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View submission: Changelog: New ways to find communities, mod updates, and more
Sorry for the delayed response to your comment on the other post! Appreciate your patience as we talked with different members of the team.
After looking through the eight examples you shared, we confirmed that more than half of them are not related to the new platform, to be clear - for now, the new platform is only available to some logged out users on post detail pages. A handful of them are annoying bugs (which we promise we’re always trying to get fixed). We are also digging into a couple of the examples you shared, specifically: the “view more” note in your first example and the share button flashing when scrolling.
Finally, we haven’t forgotten about the six questions you asked about Reddit’s a11y efforts. We’re working on getting you the most accurate answers. It might take a little bit, as we’re connecting with different members of the team, both internally and externally. Appreciate your patience!
Comment by SevereChocolate5647 at 31/03/2023 at 00:51 UTC*
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Thanks for the reply. The bugs I mentioned did not exist on .compact except for some text size issues - I'm not sure what you were comparing to, but that's what I had in mind when writing this. There was no color contrast issues, content flickering, or pop-in, and all pages looked correct on mobile. The old compact version had it's own share of a11y failures, yes, but it was still far more usable.
If you'd like I would be happy to do a more formal a11y audit. Otherwise I look forward to hearing more about a11y at reddit.
Editing to add: Just because an a11y bug might be pre-existing isn't an excuse to blow it off.
Comment by NewAccountXYZ at 02/04/2023 at 13:15 UTC
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more than half of them are not related to the new platform
Removing a working old platform means they are related to the new platform.
Comment by falsehood at 31/03/2023 at 16:37 UTC
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we confirmed that more than half of them are not related to the new platform, to be clear
I'm glad you took the time to look into these! Respectfully, that's reframing the original point - which was that .compact was **much more accessible** than what is currently available. Destroying it caused a regression for accessibility at reddit.