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[–] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

NEEDS TEXT ALTERNATIVE TO BE EXTRA BADASS.IMAGES OF TEXT BREAKS SHIT THAT TEXT ALTERNATIVES DON'T, MFER. LOSSES DUE TO IMAGE OF TEXT LACKING ALTERNATIVE:

  • USABILITY
    • WE CAN'T QUOTE THE TEXT WITHOUT POINTLESS BULLSHIT LIKE RETYPING IT OR OCR
    • TEXT SEARCH IS UNAVAILABLE
    • THE SYSTEM CAN'T
      • REFLOW TEXT TO VARIED SCREEN SIZES
      • VARY PRESENTATION (SIZE, CONTRAST)
      • VARY MODALITY (AUDIO, BRAILLE)
  • ACCESSIBILITY
    • LACKS BOMB ASS SEMANTIC STRUCTURE (TAGS FOR TITLES, HEADING LEVELS, SECTIONS, PARAGRAPHS, LISTS, EMPHASIS, CODE, LINKS, ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES, ETC)
    • SOME USERS CAN'T READ THIS SHIT DUE TO LACK OF ALT TEXT
    • USERS CAN'T ADAPT THE TEXT FOR DYSLEXIA OR VISION IMPAIRMENTS
    • SYSTEMS CAN'T READ THE TEXT TO THEM OR SEND IT TO BRAILLE DEVICES
  • SEARCHABILITY: THE "TEXT" ISN'T INDEXABLE BY SEARCH ENGINE IN A KICK ASS MEANINGFUL WAY
  • FAULT TOLERANCE: NO TEXT FALLBACK IF
    • IMAGE BREAKS
    • IMAGE HOST IS GEOBLOCKED DUE TO INSANE REGULATIONS.

CONTRARY TO AGE & HUMBLE APPEARANCE, TEXT IS A BADASS TECHNOLOGY THAT PROVIDES ALL THESE CAPABILITIES ABSENT FROM IMAGES.

FUCK YEAH CRUISE CONTROL

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