How can I be a better bug reporter?

[marjaerwin]

Hi,

I run into a lot of accessibility problems, especially online.

I get sick from flashing, other animation, animated gifs, animated pngs, animated status notifications, blinking cursors, zooming, smooth scrolling, carousel, marquee, that slight zooming you may not notice because you don’t get a migraine and nausea from it, animated position:sticky headers, foregrounds scrolling in front of non-scrolling backgrounds, columns scrolling alongside non-scrolling columns, stickies not scrolling with scrolling content, etc.

I also have trouble seeing standard-sized text, or seeing light text on dark backgrounds, so I need to switch font sizes, and colors, and it helps to switch fonts too.

I can and do fix a lot of these with my browser and add-ons.

Problem 1.

I am not a programmer, and don’t know much about the technical details, and can’t code fixes. I try to do what I can to describe the practical results though.

Problem 2.

I may not be able to use “safe mode” or a “clean profile” without getting badly hurt. I have to skip reporting steps because of this.

Problem 3.

I am not be able to read documentation, especialy if it has non-scrolling sidebars, and may not be able to find my way through the documentation I can read. I hope I can help with some of the documentation I can read, though.

Problem 4.

I am usually struggling with a lot of pain and frustration when I file my bug reports, and when I try to test variations, e.g. to bibisect them.

Can anyone suggest ways I could be more helpful, both for the coders, and for other users/readers with similar disabilities?

Thank you!

... rgh, migraine.