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Add a seizure warning to this please! There is no indication that clicking to proceed will cause flashing and moving lights.
by Zisko 3y ago
Add a seizure warning to this please! There is no indication that clicking to proceed will cause flashing and moving lights.
- andsoitis 3y agoHow common is photosensitive epilepsy? This is when seizures are triggered by certain rates of flashing lights or contrasting light and dark patterns. Around 1 in 100 people has epilepsy and of these people, around 3% have photosensitive epilepsy. Photosensitive epilepsy is more common in children and young people (up to 5%) and is less commonly diagnosed after the age of 20. Source: https://epilepsysociety.org.uk/about-epilepsy/epileptic-seizures/seizure-triggers/photosensitive-epilepsy https://epilepsysociety.org.uk/about-epilepsy/epileptic-seiz...
- TeMPOraL 3y agoSo 3% of 1% is... 3 in 10 000, or 1 in ~3.5k people. That's... much more widespread than I'd suspect.
- retrocryptid 3y agoCommon enough.
- cma 3y agoI wonder if a much better solution than warnings would be something at the OS level analyzing the screen and fading out contrast or something any time it detects flashing patterns that could trigger epilepsy.
- mikecsh 3y agoiOS has recently added that feature for video sources https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/ios-16-4-beta-how-to-automatically-dim-video-when-flashes-of-light-are-detected/ https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/ios-16-4-beta-how-to-automa...
- miked85 3y agoI think much more common after one visits this site.
- graypegg 3y agoI immediately thought about that, my first go at it started with a big glitchy rapidly-flashing ball right in the middle of the screen. (Not sure if it should be like that? iOS safari, iOS16.0) Kind of the worst case scenario.
- canto 3y agoAnd a mute button.
- kylecazar 3y agoThis just gave me an idea for a browser extension.
- cal85 3y agoHow would that work?
- faeyanpiraat 3y agoThe screen would flash anytime you clicked with your mouse.
- smegsicle 3y agoand also whenever you least expect it