Browsers have a “prefer reduced motion” toggle that websites can detect, so Scratch wouldn't have to implement and store an option in Account Settings for it; they could just have it be based on that toggle. Though this might lead to people getting confused over “why aren't gifs working??????”.

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I agree with your points.

It seems that Scratch, starting with it's palette change, is trying to be more accessible to people with disabilities. I believe this would help with that goal.

It would not draw too many resources away from the Scratch Team, too.

It seems like it would be good on all fronts.

CST1229 wrote:

Browsers have a “prefer reduced motion” toggle that websites can detect, so Scratch wouldn't have to implement and store an option in Account Settings for it; they could just have it be based on that toggle. Though this might lead to people getting confused over “why aren't gifs working??????”.

True, good point about the “prefer reduced motion” setting! Though if the preference based on browser settings is being stored in Account Settings anyway, why not just make an independent toggle? Then it would work if the user logs in from a different device or if they don't know how to change the browser settings. I agree the ST would need to be clear in communication about it to avoid the inevitable “why can't I see gifs?” debate. (If it wasn't a default setting then those who don't need it wouldn't even notice the change, though).

qloakonscratch wrote:

I agree with your points.

It seems that Scratch, starting with it's palette change, is trying to be more accessible to people with disabilities. I believe this would help with that goal.

It would not draw too many resources away from the Scratch Team, too.

It seems like it would be good on all fronts.

Exactly! I'm so happy that they've made the recent changes for accessibility because it does demonstrate that it's something they care about. I just think it would be great if they could extend this to other accessibility-related site features, and to disable gifs seems like something that wouldn't need too many resources.

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