Neocities.org
forgot to put it on the form page but once you join the directory please take one of the buttons to place somewhere on your site! I won't enforce it but it can help other people find our directory 😊
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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
7 months 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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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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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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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
7 months ago
yeah, for purely decorative images, alt="" (without any content between the quotation marks) is sufficient
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pinkvampyr
7 months 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
7 months ago
https://veroniiiica.com/how-to-write-alt-text-image-descriptions-visually-impaired/
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jasm1nii
7 months 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
7 months 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
7 months 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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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
7 months 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
7 months 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
7 months 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
7 months ago
Thank you! Most of these are things I knew but totally forgot to add 😅 typical me
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I added the button to my homepage!