approximately 73.2553% of #accesibility issues i've seen recently come from "we decided to keep our UI nice and clean by hiding shit in a tooltip!", followed by the crushing realisation of what it means to have an accessible tooltip #wcag#a11y
I have started a discussion on the @3dprinting group bot #Github to propose the implementation of a notification system to notify users mentioning the bot in top-level posts, which would result in a #boost, if their images lack alt-text.
The #3dprinting community is an inclusive community, and we should not gatekeep, especially on platforms like #Mastodon, and excluded disabled users from participating in the group.
What are your opinions regarding this? Would you want such a feature to be implemented in the group, or do you feel their is another solution?
If there are any users of the group dependent on such #accessibility features, in what other ways can we help you? If you wish to remain anonymous, please feel free to send me a direct message, and I will relay it here.
To clarify the proposal. Posts without alt-text won't be boosted until alt-text is added by the user. Once alt-text is added, it will automatically be boosted.
Currently, I am hosting the @3dprinting bot. Due to a spam attack, my account has been permanently banned, and the bot is now being hosted on my home network.
I am trying to keep this bot 100% free without donations or costs. And 100% online. But I am in a country with electricity restrictions.
Please shoot me a message if you need anything. Thank you for being part and participating in our community. We would love to do our best to help you enjoy it!
Primary and secondary buttons are mostly just for color and style. The naming has always been odd for me.
But you always want to convert new users but still invite existing users. So, sign-up buttons will always be primary buttons because existing users will already know where to go and what to do.
Yesterday I had to use a Windows PC in Chinese. Since all menus have icons, it was surprisingly easier than expected to navigate and figure out a lot of the stuff (I still needed a wee bit of help).
On GNOME/GTK, icons in menus and other controls are somehow considered a bad thing and have been removed from all over the place.
There’s a huge difference in how much easier it is to use systems where controls have icons. It’s even possible to figure it out if you can’t read.
Question for blind and low vision people and other users of screen readers:
what are the main obstacles they encounter when browsing the web? That is, the things that they would like those of us who are in charge of them, to fix.