Adrian Roselli, pH0

Firefox will be adding the ability to stuff alt text into images and annotations within PDFs.

They have just shared a Figma of the #UX specs:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1844952#c12

If #accessibility UX is your deal, weigh in! Or if #PDF #a11y is your deal!

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1844952 - Support adding alt text to image annotations in PDFs

ASSIGNED (cdenizet) in Firefox - PDF Viewer. Last updated 2023-09-15.

Sep 15, 2023 at 12:55pmWeb
Show threadNoel RomeySep 15, 2023
@aardrian Haven’t alt texts been a thing in pdfs for awhile, or is Firefox just now able to display them properly?
Show threadAdrian Roselli, pH0Sep 15, 2023
@ner The link explains in more detail, but essentially Firefox’s PDF editing implementation did not have that feature.
Show threadNoel RomeySep 15, 2023
@aardrian Makes sense. Is the pdf editing process accessible in Firefox. I haven’t tried. I find it neat that Adobe’s process is not.
Show threadAdrian Roselli, pH0Sep 15, 2023
@ner It is not. I filed three bugs (linked from the one I shared earlier) that cover the biggest barriers.
Show threadiamdtmsSep 15, 2023
@aardrian Accessibility would be in the 21th century is AI autofill alternate texts for images. That would be a handy 👌 #user #experience though. No unnecessary/empty🫙human input triggered but precise AI algorithm that just works. Typical AI task would it be?
Show threadThe DJ Mr PSep 15, 2023
@aardrian I've used FF religiously for nearly 20 years. In the past year, it ran so slow and key extensions ran so poorly I switched to Ulaa. It uses the Chromium engine but is otherwise designed by Zoho. They don't have an ad business so they built a lot of security, and fine grained control over that security, into it. It's become my daily drive.
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasSep 15, 2023
@aardrian Contribute to the browser that takes 10+ years to review and merge your contributions!