up. Ugh, great.

[vass]

Ooof. I am so sorry.

[swingandswirl]

Ooof, I am so sorry. Why are people like this?

[kaberett]

I HAVE BEEN APPRECIATING YOUR LIVEBLOGGING OF THIS SITUATION THANK YOU

[babs_bee]

I deleted my stash and projects today--I feel like I'm losing a friend and I'm grieving, but there is not way I'm going to be able to stay if this keeps up. And even if I could--would I really want to support a business that treats a group of people in that fashion?