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2 years ago

PSA to anyone using cbox on their sites: keyboard users can get stuck in the chat message box! consider using something like https://ishoutbox.com/ instead

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solaria 2 years ago

ill check this out - i currently use a link to let users skip the cbox bc i noticed this as well

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lime360 accessiblenet

2 years ago

a11y part 2

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pinkvampyr andou

2 years ago

fellow pink/black enjoyer 🤝

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pinkvampyr accessiblenet

2 years ago

would people like if I made updates when new sites are added to the directory? note: this is directed towards people who will be using the directory to find indie websites

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jasm1nii 2 years ago

yeah! :3

pixelglade 2 years ago

Sure.

justfluffingaround 2 years ago

Yes please!

munsun 2 years ago

YES PLS

pinkvampyr accessiblenet

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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pinkvampyr

2 years ago

oh I should really make an RSS feed for accessible net too

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pinkvampyr

2 years ago

does anyone have resources for dark/light mode toggles? I have a theme switcher in my resources but I'm looking specifically just to toggle between light and dark mode

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justfluffingaround 2 years ago

Lost letters on neocities just put this in a comment on their profile: https://derekkedziora.com/blog/dark-mode-revisited

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pinkvampyr 2 years ago

thank you!!

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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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pinkvampyr

2 years ago

hearing people actually putting effort into accessibility bc of accessnet has me tearing up like!! that's so lovely!!

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justfluffingaround 2 years ago

Next task on my to do list after I finish my links/resources page is coding a button to pause gifs/animations!

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owlroost sorbier

2 years ago

I really love the subtle text-shadow effect on your headings. Your whole site's design is pleasing to me (I can actually read it!), but that little shadow is the cherry on top.

sorbier 2 years ago

omg thank you~!!

pinkvampyr

2 years ago

btw I'm working on reuploading all the yesterlinks stuff to my own bookmarks page. right now you can only find it on archive dot org so I figure if anyone still wanted those resources handy I'd nab em.

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pinkvampyr 2 years ago

I'm also adding my own bookmarks of course

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punkwasp 2 years ago

the source code for yesterlinks is also still available on github! https://github.com/sadgrlonline/yesterlinks so if anyone wants to they could potentially download it and fiddle around with it themselves, it looks like all the data is still there

pinkvampyr 2 years ago

@punkwasp yeah I thought about doing that but it involves JavaScript and bleh. I'm just using owls script. but if anyone else wants to do that it'd be awesome!

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pinkvampyr

2 years ago

ok i made a profile on neocities for accessnet, so if you have any questions you can drop them there! https://neocities.org/site/accessiblenet

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pinkvampyr updated Pinkvampyr

2 years ago

Pinkvampyr

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pinkvampyr malakleo

2 years ago

hey I wanted to check out your site but the scanlines effect kinda makes it hard to look at 😅 maybe if there was an option to turn it off?

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malakleo 2 years ago

sry about that! I'm planning on adding a button to turn off animations on the index page but I haven't gotten to that yet,,,

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canina updated Dingo’s Den

2 years ago

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pinkvampyr

2 years ago

hello, this is your PSA, let people decide if they want to open something in a new tab, that's why the option is there 👍

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debtdeath 2 years ago

ooh i always believed that new tab was the more "polite" option but i guess not? will have to update my links

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owlroost 2 years ago

It's also an accessibility issue. Screen readers don't always announce new tabs.

solaria 2 years ago

yea i need to work onmy site for this ^^; i love opening things in new tabs and didnt realize other people dont nor did i know the accessability issue it creates. not to mention some of my links open in a new tab and some dont. will slowly fix that (among many other issues)

pixelglade 2 years ago

I thought it was common practice to code "target="_blank" for any link going off-site, then stay on the same page for your own site. Is this specific to a particular screen reader?

owlroost 2 years ago

@pixelglade I read it ages ago and went to check sources, and I stand corrected- it is still an accessibility issue, but for a different reason: it can be disorienting for screen reader and low vision users. https://it.wisc.edu/learn/make-it-accessible/develop-accessible-websites/when-to-open-links-in-a-new-tab/#why

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pixelglade 2 years ago

Oh interesting, thank you for the link! Actually now you mention it, I remember reading it's good practice to tell a user if a link will open in a new tab or not, this was a good reminder.

owlroost updated Beep Bird

2 years ago

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leilukin updated Leilukin's Hub

2 years ago

ziggybeeps owlroost

2 years ago

Great site. I'm going to go spend an hour or two reading through the Eona pages now.

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owlroost 2 years ago

Aww, thank you! I will note it's unfinished- I haven't gotten around to playing in a while, but I do plan to pick back up at some point. The nice thing about solo play is that the game waits for you.

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