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by dharmab 6y ago
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- jonah-archive 6y agoI recommend that everyone go check out Sian Bahram’s 2016 talk on computing while blind. At around 6:30 he specifically addresses how inaccessible HN is to a visually impaired user: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1r55efei5c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1r55efei5c
- pixelbath 6y agoI find it interesting that not a single problem mentioned in the talk has been addressed on the site in the intervening 5 years.
- shadowofneptune 6y agoAnd Paul Graham's page uses them extensively. Only places on the modern web where I see them used.
- jedberg 6y agoI wouldn't call PGs page an example of the modern web. And I doubt he would either. :)
- bryanrasmussen 6y agoI guess you can define modern web several ways - two ways I might use def 1: Built using modern styles and with a modern design aesthetic. def 2: commonly accessed as a useful destination in modern times. Using definition 2 there are still some blogs out there that are still part of the modern web, although probably not as important as they were in their heyday. I mean definition 2 would apply to HN as well, whereas not sure if definition 1 would (it scales like a modern website should though, so maybe).
- andai 6y agoHN runs on a single core!
- bryanrasmussen 6y agothat's not modern!
- edflsafoiewq 6y agoYup, you can spot them easily if you select a bunch of text.