Neocities

2 years ago

Set up an RSS feed! https://accessiblenet.neocities.org/feed.xml I'll try to post updates here too but you'll see them more reliably in the feed most likely, so I'd recommend subscribing!

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dabric accessiblenet

2 years ago

btw for the alt text section, i dont think `alt="null"` works for purely decorative images. trying it in firefox with narrator, and it announces it literally as "null" instead of ignoring it.

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jasm1nii 2 years ago

yeah, for purely decorative images, alt="" (without any content between the quotation marks) is sufficient

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pinkvampyr 2 years ago

I read something by someone with low vision saying that an empty alt tag made them think the person had just forgotten to leave an alt tag, while a null tag let them know it was something unimportant :0

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pinkvampyr 2 years ago

https://veroniiiica.com/how-to-write-alt-text-image-descriptions-visually-impaired/

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jasm1nii 2 years ago

alt="" *is* the null attribute? leaving it blank would mean not tacking on the alt attribute in the first place.

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jasm1nii 2 years ago

i think this post was written for people posting on social media platforms that provide an alt text field (in other words, sites that aren't handcoded) - that's where writing "null" would make sense.

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pinkvampyr 2 years ago

fixed!

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pinkvampyr 2 years ago

for the record that source was recommended to me, so I apologize if it turned out not to be what most people use!

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pinkvampyr accessiblenet

2 years ago

hiii I'm the admin for accessible net! if you have any questions or comments I'll try to get to them here!

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justfluffingaround 2 years ago

Here are 2 accessibility things I've learned over the years: Max line length for reading should be 55 to 66 characters including spaces. 2) Large blocks of text are hard to read for many disabilities and general readers, good rule of thumb is 4-6 lines or 4-5 sentences long to give eyes reading breaks.

justfluffingaround 2 years ago

Hyperlinks should always describe what they are clicking since screen readers often jump to links to navigate the page. Instead the link saying something like "click here" it should describe where the link is going like the title of the article or webpage or the purpose of the link like "how to code my accessible layout here".

justfluffingaround 2 years ago

Using bolds and italics sparingly is indeed good to avoid eyestrain or migraines for readers, but using headings or bolds before different sections of your articles/posts can be helpful for navigation of screen readers (they can jump to html eadings just like they can links), scan reading, and breaking up the paragraphs in described chunks.

pinkvampyr 2 years ago

Thank you! Most of these are things I knew but totally forgot to add 😅 typical me

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pixelbank updated union's pixel hoard!

2 years ago

union's pixel hoard!

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pixelbank updated union's pixel hoard!

2 years ago

union's pixel hoard!

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manpaint updated Manpaint's Cyber Sanctum

2 years ago

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pixelbank updated union's pixel hoard!

2 years ago

union's pixel hoard!

mothsbee pixelbank

2 years ago

just wanted to stop by and say thank you for your resources~!

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loveberry updated cure your heartache ♡

2 years ago

cure your heartache ♡

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loveberry updated cure your heartache ♡

2 years ago

cure your heartache ♡

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loveberry hoarding

2 years ago

sorry for bothering(?) but ive noticed you've linked a few of my resources...! itd be super cool if you linked to my site also since some of the codes youve reuploaded ive personally tweaked myself!

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