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In reply to @SingingNala.

@SingingNala @objectinspace @miki I know about their accessibility hacks because I had a blind friend who was a JW who needed help getting it all up and running. That library was the only way she could get access to stuff. Also, did I mention they're letigious and copyright trolls?

In reply to @objectinspace.

@objectinspace @SingingNala @miki Sorry correction: the toggle added their mirror driver. It showed up in the Windows7 erra.

In reply to @objectinspace.

@objectinspace @SingingNala @miki Yeah there used to be a key you'd have to add under local machine I think and then their application would be reasonably accessible. If you didn't do that, the text displayed pretty weirdly at least for screen readers. Then they added a toggle, but all it did was do the work to add that key for you.

In reply to @SingingNala.

@SingingNala @objectinspace @miki Also, unless they put it back on the website, they strategically edited Watchtower and Awake! issues to remove all the condemnation of oral sex at some point. From what I understand there was a grassroots rebellion over it in the late 70's.

In reply to @SingingNala.

@SingingNala @objectinspace @miki I always thought it was interesting and/or suspicious that they only included publications from 1950 or so onwards. Then again, everything before that is *wildly* out of sync with the stuff from 1950 onwards. Especially the 1879 to 1920 period.

In reply to @objectinspace.

@objectinspace @SingingNala @miki I'm old enough to remember when JWs forbade the internet. They did this for an incredibly long time. Oh and that weird registry hack they did to enable accessibility in their library, which they refused to put online until relatively recently. Those were some interesting times. Note: Wasn't a JW myself, just new several.

In reply to @simevidas.

@simevidas Yeah, kind of like HTML expert.

In reply to @matt.

@matt @bryansmart I mean someone else writes it based on interviews/chat sessions and you guys get the author creds. So I guess ghostwriter isn't the word I'm looking for.

In reply to @bryansmart.

@bryansmart @matt It would be really neat if the two of you could write/ghostwrite a book on this kind of accessibility history. Not saying you should do it for free of course.

In reply to @a11yMel.

@a11yMel Sorry but devs really need to start writing their examples with the assumption that someone is going to copypasta that shit. Because it will totally happen. Quickly.

In reply to @radio.

@radio @Tammy @Mariah Oh no Tammie I hope you get to feeling better soon being sick sucks.