I'm planning to make it tomorrow!? (Should have enough blueberries by then!)
On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 7:12 PM, Connie@...
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I was just thinking about making that blueberry cobbler! ?
On Jul 31, 2020, at 10:03 PM, Amy Brotslaw Schweiger <brotslaw@...> wrote:
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Alas I think all of what Melisande said is true - as we keep saying at work, it¡¯s a ¡°yes,
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On a happier note, Therese, I just made your mom¡¯s cobbler for the umpty-millionth time. This time I had it all put together before the oven had finished heating up!
Amy
On Jul 31, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Melisande R. Wolf via groups.io <melisanderwolf@...> wrote:
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As far as I can tell from my sporadic wading into the fray, the new site design violated a lot of accessibility guidelines that are pretty well accepted for web design, including some that things that have been documented based on how the human eye and brain process information.?
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A lot of the unhappiness I¡¯ve been reading and hearing about isn¡¯t so much that there were problems with the new site (though the fact that it was not adequately tested and the one person I know of who was a beta tester raised some of the same issues that have since been raised and was ignored, though that¡¯s a sample size of 1) but with the initial responses and subsequent attitude about the problems people have reported having.? Telling people that they¡¯re lying or making things up is not a good way to handle it.?
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I expect that there is an element of mass hysteria.? On the other hand, even the Classic Rav (which is a skin of some kind) is not as friendly to my eyes and migraine problems as the old site.? Every design is likely to cause problems from some people, but the sheer number of people I personally know on Rav expressing the same kinds of concerns make it feel to me as though the problem is a lot more widespread than one might expect or find workable.?
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The letter posted by Jess felt like a non-apology apology to me, and either blaming or excusing Cassidy¡¯s behavior as mental health issues is not the same as apologizing for what has happened.
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I don¡¯t see a good replacement for the communities of people that I belong to on Rav, but I¡¯m pretty unhappy with the current situation.
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Melisande
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The redesign - which, as I recall, none of us really cared for - has caused issues for some users - reports are of seizures, migraines, eye strain. Cassidy did not respond in a way that in inspired confidence in those having problems - indeed, she responded in a way that made disability activists feel that they had an ableist bias and were highly insensitive. It turns out the site was not properly beta tested, and concerns were dismissed. Cassidy sent some highly inflammatory emails to people calling her out. ?After weeks of radio silence, Jessica responded with an apology and the news that Cassidy would no longer be in touch with Ravellers.?
My take: there are people having issues, and probably a bit of mass hysteria. Cassidy mishandled the redesign. Reading between the lines, it sure sounds like she¡¯s having mental health issues. I can¡¯t imagine writing the kind of letter Jess wrote - about your spouse. It¡¯s on the front page of Revelry, if you haven¡¯t seen it.
Our old friend Romi has many posts about this on her instagram account. There¡¯s lots of social media chatter all over the place.
Amy
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Is any of you following this latest Ravelry mess closely? So that you can explain it to me in a sentence or two??
Th¨¦r¨¨se Shere
Freelance indexing & digital information design
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