the thing about any web product that doesn't support alt tags is that it takes away a core feature of the web we've had for years...
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alt tags were never too popular. That's why, like most HTML attributes, they are not required. It's 100% opt-in...
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but by not having alt tags, no one can add them, ever. Say I've decided to add alt tags to my posts. I can do that in plain static sites...
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my point is this feels a bit backwards. I like the way Twitter's alt tags work. It's basically not there if you don't want to use it...
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but you do have the option to. It might sound weird, but I know people who annotate content for their blind parents/friends...
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Alt tags will never be a cool, marketable feature. FB is already auto-generating them and it's not that bad. But the MVPis just an input...
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in the front-end and a property in the back-end. At least that's how I've done it...
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That's basically sufficient. It's about what Medium represents, in my mind. Equal acces to great content.
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Replying to @deezel
Yeah, I basically agree (cc
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Replying to @mwichary @alexfeerst
yeah, I wish we had much better accessibility tech. Tried using the web through a screen reader for a day. Teared up, honestly.
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I have just started a sabbatical, but CC-ing @alexfeerst + @lightningboltz + @pcho (who actually made mocks of alt text input once)
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