Confessions of a non-compliant website

Hello.
I’m your website.

We’ve come a long way together.
You picked the perfect font. You spent weeks agonizing over the shade of lavender in the footer.
I loaded fast. I looked good on tablets.
I did… enough.

Or so I thought.

I wasn’t difficult. Just a little biased.

To most visitors, I was charming. Easy, even.
But to a certain type of person — the kind who scrolls differently, thinks in diagonals, or just needs things a bit calmer, clearer, steadier…

Well, let’s just say I wasn’t always at my best.

They didn’t complain.
They left quietly. Or didn’t stay long.
Sometimes they came back with tools just to navigate me.
Which, now that I think about it, is not the flex I thought it was.

I thought I was being creative.

I had moving pieces. Hidden things.
Instructions that appeared only after you guessed them.
I thought it was part of my charm — a little mystery! A little motion! A little glow!
Turns out, it was… a lot.

Too much, for some.
Not enough, for others.

And I get it now: clarity isn’t boring.
It’s respectful.

Then I got help.

One day, someone behind the scenes made a small change.
Not a redesign. Not a rebrand. Just… something.

It was subtle. I didn’t feel different right away.
But slowly, people who used to give up halfway?
They started staying.

The ones who used to zoom, adjust, struggle, reload?
They didn’t have to.
Nothing flashy happened.
I just became easier to be around.

Now I still look the same — but feel different.

I didn’t lose my personality.
I didn’t get “fixed.”
Because I wasn’t broken.

But now, I make more sense.
To more people.
Without anyone having to fight me for it.

Anyway — if you’re a website like me…

Just know: it doesn’t take much.

You don’t have to change your color palette.
Or your vibe.
Or your font with the suspicious letter “g.”

Sometimes you just need a little adjustment.
So more people feel welcome.
Without anyone needing to announce why.

It’s not a transformation.
It’s an upgrade in empathy.

xo,
Your website