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And yet there was a thread recently where numerous commenters rolled their eyes at the need for accessibility for the blind on the web, because “Can’t you just
by SilasX 7y ago
And yet there was a thread recently where numerous commenters rolled their eyes at the need for accessibility for the blind on the web, because “Can’t you just call?”
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21188594 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21188594
For even more irony, Pizza Hut’s and Domino’s pages from the mid-90s are more blind-accessible than the meth-addled versions of today. We’ve somehow regressed.
- throwaway_law 7y ago>Pizza Hut’s and Domino’s pages from the mid-90s are more blind-accessible than the meth-addled versions of today. We’ve somehow regressed. Google wasn't dictating how websites are developed/optimized back then.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoSure, blame Google instead of lazy developers who can't be bothered to give a damn about anyone's time but their own.
- throwaway_law 7y agoIts funny when I type "Pizza" into Google, the first organic result is Pizzahut.com, not bad for a bunch of lazy developers who don't take Google SEO into account.
- SilasX 7y agoExcept that Google now likes simplistic 1995-style websites. They're fast to load and don't obscure the relevant information.