read-only account (Rain 🚱)Aug 21, 2018

Hey people, I've been noticing the number of posts with alt text going down. It might be because of all the new users who haven't learned about the feature yet, so for them and everyone:

yall should use alt text when uploading images! what are they??? hover over the images to find out! why are they good? the tldr of it is that visually impaired computer users exist and it helps them navigate the INFOBAHN better

Show threadread-only account (Rain 🚱)
oh also, re: alt text
it's a lesser known accessibility booster, but if you write your tags #LikeThis instead of #likethis then the screen reader software that visually impaired users use can recognize where word boundaries are and won't say "likethis" as one jumbled word but will instead say "like this"
Aug 21, 2018 at 5:42amWeb
Show threadWeenAug 21, 2018
@grainloom I didn't know either of these things, thanks for letting me know! I'll be putting both of these hot strats to good use
Show threadread-only account (Rain 🚱)Aug 21, 2018
@Ween  
i only learned about the tagging thing from @gingerrroot , so I really wish these were more easily found when signing up
Show threadBinarySchminaryAug 21, 2018
@grainloom thank you, this is so good to know. I generally write it #LikeThat because I have OCD but sometimes I’m too lazy - but now I’ll make a point of it. Thanks.
Show threadbarrycusAug 22, 2018
@grainloom Cool thanks for the heads up