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People who think alt text is easy have different brains from me and that's all there is to it.
I mean I do it but can we not pretend it's always super easy?
TBH my patience for "this accessibility thing is easy and you're overthinking it" is not a lot.
IME most people under-think accessibility.
IME most people under-think accessibility.
Especially people who don't consider conflicting access needs. Or that people are using the same access tool for different reasons.
I have this writing from several months ago about alt text and long descriptions and more about how alt text could be made easier and... https://twitter.com/EbThen/status/1214257890506227712
What's interesting to me is that I'm apparently not the only person who struggles with turning an image into words.
I mean and I literally have training in this. Like I went to college and took courses where describing images was part of the whole requirements.
And I still think it is really hard.
And I still think it is really hard.
Also trying to describe an expression on somebody's face. A human, a cat, a dog... ffff...
Like... I never trust that I'm getting it right.
Like... I never trust that I'm getting it right.
I just want to reiterate that I do alt-text whenever possible and I think everyone else should, too.
For the sake of clarity. I know I said it earlier in the thread but just circling back around.
I figure people who know me know I'm not saying "pff accessibility whatever."
For the sake of clarity. I know I said it earlier in the thread but just circling back around.
I figure people who know me know I'm not saying "pff accessibility whatever."
I just have a problem with people who sort of assume doing accessibility is easy.
It's not easy enough or it would be a lot more widespread.
It's not easy enough or it would be a lot more widespread.
From a design perspective, if you want people to do something, you have to make it basically seamless for them.
It's not an arcane secret. It's a basic of how humans are.
It's not an arcane secret. It's a basic of how humans are.
I said this over two years ago. https://twitter.com/EbThen/status/954412410219257856
