@maplemary @ShinyLumeo
I do definitely hear what you guys are saying, but I also think you may have missed a large part of my post. I doubt a large percentage of people have a lot of reason to hang out on and examine every part of the front page before they get to actually interacting with their dragons in any way, since the dragons themselves are the ultimate point of the site. Correct me if I'm wrong but this wasn't designed to be a site that you visit for the express purpose of doing large amounts of reading or monthly memorization for. It's just a fun little hobby site. Shouldn't it be fun and easy to get the most out of it?
The front page is the only page that it shows anything about the holiday, and it is one of the only Absolutely Necessary pages that a user will see while doing the most basic and necessary actions to maintain their clan (gathering, feeding, maybe buying/breeding dragons), if they even navigate to the homepage first which, due to the ease of using bookmarks, not everyone does, and there is very little to DO on the front page EXCEPT reading, which, disabled or not, not everyone has a great time reading text that I can literally cover in entirety by holding my size 4 knitting needle up against the screen (and no, I'm not on a netbook, this screen is over 17" and I have no easier of a time on my 21.5" screens), and even if people CAN see it and don't feel or care how much it is actually damaging their eyes, that tiny print still strains the hell out of them. If people don't need glasses before reading everything on this site, they will afterwards.
Also, I click my next link before the front page even finishes loading, if I even visit the front page first, and for a lot of other reasons, both choice and not, I don't keep track of the calendar date often. One of the problems I'm trying to describe without disclosing my exact medical history is that people with even just executive dysfunction (which covers a LOT of people who do not deserve to be overwritten), let alone any other number of issues that might make this difficult, already have a tough enough time keeping track of the things in their life, including what day or even month or year it is, without also having to remember to remind themselves to look for the date of an online fantasy holiday, and do it in time, every month, without missing a day. That is just not possible for a lot of people, disabled or not, and just because that makes it "our problem" doesn't mean it's not a problem or that we don't even deserve an OPTIONAL, OPT-IN accommodation for it when we want to get as much out of the site as people with a perfect memory.
Also, I didn't see any reasons in either of your posts NOT to implement this, so I am curious if you actually have any.
And yes, indeed I do need glasses; anyone want to pay the $250 for 'em? ;)
I do definitely hear what you guys are saying, but I also think you may have missed a large part of my post. I doubt a large percentage of people have a lot of reason to hang out on and examine every part of the front page before they get to actually interacting with their dragons in any way, since the dragons themselves are the ultimate point of the site. Correct me if I'm wrong but this wasn't designed to be a site that you visit for the express purpose of doing large amounts of reading or monthly memorization for. It's just a fun little hobby site. Shouldn't it be fun and easy to get the most out of it?
The front page is the only page that it shows anything about the holiday, and it is one of the only Absolutely Necessary pages that a user will see while doing the most basic and necessary actions to maintain their clan (gathering, feeding, maybe buying/breeding dragons), if they even navigate to the homepage first which, due to the ease of using bookmarks, not everyone does, and there is very little to DO on the front page EXCEPT reading, which, disabled or not, not everyone has a great time reading text that I can literally cover in entirety by holding my size 4 knitting needle up against the screen (and no, I'm not on a netbook, this screen is over 17" and I have no easier of a time on my 21.5" screens), and even if people CAN see it and don't feel or care how much it is actually damaging their eyes, that tiny print still strains the hell out of them. If people don't need glasses before reading everything on this site, they will afterwards.
Also, I click my next link before the front page even finishes loading, if I even visit the front page first, and for a lot of other reasons, both choice and not, I don't keep track of the calendar date often. One of the problems I'm trying to describe without disclosing my exact medical history is that people with even just executive dysfunction (which covers a LOT of people who do not deserve to be overwritten), let alone any other number of issues that might make this difficult, already have a tough enough time keeping track of the things in their life, including what day or even month or year it is, without also having to remember to remind themselves to look for the date of an online fantasy holiday, and do it in time, every month, without missing a day. That is just not possible for a lot of people, disabled or not, and just because that makes it "our problem" doesn't mean it's not a problem or that we don't even deserve an OPTIONAL, OPT-IN accommodation for it when we want to get as much out of the site as people with a perfect memory.
Also, I didn't see any reasons in either of your posts NOT to implement this, so I am curious if you actually have any.
And yes, indeed I do need glasses; anyone want to pay the $250 for 'em? ;)
