So, as we all know, text in all caps is always at least a mild accessibility issue

[conuly]

It's simply less readable for everybody, and especially for people who have special difficulty in distinguishing between very similar letter shapes.

But I've also been told that it's a big problem for people who rely on screenreaders, which I've dutifully told other people. Googling would seem to confirm this but - is that really true? I mean, it seems strange to me, and even if it was true that doesn't mean it's still true...?

(On a related note, I've found "Please don't do this, it's an accessibility issue" gets worse responses than "This is an accessibility issue, please don't do it". Can somebody explain this? I do not understand this. Why is this? Why are people like this? Why are people so weird? Why?)

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On a related note, I've found "Please don't do this, it's an accessibility issue" gets worse responses than "This is an accessibility issue, please don't do it". Can somebody explain this?

I agree with 8hyenas that (explanation/demand) works better than (demand/explanation). It's not backwards, it's psychology. Most people don't want to believe they're in the wrong about something. That's why people tend to respond more positively to explanation/demand. People are more inclined to cooperate when they know the reason before being asked to change their behaviour, rather than after. The explanation softens the blow of being told they're wrong, compared to being told you're wrong first without any context.

So yeah, the difference is subtle but the order of the request actually does matter. Sometimes you must make the demand first (eg in an emergency) but usually people can figure out why pretty quickly in that case.