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points by isityettime 4 days ago | 0 comments
Is your astigmatism uncorrectable?
[–] sheept 4 days ago
Even if it were, it’s easier and more reasonable to fix your app to work with your users, than fixing your users to work with your app.
[–] isityettime 4 days ago
Everyone deserves configurable and hackable apps, which is the only real way to work towards universal accessibility.

I can't personally support light modes in my own software because I can't use/test them, but I'd still add an untested one and fix bug reports about it.

I'm just curious about what people mean when they talk about astigmatism in this context, because the term is usually thrown around without qualifications (plain "astigmatism" as opposed to "irregular astigmatism" or "uncorrectable astigmatism"). So I'm curious about the astigmatism of people for whom dark mode on glowing devices is a problem. Is it typically extremely severe? Is it typically uncorrectable? Is it that people's glasses or contacts are often subtly wrong/outdated? Are many astigmatics not myopic or presbyopic enough to wear glasses all the time anyway? Astigmatism is a broad category and I'm curious about the specific impairments people who avoid dark mode have, in part because I have astigmatism and nonetheless prefer (require, really) dark mode because of other vision problems.

[–] much-to-learn 4 days ago
My astigmatism is very regular, very mild, correctable, and corrected. Dark mode is still awful for me. Gives me visual snow side effects after too long and generally just makes the astigmatism symptoms worse.

It’d be great if Apple could try this hard in the iOS messages app where there the keyboard is now only dark mode when a background is set.

[–] kps 4 days ago
Yes, “irregular astigmatism”. Since it's not a uniform distortion it can't be corrected by a lens applying the inverse transformation.
[–] kps 4 days ago
Not them, but my left eye isn't fully correctable. The average dark mode site looks like I'm driving the Las Vegas strip in the rain.
[–] andrewingram 4 days ago
Mine is, at least not completely. I had keratoconus in both eyes, one far more progressed than the other. The more affected eye has a cornea graft (essentially a transplant) which helps a lot with visual acuity, but there's still some astigmatism. And the risk/reward for the other eye means treatment isn't worth it.
[–] JulianPaul 4 days ago
I could have laser eye surgery, but I find that riskier than anything after hearing some horror stories from friends in my circle. It's not bad; I know of people who have it much worse, although experiences vary wildly, as this thread alone shows it seems