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I only clicked this story because I was worried someone was just using canvas and JS and ignoring the fact that it's entirely invisible to accessibility feature
by rezonant 3y ago
I only clicked this story because I was worried someone was just using canvas and JS and ignoring the fact that it's entirely invisible to accessibility features. I heard there is ongoing work to introduce a direct accessibility tree API, but for now the DOM is required.
Instead it's much adieu about nothing since you could simply serve a text file.
That being said, <plaintext> is a nifty historical footnote I didn't know about, so that's cool.
Side note, a lot of people aren't aware that businesses in the US can be sued for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for non-accessible websites.
- fsckboy 3y agomuch ado about nothing. BTW, Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing was a pun on "noting" and entailed the passing of notes. I believe "nothing" was pronounced more like "noting" at the time. and now without much ado I will say goodbye for this comment. Adieu.
- edent 3y agoOh my sweet summer child! That may have been what your puritanical teachers taught you, but the truth is far more fun! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/8313901/Title-Deed-How-the-Book-Got-its-Name.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/8313901/T... Shakespeare often punned about such "country matters".
- deafpolygon 3y agoEvil website. After about 10 seconds of reading, it gets replaced by a paywall.
- bmacho 3y agoThey probably want to keep it alive, and provide you content as their day job.
- deafpolygon 3y agoFair. Paywall up front then - don't tease me.
- falqun 3y agohttps://web.archive.org/web/20230426211700/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/8313901/Title-Deed-How-the-Book-Got-its-Name.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230426211700/https://www.teleg...
- bmacho 3y agoThat's the whole, a single paragraph
- rezonant 3y agooh whoops