My most productive work time may be between summer and the winter slowdown for the holidays. Getting all sorts of stuff done lately. Hereβs a sneak peek video of something shipping tomorrow for folks who post to Micro.blog mostly from the web.
My most productive work time may be between summer and the winter slowdown for the holidays. Getting all sorts of stuff done lately. Hereβs a sneak peek video of something shipping tomorrow for folks who post to Micro.blog mostly from the web.
@Lynessence Oh, good point... Support for uploading multiple photos when posting on the web version of Micro.blog, and new buttons to remove a photo before posting or to set accessibility text. Will have a longer blog post tomorrow!
This looks great, good work! π Have you consider naming the button "Add Alt Text" or "Add Alternative Text" instead of "Add Accessibility Description"? Here are three reasons you might want to do that:
@manton this is really cool! As someone that frequently uses the web version, I highly appreciate. One tiny request: would it be possible to make forms in the web version to check for spelling? They currently don't and frequently I have to type elsewhere and copy to MB just to be sure I am not making mistakes.
@alpower @furstenberg @sod @manton I'd like to put my vote in against using "alt text". I much prefer the descriptive version as seen in the video.
@sod Interesting... I always thought of "alt text" is too nerdy, but maybe it's mainstream enough now. I'm going to keep it as-is for now but we can consider changing it later. I want it to be consistent across the web and apps.
@pcora We don't have spelling enabled as you type, but at least on the Mac you can hit command-; for "Check spelling now" and it will highlight misspelled words. Thinking about replacing the web editor again in the future, though, for more options.
@manton @alpower @sod Yep that's how I feel about it too. The name "alt text", when said aloud, feels like an exclusionary developer-centric piece of technological jargon.
I think about the idea of writing a guide for adding the description, and in that guide if it was "alt text" I would include a section explaining what it is. Whereas, with something like "accessibility description" I can say something along the lines of "Use an accessibility description to make your image available to everybody."