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However, a significant portion of HTML mail I receive happily violates "accessibility laws" and omit to provide a text-only part. I know that, since I actually
by mlang23 7y ago
However, a significant portion of HTML mail I receive happily violates "accessibility laws" and omit to provide a text-only part. I know that, since I actually rely on accessibility to do my daily work.
- zaarn 7y agoScreen readers should be able to deal with HTML-only mails for the most part, otherwise you should send the sender of that mail a reminder about those laws.
- mlang23 7y agoAre you actually a user of accessibility? To me, it doesn't feel like you are. If I am right, please refrain from patronizing people who actually do. In my book, you have no idea how horrible the situation has become over the last 5 to 10 years. Accessibility used to be a thing, yes. These days, it is mostly a happy accident.
- frenchyatwork 7y agoI've never talked to anyone who actually used accessibility tools. I'm aware of the W3C standards. Are there any other resources that developers can use to produce stuff that works well with real-world accessibility software?
- pseudalopex 7y agoYes. Real-world accessibility software.
- tomjen3 7y agoHow do they manage to do that? Embed the text as an image?
- C1sc0cat 7y agoBasically you send two versions of the mail any one who has sent mail programmatically will have dealt with this.
- mwcampbell 7y agoTo clarify, is your problem with HTML emails that omit a text/plain part, or only HTML emails that have images with no alt text? If the latter, I think the solution is to advocate for accessibility in HTML emails, not plain-text emails. After all, well-structured hypertext has its own accessibility benefits, since most current screen readers have lots of commands for navigating that structure. This is why I disagree with advocating for plain-text email in the name of accessibility, as this campaign does.