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Genuine question, not a joke, I literally want to know and would love to hear from differently abled users: How horny should I make my alt text?
I know that alt text is supposed to be an *alternative* to looking at the image, not just a transcript. So for a porn drawing, should I be trying to arouse you? Should I be using uwu speak? Adding cutesy or teasy asides?
I am not joking. I want to know (esp from low-vision users) how pornographic my alt text should be.
Fedora has been shipping with a broken screen reader for NINE YEARS but the real problem is me
#fedora #accessibility #a11y #ableism #RedHat #IBM #Linux #OpenSource
Fedora has been shipping with a broken screen reader for nine years but the real problem is me
Fedora has an ableism problem but woe to you if you point it out.Aral Balkan
“We ignored accessibility for eight years and still ship with a broken screen reader but you’re the asshole for calling us out on it.“
– Sincerely, the folks at Fedora and GNOME
I’m actually at the point where I’m wondering why I’m on this platform and whether I’m actually doing more harm than good by showcasing it in my videos and talks and screenshots, etc., given this toxic culture.
But does a better free alternative even exist? *sigh*
It means any Linux distribution that ships with Wayland by default (any distribution that ships the default configuration of the two major display environments – GNOME and KDE – which ship with Wayland as default by default) like Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, etc., are inaccessible to disabled people who need a screen reader in order to use a computer.
#a11y #accessibility #FOSS #Linux #OpenSource #Fedora #Ubuntu #OpenSUSE #IBM #Canonical #SUSE #wayland #GNOME #KDE
@aral
i've had to provide a manager with sources to ‘justify’ accessibility updates…
now, i just say “it's good for SEO”
then it's no problem…
#CapitalismKills literally #a11y
“Just because we don’t consider lack of accessibility to be a blocker doesn’t mean we’re ableist.”
– Open Source folks in my mentions.
#openSource #linux #accessibility #a11y #ableism #fedora #gnome #redHat #IBM #wayland
Freedom isn’t freedom if it’s only for abled people.
Then again, there’s a reason you don’t see the word “freedom” in “open source.”
And there’s a reason “share alike” is just one of the principles of Small Technology, alongside a non-colonial approach, inclusivity, and others. (https://small-tech.org/about/#small-technology)
#openSource #ableism #foss #freedom #accessibility #a11y #inclusivity #SmallTech
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@thestrangelet @lucasmz You can unfollow and publicly shame me for calling out a glaring accessibility issue in nearly every major Linux distribution on the planet. What you can’t do is both do that and argue that there isn’t an ableist culture in open source software because you’re literally perpetuating it right now by showing the next person exactly what happens when someone criticises the lack of accessibility in your community.
@thestrangelet @lucasmz Do you know how long Wayland has been default on Fedora? I just looked it up. Since Fedora 25. For eight years. I hadn’t even realised. EIGHT YEARS, Fedora has been shipping GNOME with a broken screen reader!
And hundred-million-dollar corporations like IBM & Canonical ship operating systems today based on GNOME with a broken screen readers.
Why do I say “ableist?” Because this can only happen in an ableist culture.
#a11y
Defend someone like fossbros defend the lack of accessibility in the tools they make.
#foss #accessibility #a11y #ableism
Update on Newton, the Wayland-native accessibility project ✨
https://blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2024/06/18/update-on-newton-the-wayland-native-accessibility-project/
Great work @matt !
Looking forward to work with you again next year and ship this!
Thank you @sovtechfund ❤️
#Wayland #freedesk #Linux #GNOME #GTK #Flatpak #accessibility #a11y
The Fedora Quality Team is joining Week of Diversity with an Accessibility Test Week!
Much like other Test Days, the goal of this week is to put Fedora through its paces and catch as many accessibility related issues as we can for our disable users. If you want to put your advocacy to action, consider participating!
The Accessibility Test Week runs from Jun 19-25, starting tomorrow.
Learn more: https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-rawhide-test-week-for-a11y-2024-06-19/
#Fedora #FedoraA11yTestWeek #FWD #Accessibility #a11y #Linux #OpenSource
Contribute at the Fedora Linux Rawhide Test Week for A11Y 2024-06-19 - Fedora Magazine
This article announce the Accessibility (ally) test week for Fedora Rawhide (F41) and provides instructions to participate.Sumantro Mukherjee (Fedora Project)
@JackTheCat It means Ubuntu (and likely any other distribution that defaults to GNOME) is broken on tablet computers.
But things like this happen in the Linux world. Basically all major Linux distributions are also currently shipping with a broken screen reader, making them inaccessible to people who rely on one to use a computer.
🤷♂️
More content incoming, mostly the /testing page. It's just stuff off the top of my head for the moment, because I'm writing via my phone.
How cool is that though?! My main site has the blog pages in markdown format, and the rest is HTML. It's possible to edit it via GitHub (the app or web) but not very pleasant.
But when every page is an .md file, as my simple 11ty setup has it? GitHub handles that very nicely on my phone, I'm authoring and committing immediately - haha! So easy.
