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I strongly dislike this practice, because it impedes understanding. "a11y" is especially bad, since it runs counter to the very thing it is supposed to represe
by foresto 3y ago
I strongly dislike this practice, because it impedes understanding.
"a11y" is especially bad, since it runs counter to the very thing it is supposed to represent.
I hope the fad passes quickly.
- samatman 3y agoI'd say the vision impaired are going to understand what "ay-one-one-why" means about as fast as the rest of us. I'm not a fan of the cutesy letter-number jargon either, if you're typing about it in Slack, sure, okay, but it shouldn't escape confinement. But it's equal-opportunity annoying I reckon: no one knows what the hell `a11y` is about when they first see/hear it, but not in a way that's more onerous for screen reader and braille users than for anyone else.
- foresto 3y agoI was using the term in the general sense: capable of being understood. Not the narrow sense that refers specifically to vision.
- samatman 3y agoSure, that's reasonable. Kind of circles back to "a11y" being technical language, which refers to a term of art, "accessibility", which is not identical to the word "accessibility" itself. This is at least part of why it gets used, although the main reason is really that a11y is easy to write and fast to read, while accessibility is neither.