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No. That’s like saying OS should use AI to try and figure out what buttons are to make them clickable, rather that developers actually building an interface for

No. That’s like saying OS should use AI to try and figure out what buttons are to make them clickable, rather that developers actually building an interface for users. All operating systems and platforms have pretty fluent and in-depth APIs for exposing an “accessibility tree” for assistive technologies to use. It’s your responsibility as a developer to build interfaces for actual users, and there’s very little reason not to.

ronsor 4y ago
> That’s like saying OS should use AI to try and figure out what buttons are to make them clickable, rather that developers actually building an interface for users. That's actually a really good idea.
- maxwelljoslyn 4y ago
  Especially now that designers are making buttons/clickable areas hard to distinguish ... I could totally use AI to highlight all the things that are actually, you know, interactive.
  - nirimda 4y ago
    You don't need an AI to do this, just make your own custom build of whatever operating system you use with styles that aren't crap. It's almost certainly a more tractable task than trying to make an AI work out what the interactive bits are - considering it seems to be a business objective for many companies nowadays to make it hard to work out what the interactive bits are.
hollasch 4y ago
I've seen systems at Boeing that understand CAD drawings semantically, like how arrows work and what regions are alternate views of what other regions, and whether a drawing is of the nose landing gear or the flap control, all based on scanned drawings from the 50's. So ... yes. Absolutely.
- cratermoon 4y ago
 > all based on scanned drawings from the 50's It's 2059. We're using browsers that render pages created with Dreamweaver and Frontpage using advanced machine learning techniques to determine that <blockquote> is an entry in the table of contents, while is a level 1 header.
- maxwelljoslyn 4y ago
 That sounds SO COOL. Can you tell me more? Or do I have to go ask my friends at Boeing about it? :)

ronsor 4y ago

> That’s like saying OS should use AI to try and figure out what buttons are to make them clickable, rather that developers actually building an interface for users. That's actually a really good idea.

maxwelljoslyn 4y ago
Especially now that designers are making buttons/clickable areas hard to distinguish ... I could totally use AI to highlight all the things that are actually, you know, interactive.
- nirimda 4y ago
  You don't need an AI to do this, just make your own custom build of whatever operating system you use with styles that aren't crap. It's almost certainly a more tractable task than trying to make an AI work out what the interactive bits are - considering it seems to be a business objective for many companies nowadays to make it hard to work out what the interactive bits are.

hollasch 4y ago

I've seen systems at Boeing that understand CAD drawings semantically, like how arrows work and what regions are alternate views of what other regions, and whether a drawing is of the nose landing gear or the flap control, all based on scanned drawings from the 50's. So ... yes. Absolutely.

cratermoon 4y ago
> all based on scanned drawings from the 50's It's 2059. We're using browsers that render pages created with Dreamweaver and Frontpage using advanced machine learning techniques to determine that <blockquote> is an entry in the table of contents, while is a level 1 header.
maxwelljoslyn 4y ago
That sounds SO COOL. Can you tell me more? Or do I have to go ask my friends at Boeing about it? :)