{"id":1155,"date":"2024-06-16T12:45:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T12:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2024-06-28T11:07:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T11:07:44","slug":"a11y-juice-phone-it-in-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/html5accessibility.com\/stuff\/2024\/06\/16\/a11y-juice-phone-it-in-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"a11y juice – phone it in edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Street<\/p>\n

Street art by Dotmaster<\/a><\/p>\n

Owned control<\/h2>\n

You ever get the feeling that some big corporations want you to abandon the open web, in favour of the walled gardens of their apps?<\/p>\n

One method they use to get your asses<\/em> under their control is to constantly tempt you with FOMO (fear of missing out):<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

You ain’t getting FULL ACCESS<\/strong> on your phone unless you Use the app<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

coercion on occasion<\/h2>\n

I can live with this coercion on occasion, but it’s starts to grind my gears<\/em> when no matter how many times you dismiss the banner it re-appears, or the banner is a permanent visual feature:<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

If you don’t want to be herded<\/em> you have to accept a permanent loss of screen space.<\/p>\n

I still live with this, but what really grinds my gears<\/em> is the lack of basic accessibility functionality within these web sites. By all means push<\/strong> your claimed fuller<\/strong>, smarter<\/strong> experience but don’t undermine<\/strong> my ability as a user of the web to make the content I post accessible<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

#A11Y 1.1.1<\/h2>\n

I continually forget what the WCAG SC numbers are, but I cannot forget 1.1.1<\/a><\/p>\n

Open source social media provides a means to add alt<\/code> text to an <img><\/code>:<\/p>\n

\"screenshot<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

Even Fascist owned social media has a means to alt<\/code> text to an <img><\/code>:<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

So why don’t good<\/em> corporate citizens who claim to care<\/em> about accessibility provide the most basic functionality to add alt<\/code> text to an <img><\/code> when using their tools to author content on a phone?<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

desktop creep<\/h2>\n

Some social media sites, LinkedIn for example<\/a>, provide ability to add images in comments but do not allow you to add alt<\/code> text.<\/p>\n

\"Comment<\/p>\n