Difference between revisions of "Accessibility Wishlist"

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* Have a style which uses CSS to hide text alternatives for  all icon links, so "select link by name" works for tools which can't use alt text for that.
 
* Have a style which uses CSS to hide text alternatives for  all icon links, so "select link by name" works for tools which can't use alt text for that.
 
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:: Maybe I'm being thick headed, but I don't understand this. Using CSS to hide text alternatives for what specific purpose? Maybe including an example here would help, because this sounds like something that needs to be addressed by the developer of the tools "which can't use alt text for that". Is this a common problem? I'm not a blind user. I'm just hoping to understand this problem better. --[[User:Textish|Textish]] 01:21, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 
[[Category: Wishlists]] [[Category:Accessibility]]
 
[[Category: Wishlists]] [[Category:Accessibility]]

Revision as of 01:21, 17 February 2009

  • Have a question/option at signup which can funnel people into an area that asks about accessibility needs and shows them what's available for different accessibility needs.
  • For extra shininess, if somebody uses the audio version of the captcha select this option automatically.
  • Clear and accessible instructions on signup page on what to do if you can't complete the captcha for journal creation.
  • On all styles, have alt text for all images.
  • Have a style which uses CSS to hide text alternatives for all icon links, so "select link by name" works for tools which can't use alt text for that.
Maybe I'm being thick headed, but I don't understand this. Using CSS to hide text alternatives for what specific purpose? Maybe including an example here would help, because this sounds like something that needs to be addressed by the developer of the tools "which can't use alt text for that". Is this a common problem? I'm not a blind user. I'm just hoping to understand this problem better. --Textish 01:21, 17 February 2009 (UTC)