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Jimmie Jephson - #a11y

@jimmiejephson.bsky.social

Accessibility Specialist | Senior Front-End Developer | Scrum Master With over 17 years of experience, I specialize in creating accessible web solutions and developing engaging web games. Axess Lab. Connect with me on X: @jimmiejephson

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Eric Eggert@yatil.social · last yr.

100% when I see someone “Explaining WCAG in simple language” I find inaccurate or contradicting information within the first 30 seconds of looking at the resource. And I think that’s harmful.

Accessibility Awareness@a11yawareness.bsky.social · 2y ago

You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.

Jimmie Jephson - #a11y@jimmiejephson.bsky.social · 2y ago

I don't think that many people working with the web know how much needs to be done right for a site to be compliant with the accessibility acts. I often hear, "We work a lot with accessibility" and when you audit their sites or services, you find so much so you don't even know where to start.

Jimmie Jephson - #a11y@jimmiejephson.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's great when you sign a client for accessibility work and they want to do a lot of work with us, but they are not even included in the EAA. Then you know they are prioritizing the correct thing when it comes to accessibility!

xirclebox@xirclebox.com · 2y ago

antagonist: Is accessibility really that helpful? Also the antagonist: zooming in to see the content in the Figma file. Me: isn't screen magnification great? 😏 I can hear @nerajno.bsky.social now... "Why are you like this?" 😂

Jimmie Jephson - #a11y@jimmiejephson.bsky.social · 2y ago

We really need to get back to basics when it comes to HTML. There aren't many senior developers that know HTML. I'm doing a log of accessibility Audis for world leading companies and there are so many things that could have been solved with developers knowing BASIC HTML.

Accessibility Awareness@a11yawareness.bsky.social · 2y ago

A common question about alt text is how to determine whether alt text is "too long" or "too short." The answer to this is that it depends on context. That's not always a comforting answer to people just want a prescriptive "yes" or "no," but there is no one-size-fits-all answer.