Mastodon will never be superior to other social media platforms if it doesn't adopt #PascalCase when suggesting hashtags. Defaulting to all lower case does nothing to help me understand the difference between #therapists and #therapists.
I have superior vision to many my age, but if using #PascalCase was the default, even I wouldn't have unnecessary misunderstandings. It must be quite challenging for people who rely on screen readers.
You know what would be great on Fediverse? If we could get an app that automatically makes known hashtags formatted in #SentenceCase or #PascalCase for easier viewing.
Now, I would develop that if I had a shred of knowledge beyond Hello World.
Pour rendre plus lisibles les hashtags de tes pouets, tu peux mettre des capitales à la première lettre des mots. C'est même nécessaire pour être intelligible par les lecteurs d'écrans.
Pour te la péter avec tes copaines qui sont dans la tech, sache que ça s'appelle #PascalCase ou #camelCase selon que le premier mot a une majuscule ou pas.
Well done to everyone on Mastodon.Scot for staying above the 50% mark, but there’s still a long way to go to get to the top of these rankings.
But thanks to everyone who adds Alt Text to their images. It makes such a huge difference to the timelines of every screen reader user.
You are beautiful people. #AltTexthttps://mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck/111994660926898501
I know, I needed to edit this post for adhering better to the #PascalCase convention.
Also, it fit in nicely with my re-boost today of the #BigOil fiasco background, inspired by the new allegations that even 👉#Shell's #CarbonCapture plant might be a complete fraud, as it possibly even emits way more #GreenhouseGases than it captures!👈
Capitalization affects how people read hashtags or how people hear them on screen readers. Use #camelCase or #PascalCase in hashtags instead of lowercase. You could have #DoctorWhoRewatch ("Doctor Who Rewatch") or #doctorwhorewatch ("doctor whore watch.")
If you have a hashtag with multiple words, write the hashtag in #PascalCase or #camelCase to help users of screen readers. That helps the screen reader to read out the words out individually, rather than trying to read them in one long word.
If you're using hashtags with more than one word, use #PascalCase to make them more easily readable for people and assistive technologies. It could be the difference between #analbumcover and #AnAlbumCover 😏
Here we got a class, in our regular #odata controller functions it produces #camelCase like we tell it to in our settings. However, in our non-base controller function it produces #PascalCase ... because, duck us?
Only on the expanded parts which are handled a little bit differently for efficiency, hense the need for the non-base controller function with odata.
I just tried to google about this and it turns out I've been wrong all this time - what I've been using is, apparently #PascalCase whereas #camelCase has the first letter after the hash as little?
I do remember someone posting ages ago that their screenreader did benefit from people using Camel Case (camelCase?) but I can't remember now which one they used.
Muistakaahan lisätä aina julkaisemaanne kuvaan #AltText , jotta kuvasta voivat nauttia näkevien lisäksi myös heikosti näkevät henkilöt, kuten minäkin 🙏 :bunhdaww:
@Chron Since you're discussing accessibiity, especially for screen reader users, it's important to also remember the value of #PascalCase when writing hashtags. Capitalizing each word in a hashtag enables screen readers to effectively parse each word correctly instead of running them together or having to spell out the entire thing. So, a better way to write out your alt text hashtag would be #AltText.
One of the finer points of making your hashtags accessible for people who use screen readers, beyond using #camelCase or #PascalCase:
If you're using an acronym as a hashtag, don't lowercase any of the letters the way you might if it was title case.
Why? A lowercase letter following an uppercase letter is treated as a word, so title casing your acronym will muddle your meaning for those reliant on screen readers.
My heartfelt thanks to all of you who use AltText to add descriptions to your pics and media. As someone who used to be able to see but has been blind for over 30 years now, it allows me to see the pic in my mind and is greatly appreciated and allows me to enjoy them.
Another heartfelt thanks to those who use #CamelBack in their hashtags. This makes it so much easier to understand with a screen reader and for those who read print as well! ❤️
I do it all the time, but make one slightly amendment to #UpperCamelCase (#PascalCase:)
When a #Hashtag includes an abbreviations, such as "US," I continue with a small letter e.g. in #USpol as #USPol makes you wonder if the tag isn't about USPs (Unique Selling Propositions.)--
Does this work for you, too?
@60pencilgirl I love #camelCase and #PascalCase, and it is really annoying that the UIs usually promote the lowercaseonly alternatives in the picklists. I mostly type PascalCase explicitly, but when in a hurry... well, you know.
When you write hashtags that contain multiple words, make the first letter of each word a capital letter, for example #DogsOfMastodon. This will make the tag readable to blind people.
Blind people use the internet through screen reader apps, which read text out aloud. By putting a capital at the start of each word in a hashtag, you are telling the screen reader how to say the tag correctly.
In the non-techy world this is generally known as "CamelCase".
I use camel case, though if the first word is a proper noun (e.g., "Mastodon" as the name of what we're on), I capitalize it. Thus I would write "PascalCase" but "camelCase."
When you use a #Hashtag could you capitalise each word please? That way, people using screen readers will hear each individual word, which means they'll get more useful context as a result.
When you don't capitalise hashtags the words string together and make no sense.
For example #ThisIsHow would read as "This Is How" while #thisishow would sound something like "thissy show". A small change for you but a game changer for many people.