Why I Love Dw
Aug. 15th, 2014 10:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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dwrocksHey everyone. This community seems rather dead, so I thought I'd bring it back to life. I'm rather new to Dreamwidth, but I wanted to give my reasons why I love it. So here they are, in no particular order:
-- Diversity: I'll start by giving my opinion of the Dw diversity statement. For those who have not yet read it, it's calling your name so please head on over and read it. I am proud to say that I'm in complete agreement with this statement. Diversity is certainly something that everybody, young and old, needs to embrace. See below.
-- Accessibility with VoiceOver: For those of you who don't know or who have been living under a rock or whatever, VoiceOver is Apple's on-board screen reader. Although it is the only screen reader I've used with this site, I am proud to report that the two get along beautifully in OS X Mavericks. I'm planning to upgrade to Yosemite now that it's out, and I'm hoping to report the same results. I am also including the mobile Dw site here. Although I have tested Dw with Chromevox and it works well too, I'm not including that here because it's not a full-fledged screen reader. But I have been very impressed with its performance using VoiceOver so thank you to all those who work, and have previously worked, on Dw's accessibility.
-- Customer service and support: I love how the DW staff is so responsive, and actively check for problem reports etc. They seem to not only talk the talk, but walk it too and that is a very good thing.
-- Features: I like all the features I've played with on here thus far. The paid-for features are good as well.
-- Customization: Last but certainly not least, I love that we can customize Dreamwidth to our liking. I have done this and it is really neat.
So there you have it, 5 reasons I love Dreamwidth. I can't think of any more at this time. Thanks for reading, and please don't drink and drive!
-- Diversity: I'll start by giving my opinion of the Dw diversity statement. For those who have not yet read it, it's calling your name so please head on over and read it. I am proud to say that I'm in complete agreement with this statement. Diversity is certainly something that everybody, young and old, needs to embrace. See below.
-- Accessibility with VoiceOver: For those of you who don't know or who have been living under a rock or whatever, VoiceOver is Apple's on-board screen reader. Although it is the only screen reader I've used with this site, I am proud to report that the two get along beautifully in OS X Mavericks. I'm planning to upgrade to Yosemite now that it's out, and I'm hoping to report the same results. I am also including the mobile Dw site here. Although I have tested Dw with Chromevox and it works well too, I'm not including that here because it's not a full-fledged screen reader. But I have been very impressed with its performance using VoiceOver so thank you to all those who work, and have previously worked, on Dw's accessibility.
-- Customer service and support: I love how the DW staff is so responsive, and actively check for problem reports etc. They seem to not only talk the talk, but walk it too and that is a very good thing.
-- Features: I like all the features I've played with on here thus far. The paid-for features are good as well.
-- Customization: Last but certainly not least, I love that we can customize Dreamwidth to our liking. I have done this and it is really neat.
So there you have it, 5 reasons I love Dreamwidth. I can't think of any more at this time. Thanks for reading, and please don't drink and drive!
