So was the Gaming Simplifier mainly meant for or used by people with disabilities? Or was it meant to get around various interfaces meant to get extra pageview "clicks", and it ended up being amazingly useful for particular people with disabilities?
It can be pretty interesting to look at people with disabilities' use of software and user interfaces as use cases. Making software good for PWD to use can result in better software all around, the way curb cuts for wheelchairs are also great for people with strollers or skateboards, or the way thick-grip utensils originally developed for people with arthritis or Parkinson's are more ergonomic and easy to use for everyone.
Of course there isn't one way to "be disabled" and different people have different requirements. But particular environments can be very useful to particular communities of people with disabilities -- for example, MUDS can be very accessible to blind and visually impaired people.
Facebook and Facebook developers should try taking a look at this case from the point of view of making good and useable software. I know... as if that'll happen!
I'm not sure it matters, but the primary intent was not to help people with disabilities. It was closer to a "video game trainer" from the days of yore.
Seriously? I don't know who posts these, but this extension, as well as many "game simplifier" apps have nothing to do with disabled people. Modern operating systems have great facilities for all kinds of disabilities. No, this type of apps are cheats used to ruin the gameplay for those that don't use them, and to piss off game developers.
I'm sorry, but perhaps if you have difficulty clicking, perhaps a game who's entire purpose is to sit there clicking on stuff is not the right game for you.
regardless of the designers intention, it is nonetheless a potential side effect that such an extension might open up play to a wider audience, including people with varying levels of ability or impairments.
Facebook hates anything that makes their ads less effective, which this extension did by automatically clicking past them. It's clear that Facebook's priorities have nothing to do woth satisfying users and everything to do with satisfying advertisers. Why else would they repeatedly make sweeping changes that are universally despised by users?
I just wanted to insert a reminder that people are not "handicapped" and they are certainly never "disabled". However, there are people who have disabilities.
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So was the Gaming Simplifier mainly meant for or used by people with disabilities? Or was it meant to get around various interfaces meant to get extra pageview "clicks", and it ended up being amazingly useful for particular people with disabilities?
It can be pretty interesting to look at people with disabilities' use of software and user interfaces as use cases. Making software good for PWD to use can result in better software all around, the way curb cuts for wheelchairs are also great for people with strollers or skateboards, or the way thick-grip utensils originally developed for people with arthritis or Parkinson's are more ergonomic and easy to use for everyone.
Of course there isn't one way to "be disabled" and different people have different requirements. But particular environments can be very useful to particular communities of people with disabilities -- for example, MUDS can be very accessible to blind and visually impaired people.
Facebook and Facebook developers should try taking a look at this case from the point of view of making good and useable software. I know... as if that'll happen!
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