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When I was chatting with a friend about alternative text (alt text) for images, I asked them if they knew they could add alt text to images on Facebook.
They replied they didn’t know.
I wasn’t surprised.
Though the feature has been out for several years, few people know about it. Continue reading How to Add Alternative Text to Facebook Photos
When WordPress 5.0 was released with the block editor in late 2018, the version was heralded as a better editing experience with a new interface for creating content.
While many users welcomed the change, the initial version was not without issues.
Usability and accessibility issues caused a lot of pain points for long time WordPress users, especially screen reader users.
Subsequent versions resolved many of the issues, and work is continuing with bug fixes and enhancements to improve usability and accessibility.
But for WordPress users who are frustrated with the block editor, there is an alternative: ClassicPress. Continue reading Is It Time to Consider ClassicPress, Alternative to WordPress?
The one thing you can always count on with WordPress.com: the interface is always changing.
And that’s what happened this month when WordPress.com launched a refreshed interface with changes that affect blind users as well as all WordPress.com users who use the Classic Editor.
A blind author who uses WordPress.com was frustrated with the changes and contacted accessibility engineer Marco Zehe about the interface change and inaccessibility in WordPress.com. Continue reading How to Enable Classic Editor in WordPress.com