Rosetta Type/ResearchDec 4
shac ron ₪‎
Dec 4 at 5:34pmWeb
Show threadRachel RawlingsDec 4

@shac I suppose the fact that it's unreadable due to the white text over a fading beige-to-white background under Apple glass is why there's no alt text.

[ A social media post saying "to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes:

"Design is not just what it looks... Design is how it... - Alan"

The left side of the image is an Apple rainbow, the right a washed-out tree with a huge white-gold lens flare in the middle, making half of the quote unreadable.]

Show threadMostlyBlindGamerDec 4
@LinuxAndYarn @shac seems like you’ve gone pretty far in writing that missing alt text. I’m sure I wouldn’t be the only one who’d appreciate the rest of it. Hehe.
Show threadRachel RawlingsDec 5
@MostlyBlindGamer @shac Fair, updated. When I wrote the original reply I was unable to have the image on the same screen, caught up to it with your prompting. Thanks.
Show threadMostlyBlindGamerDec 5
@LinuxAndYarn @shac no worries. Great stuff, thank you!
Show threadsu_liamDec 5
@LinuxAndYarn @shac I’m hoping that’s the joke.
Show threadRachel RawlingsDec 5
@su_liam @shac That's the joke, but you still had to be sighted to get it as presented.
Show threadDec [{()}]Dec 5

@LinuxAndYarn @su_liam @shac
And most of the joke is about Apple's "Liquid Glass", which is good for making things more difficult to look at.

With this image, half of the text fades away to a hazy indistinct white.

Show threadJos 🍉Dec 5
@LinuxAndYarn @shac The reason there's no alt text is because they don't add alt text
Show threadMichael GemarDec 4
@shac @glennf This is courage.
Show threadBlake Watson Dec 4
@shac @netopwibby Apply ice to (sick) burn.
Show threadImran Nazar ~ عمران نزرDec 4

@shac #Alt4You
Tweet by juanbuis:
to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes

The quoted image depicts a stylized arc of a rainbow (with green oddly on the inside) with an overexposed forest scene behind. Over the rainbow is a liquid-glass lozenge, with white text inside that can't be read except over the rainbow arc:

Design is not what it looks-
Design is how it-
-Alan

Show threadHenryk PlötzDec 4
@Two9A @shac addition for context: the rainbow is a real structure on the Apple campus in Cupertino.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Park#Inner_courtyard
Apple Park - Wikipedia

Show threadImran Nazar ~ عمران نزرDec 4
@henryk @shac Many thanks; @jakehamilton has alternative alt text that mentions this structure and Apple Park: https://hachyderm.io/@jakehamilton/115662649129312659
Show threadsmartsammlerDec 4
@Two9A @shac Addition: the picture itself has rounded edges and the liquid-glass lozenge inside of it has rounded edges with a way larger radius.
Show threadEm & future cats 🇺🇦🐈🏳️‍🌈Dec 4
@shac reminds me of the “I want to be a graphics designer” meme 😹
Yeah you nailed the “graphic” design but you forgot about everything else … like text, font color and size?😹
Show threadTwoDpadsDownDec 4
Show threadJustin Lachance, CCEDec 4
@TwodpadsDown top shelf premium image.
Show threadMHLoppyDec 4

@TwodpadsDown Did they actually change the thumbnail, or is this just an edit for the bit?

Edit: answering my own question: it's the first! https://www.theverge.com/news/684321/no-more-liquid-ass

Show threadmillennial fulcrumDec 5
@MHLoppy glad they cleaned that up promptly.
Show threadDec [{()}]Dec 5

@TwodpadsDown
alt text:
Apple's original thumbnail for the "Introducing Liquid Glass" video on YouTube, as shown when not playing.
Some boring graphical elements, and the title as 3 words of text.
(It has since been edited, so that all the text avoids the play button.)

YouTube's play button exactly covered up the "Gl" in the word "Glass", making it read like "Liquid ass".

Show threadPaul_IPv6Dec 4

@shac

ah, so alan is confessing that he fails at UI, UX, design artistics/aesthetics, *AND* design utility. yup. that about sums up my feelings about apple/IOS liquid ass.

Show threadPaul_IPv6Dec 4

@shac

jon ive is probably contemplating killing himself just so he can spin in his grave at where apple design has sunk to.

Show threadRay McCarthyDec 4

@paul_ipv6 @shac
Ives just copied Rams stuff at Braun. A cosmetic designer, not a proper Engineer. The Ives stuff boring like Rams and too minimalist.
"You're holding it wrong".

Bauhaus: Form follows function.

Apple: Never mind the function, we think it's cool. Stupidly super shiny screens too. Walled garden.

Show threadPun BolehDec 5
@paul_ipv6 @shac This is still the most sensible explanation for whatever is happening right now:
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2011-11-12
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - 2011-11-12

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - 2011-11-12

Show threadMark WhybirdDec 5
@everythingalsocan @paul_ipv6 @shac Perfect, except Zach spelled #Venezuela incorrectly on that last panel.
Show threadPun BolehDec 5
@whybird @paul_ipv6 @shac Given that the comic is from 2011, I'd let that slide, except.... I'm almost tempted to reply "give it time".
Show thread「ruby」Dec 4
@shac could you add alt text to the image please?
Show threadRay McCarthyDec 4
@sk @shac
The Alt text should fade to … to be an authentic screen reader experience!
Show threadluap42 soon at a 39c3 near youDec 4
@shac oh my goodness I'm dying of laughter right now
Show threadrob pikeDec 4
@shac That looks a lot like my iOS lock screen, which has literally invisible numbers.
Show threadTuffiDec 4
@shac
@Malik ☝🏻
Show threadgjmDec 4
@shac I'm not sure whether this is made more or less hilarious by the fact that the quotation is actually from Steve Jobs, not from Alan Dye.
Show threadmillennial fulcrumDec 5
@gjm @shac same thing.
Show threadÖlbaumDec 4
@shac @jalefkowit It’s a Steve Jobs quote, though.
Show threadDenisPerronDec 4
@shac @pycomtois 🤣
Show threadDavid CohenDec 4
@shac @glennf No notes. Perfection.
Show threadzimpenfishDec 4
@shac A+, no notes, trophies for all involved.
Show threadBenHM3 moved to saint-paul.usDec 4

@shac

Shac Ron that is the funniest thing AND the best example of how-not-to I've ever seen.

Show threadBen FooteDec 4
@shac 911, I'd like to report a murder.
Show threadmmu_manDec 4
@shac I'd say the background is missing some pigment dye…
Show threadAlanDec 4
@shac 🤣
Show threadHeliographDec 4
@shac lol nothing like white writing on white background 😆
Show thread🇺🇦 haxadecimal 🚫👑Dec 5
@shac
This is best photo I've ever seen of the Invisible Pink Unicorn. The juxtaposition with the Apple rainbow really makes it pop.
Show threadJDDec 5
@shac The perfect toot does exist!
Show threadRich AestheticDec 5
@shac @Aaronvegh ... a screenshot of a screenshot taken during a transition. ridiculous.
Show threadPxl PhileDec 5

@shac tonthe people who are missing the Alt text. You miss only half the text bcs the other part is 100% unreadable

#AltText for you:
A Microblog post from user juanbuis:
TO commemorate Alan dye moving from Apple to Meta, here's one of his best quotes:

Image of a rainbow with large white parts underneath. The text in a close to invisible Apple glass UI dialog Box reads incompletely:

Design is not just what it look...
Design is how it...
Alan...

Show threadDaniel GomesDec 5
@shac 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
Show threadwirepairDec 5
@shac oh i am here for that level of shade