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Making Images Accessible – An Infographic
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fionatg
7y ago
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fionatg
8y ago
Thank you - I will add this in.
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fionatg
8y ago
This is a very spammy comment, but if anyone is interested but it's not a good time to sign up, you can sign up to my (totally not spammy) mailing list and get an accessibility poster as a bonus: https://myaccessible.website
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fionatg
8y ago
Yes, because it captures the data using a Chrome Extension. You have to navigate to the page and use the extension to capture the data. This means it works on sites that aren't even on the public internet, localhost, you name it.
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fionatg
8y ago
The image is basically there to be decorative. In that scenario, an empty alt attribute is used to inform assistive technology that yes, there is an image here, but it isn't adding any further information. It's actually one of
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fionatg
8y ago
Thanks for the feedback! I'll work on getting this added to the page, I understand where you're coming from there
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Show HN: MAWD – Simple web accessibility testing for developers
(myaccessible.website)
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8y ago
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Infographic/Poster: Making Images Accessible
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How to detect if a user of your site has a disability
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10y ago
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Different stylesheets for different media – don't do it
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Know Your CTA from Your IDE? (Acronyms in Web Development)
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What's frustrating you about keeping up to date with new technologies?
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12y ago
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12y ago
Exactly, it sort of re-inforces my point that when I was designing that site I didn't really think about it. I don't have to be an accessibility expert to discuss the fact that developers don't tend to create accessible sites
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12y ago
I think its a love/hate thing with my site theme. I've had a lot of comments that it looks fantastic. I think I'll have to increase the font size at least.
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12y ago
IE8 was 6%, which I think still validates the point. I actually chose IE9 because a lot of companies have actually dropped support on IE8 but are still supporting IE9 (mine included).
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12y ago
I agree, it correlates well with "think before you code"
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3% use IE9 and 14% have a disability. Why do we only cater for the former?
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Graphic: A preview of new features in C# 6.0
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Diversity at Google: Is 17% female good enough?
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fionatg
12y ago
Exactly, it feels like they are artificially boosting the figures here because when people look at Google stats they think tech anyway. The Tech only figures are much more male-skewed.
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CSS Tip: Remembering the order for values in margin and padding
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