Re: [Caml-list] Ask questions on the mailing lists too

[Sébastien Hinderer <Sebastien.Hinderer@inria.fr>]

Hello,

Sam Kuper (2022/01/17 13:52 +0000):
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 10:53:36AM +0100, Alan Schmitt wrote:
> > The OCaml forum has a mailing list mode (this is how I read it): all
> > posts are sent as email messages, preserving a thread structure. One
> > can also reply to a post by email. This mode must be set as a
> > preference on the site to be activated.
>
> That mode is only available to people who are first able to create an
> account on the forum, log in, and find and enable the relevant setting.
>
> If those steps have accessibility barriers for some users (which they
> do), then the forum's mailing list mode is unavailable to those users.

I was able to create an account and found the account creation stage
smooth. I can't say whether or not it conforms to the WCAG for instance,
but in terms of user experience it went surprisingly well.

Once my account was created, I was already logged in so I didn't have to
login explicitly. However I expect this would have worked because login
is rarely inaccessible.

However, I have been unable to enable the mailing-list mode. To be more
precise, I was able to open my account menu and then to switch between
the different tabs. I was however not available to see each tab's
specific content.

Another thing I can share is that I found the web interface scaring. It
may be because I am not used to it, but really, I don't like the web. I
feel unproductive when I am in my web browser and in an hostile world.

Sébastien.