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> The common abbreviation of accessibility is a11y. What? > We take the A and Y from the beginning and end of accessibility, and 11 for the number of letters
by Garvi 3y ago
> The common abbreviation of accessibility is a11y.
What?
> We take the A and Y from the beginning and end of accessibility, and 11 for the number of letters in between. This abbreviation also creates a pleasing homophone for ‘ally.’
It took me way to long to figure out what this story is about and that it's not about feminism "allies" as men who align with feministic view are often called. It's all very confusing and the overtures on how clear it is feel out of touch with reality.
Don't get me wrong, I'm in full support of this. Of course I am, as it could happen to anyone with no fault of their ownm, to find themselves in a situation needing help.
A11y, really? This reeks of marketing. But we're talking about it, so it's effective.
- parasti 3y agoA11y, i18n, l10n. These all have been around for decades.
- gjsman-1000 3y agoAnd yet people are still surprised, because they thought they meant something else. Seems about as accessible as coloring the Save button bright red and the back button bright Green.
- kurthr 3y agoYes, but they are s4d. It's like l33t grew up and made a mess of localization, internationalization, and translation. The numeronym thing feels so exclusive, like a16z. I wonder, if the international web folks like it, because it's their own language. It's true they've seen use since before 2000, but they've also been declining since 2008 (each peaking along with l33t except for a11y, which peaked during WWI, if you believe GoogNGram). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym Please explain, l10nel m35si li5.
- parasti 3y agoThose are very different things in my mind. Someone at Wikipedia probably voted to merge.
- kurthr 3y agoMaybe, but their usage peaked at the same time 2006-2010 as l33t did. I'm not convinced that's an accident.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago> Yes, but they are s4d. Wow, this works both as numeronym and 1337. And in both senses, I agree. Kudos!
- marcosdumay 3y agoOuch, it's localization! It took me 2 pages of DDG to find that word by searching the acronym(?). Now I know it's an L and not an upper-case I.
- ASpring 3y agoIt's pretty common in large tech companies to see this but agreed it is not a super intuitive abbreviation.
- Garvi 3y agoI did not know that. First time seeing these abbreviations. Thx.
- bovermyer 3y agoIt's common. It's also stupid. That pairing is applicable to a great many things in this life.
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