133513 - "Barber pole" progress meter poses visual problem for epileptic people.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: Themes, defect)

Description

[Anthony Howe]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020311
BuildID:    2002031104

I have been informed that the "barber pole" twirls in the progress meters seen
when you send email can cause epiletic fits for those who suffer from epilepsy.



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a message.
2. Send message, progress bar appears.

This should be confirmed with a doctor or specialist.

Comment 1

[[e-mail]]

-> Themes

Comment 2

[Daniel Wang]

This is a serious problem and this bug needs more attention.
btw, from what I read from other bug reports, <blink> also causes
problems for epiletics, yet it is on by default.

Comment 3

[Alexandru Savulov]

what about Windows?

Comment 4

[Anthony Howe]

Aside from the fact that Windows is an epiletic fit, can you be more specific?

Comment 5

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

> I have been informed that the "barber pole" twirls in the progress meters seen
> when you send email can cause epiletic fits for those who suffer from epilepsy

where did you see this?  can you site the reference?

Comment 6

[Aaron Leventhal]

Let's not overract to the regulations. Let's make sure this is really a problem.

Comment 7

[Anthony Howe]

Well since I reported it, I went and did a Google search for some basic info:

http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/intro/symptoms.html
http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/photo.html

This web site says that some patterns of light can be a trigger, though not that
common so they say.

Beyond this, you should probably consult some doctors for information.

Comment 8

[Anthony Howe]

http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/photo.html

Under the section marked Software Packages, this paragraph appears:

"Where the material being displayed contains flicker or repetitive patterns, it
will carry the same risk whether it is viewed on CRTs, LCDs/TFTs or conventional
television."

Comment 9

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

wontfix, as in I don't plan on changing the theme.

if the barber pole is a problem with the modern theme, then I'm sure someone
could come up with a different theme.

Comment 10

[[github robot]]

Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/6ac2d4764116a87e0e5061225594a8c3b803de2f
[fix bug 133513] Add internet health report link to home page

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/5fba7eed025a4cc2d898a25063735201540b5afa
Merge pull request #4618 from craigcook/bug-1335131-health-report-home-link

[fix bug 133513] Add internet health report link to home page

Comment 11

[[github robot]]

Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d8e3e6f2827bd2e6e3ccb4c8bd1e96c1f7a31cca
[bug 133513] Fix JS error on home page scroll detection

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/34e953941a6019c2513b6cd547bdf458610de438
Merge pull request #4628 from alexgibson/bug-133513-fix-js-error-home-page

[bug 133513] Fix JS error on home page scroll detection