Hi #blind folks, especially software developers! I'm taking part in a #GitHub research meeting and I hope to raise as many #accessibility points as I can. I was told this fact is not at all confidential, so I may gather feedback.
Here's what I remember: multiline comments are inaccessible (eternal story); sometimes menu roles are used where they shouldn't be (watching repos, reactions etc.). Anything else that really bugs you at GitHub? Thanks!
Well @menelion it took a couple of weeks, but the accessibility category on the GitHub discussion board is much cleaner ✨
We were able to delete a bunch of spam, move some issues into a more accurate category, and close-out a lot of already resolved issues 💪
There is a lot of work still to be done internally to be sure the legitimate issues are correctly reported and tracked, but happy to be able to report some progress :blobcathearthug:
There is a polyglot on #YouTube that keeps calling Latin alphabet "American" and Spanish language "Mexican" (for humorous purposes, of course). Like: "The language X is easy to learn because it uses the American alphabet". Comments are always priceless.
had to use the internet without ublock origin for like five minutes the other day and was horrified about what an ad-infested shithole it is, i can't believe regular people just live like this, it's like some horrible dystopian parallel universe
@vantablack It's paradoxical, but that's just why I bought YouTube Premium. I do everything on my PC, my wife is mostly a smartphone person. I have UBlock Origin, she doesn't. She kept mildly asking me for a YouTube premium subscription, I thought it wasn't worth it, to be honest, like some time later. Once she asked me to do something from her account, I don't remember what, but I had to go to YouTube. I was swearing so loudly she ran to my place in a rush asking what's up. I was like: "How in the world can you navigate Youtube at all?!" And she went: "Well, I told you quite a number of times that I would like to have a Premium subscription, but you… you know…". This same day I bought YouTube Premium Family.
Hi #accessibility specialists! Do you have in mind an article about HTML email accessibility best practices? I was almost sure @aardrian wrote something about it but couldn't find it straight away. It's for a friend :) Thanks!
@jscholes@aardrian That I know :) I even suggested him not to overuse too many nested tables and provide a plain-text version of the email. but people like reading or watching something, that's why I'm asking.
Yesterday I got mildly hit by a #bike. He actually touched me with the edge of his handlebar, it hurt a bit but might have been far, far worse. And of course, he was speeding down the pedestrian street. So all of this bragging about good people riding bikes, anti-car movement, "bikes everywhere" is a huge BS. Many of those cyclists are sure of their right to go everywhere they want, at any speed they want, because "they are good, eco-shmeco, they do sports" and so on, and so forth. They almost never apologize, they ring their bells and swear frentically if they "need to pass by", no matter what. As a blind #pedestrian, I'm extremely tired of them. I'm tired of constantly being afraid to walk even in purely pedestrian places; I'm tired of the need to jump aside, because these "overlords" need to pass by, and if you don't move your humble-servant body out of their road, they have right to hit you or at least to yell at you. I'm tired, and I'll do everything to put an end to this. Everything that has wheels must be on the road, period. Sidewalks are for pedestrians!
@Yinshi Ага, вот и я про то. Но понимаешь, бесит именно их психология «Мне всё можно, потому что я прав». Здесь в Европушке с ними носятся как дурак с писаной торбой, вот они и борзеют.
@zersiax@weirdwriter I'm sorry, but those things are totally outside of what a screen reader is for. I'm thinking about making a simple GUI app that would work with YouTube, but, to be honest, I don't want to spend the time for a free app and totally am not sure whether someone would buy such a thing :)
Maybe this makes me lazy, but if I hear, the app works quite well with voiceover, but there are a few areas where you will have to use screen recognition, I’m likely to look for another app. Screen recognition has always been a bit buggy and laggy for me.
@technocounselor Definitely. I'm even harsher there: screen recognition is not suitable for use in apps. It's not even a crutch, it's a self-made wooden leg that people used in the times when there were no modern prostheses.
@PetitPas Par leur voix? Oui, c'est assez facile. C'est intéressant que je peux reconnaître des notes mais il m'est assez difficile de mémoriser la différence entre chants des oiseaux.
@eclectech Then if a tree is lower than a set point, say, a meter to a meter and a half (3 to 5 feet), we'd just call it a tre. Like: Some young tres were planted in our neighborhood, they are so funny beside those high treeeeeees!
I'm not a very big movie watcher. But last night when we were out with friends. We saw the movie Her starring Scarlett Johansson. It was absolutely wonderful! I quite enjoyed it. It's definitely some food for thought.