There is now an option to prevent animated images, like GIFs, from playing automatically. By default, GitHub respects your system level preference to reduce motion. However, you can also disable autoplay entirely in the Accessibility settings. Once disabled, two buttons will let you control animated images: a play/pause button, and a button to open the link of an image.
A new Tritanopia colorblind theme for blue/yellow color blindness is now available to all github.com users in a public beta. Based on customer feedback, the previous Colorblind theme has been split into two themes: a Protanopia & Deuteranopia colorblind theme, and a Tritanopia colorblind theme. A Protanopia & Deuteranopia colorblind theme is now also available in beta. Navigate to the “Appearance” page in your profile settings to update your theme preferences.
New Protanopia & Deuteranopia colorblind themes for red/green color blindness are now available to all github.com users in a public beta. Based on customer feedback, the previous Colorblind theme has been split into two themes: a Protanopia & Deuteranopia colorblind theme, and a Tritanopia colorblind theme. This Protanopia & Deuteranopia colorblind theme is an update to the previous Colorblind themes. A Tritanopia colorblind theme is now also available in beta. Navigate to the “Appearance” page in your profile settings to update your theme preferences.
The ability to customize the command palette’s keyboard shortcuts is now available to all github.com users in beta. Customize the keyboard shortcuts for opening the command palette in search and command modes in the Accessibility section of your user settings.
You can manage your keyboard shortcuts using the new accessibility settings page.
You can choose to disable "character key shortcuts". This turns off keyboard shortcuts that only use single characters like s, g c, and . (the period key). Shortcuts which make use of modifier keys like command and control are not affected by this setting.
This feature prevents accidental triggering of keyboard shortcuts. This is important for people who use a keyboard and for people who use assistive technologies like voice input.
Light and dark colorblind accessible themes are now available to all github.com users in a public beta. These themes swap colors such as red and green for orange and blue to make GitHub more inclusive for colorblind users. Navigate to the “Appearance” page in your profile settings to update your theme preferences.
