The GNOME 50 release of our Calendar app also brings a very nice accessibility change: it’s now possible to navigate through events via the keyboard! ⌨️

In addition, many accessibility labels have been updated to improve the overall experience with screen readers.

Thanks to @TheEvilSkeleton and @zoeyTheWitch for making this happen!

#GNOME #accessibility #a11y

@tragivictoria @gnome @TheEvilSkeleton @zoeyTheWitch Ah, you don't u8d? I am a8y sure you're not the only one.
@edgeofeurope @gnome @TheEvilSkeleton @zoeyTheWitch a11y is common abbreviation for accessibility.
@tragivictoria @gnome @TheEvilSkeleton @zoeyTheWitch strange that one would use a hardly accessible abbreviation for precisely that word.

@edgeofeurope blame Mastodon for the character limit. I also don't like to use "a11y" (or the majority of abbreviations); however, "a11y" is a common term and is widely used, for example:
- https://www.a11yproject.com/
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility

So it's not some obscure unknown term that no one knows about (again, I still prefer to avoid abbreviations)

Also, good job on demotivating volunteers who work on and celebrate accessibility wins. Instead of celebrating with us, you decide to make snarky remarks over how it's written.

@gnome @zoeyTheWitch @tragivictoria

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The A11Y Project is a community-driven effort to make digital accessibility easier.

@TheEvilSkeleton @gnome @zoeyTheWitch @tragivictoria I am a non-native speaker and this term is totally incomprehensible to anyone but insiders. It is therefore the opposite of what it says to be. But go right ahead and diminish my remarks as "snark". A9i! 👋
@TheEvilSkeleton @gnome @zoeyTheWitch @tragivictoria @edgeofeurope are you paying them? thought not. stop raining on a major achievement by volunteers
@edgeofeurope @TheEvilSkeleton @gnome @zoeyTheWitch Yes, you are being snarky. There are many ways to say the same thing without the snark.