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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's why it's also a big accessibility feature. With big font sizes, four spaces are distracting but you can configure tabs to show up as one character, which is way more reasonable with font sizes larger than usual

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

I had a colleague that is legally blind in my second real job. The dude is brilliant (and hilarious) but these things would significantly enable or screw up his productivity. I have always felt fortunate to have had direct butt in seat exposure to the importance of accessibility at such a young age.