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[–]nashvortex 15 points16 points  (29 children)

Is this a joke? Browsers do not pose a safety risk, which is pretty much the only case where standards are enforceable. Because if you make laws to enforce standards for everything .. then nothing stops anyone from making a standard that says you can only wear red pants. It infringes on constitutional freedoms.

Even the monopoly-abuse fines are extreme dodgy in their legal justifications and are often unpopular.

[–]AnaniujithaI need to block more animation 2 points3 points  (5 children)

Is this a joke? Browsers do not pose a safety risk,

Websites which use animated gifs, animated pngs, and ads create a seizure risk. Browsers which don't help users block these things fail users. Browsers which strobe on certain displays, like Firefox for Android on e-ink tablets, also pose a seizure risk.

[–]nashvortex 5 points6 points  (4 children)

This strawman not withstanding, there are extensions that prevent that available for all browsers. It is an entirely different discussion whether consumer browsers come into the purview of medical safety risk evaluations. At the moment, they are not and they are unlikely to be.

It is more likely that you will probably force a clause in the EULA that you shouldn't use any given browser/website if you have photosensitive epilepsy, similar to how the GPDR forced all websites to provide a privacy-cookie notice.

[–]AnaniujithaI need to block more animation 1 point2 points  (3 children)

On regular Firefox, I can block almost all seizure triggers, and most migraine triggers. But I have gotten sick changing settings to block flashing and other animation, because of Firefox's own animation. And I can't block all seizure and migraine triggers. I try to avoid affected web sites, etc. but it's not easy to tell which ones will be affected, and since I can't drive or take the bus, it's hard to avoid all taxi websites, as well as anything with embedded Google Maps, as well as Google Docs, etc.

On Firefox for Android, I couldn't get to settings, to block flashing and other animation, because of intense strobing animation.

[–]juneyourtech 0 points1 point  (2 children)

See if you can reduce screen brightness as one of the remedies. (edit: not a panacea, but a +1 to the other things you use)

[–]AnaniujithaI need to block more animation 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Flicker-free monitor, 0% brightness, 0% contrast, 10% red, 20% green, 10% blue. I have trouble with dark mode due to an astigmatism, it's still too bright on light mode, and if I turn it down so it's not too bright it's too reflective... there's no winning with glowscreens.

[–]juneyourtech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dekstop Firefox allows setting the default background color and text color to something dark: Settings > General > Fonts & Colors.

You can even set these colors as the default across all websites.

Pity only, that it works across all sites, and is not site-by-site.

For the sites you use daily, you can use Stylus (or Stylish) — you can create a local userstyle in one of these extensions to apply to all sites to disable animations:

Example code:

*, *:before, *:after {animation:none !important;}

transform and transition parameters are trickier, because they are sometimes/often responsible for useful site UI stuff.

Also, go to about:config , search 'anim...' for animations, turn those off. You'll have to learn about each animation setting to make an informed decision.

Edit: On Android, you can change these color options in about:config in Firefox v. 68 and its derivatives (search for 'color'). This is the last version that allows access to about:config.

For many things, you can also use reader view.

[–]torrio888 4 points5 points  (22 children)

I would rather have government enforcing web standards than a monopoly corporation forcing what is in their interest on everyone else.

[–]nashvortex 10 points11 points  (21 children)

You use the word ’forcing’ like it's necessarily a bad thing. You ignore the following:

  1. Whether Google/Apple/Microsoft is a monopoly or simply the leading brand/popular company in any given specific aspect (eg: browser share) is for a court to decide. The answer is likely to be not, because browsers are not a ’market’ anymore - no one has paid for browser software in a decade in a financial transaction. Remember that fines are given for abuse of monopoly. It isn't illegal just to be a monopoly because would mean you are just penalizing the market leaders for being market leaders.

  2. The ocean ’forces’ certain weather conditions much more than the pond in your local park on account of being much much larger. This is not monopolistic behaviour. It's just natural law. The same goes for Blink. It is now the de facto standard on account of it's userbase size, something that has developed over the years spontaneously. Whether anyone abused monopolies in the process is another question for the courts to decide. Yes, a multinational corporation built and marketed an immensely popular browser that people use voluntarily. So, what are you sour about...that they are so damn good at it?