From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id C39C1380F3D; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:27:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from server2.shellworld.net (server2.shellworld.net [66.172.12.120]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F052380EEC for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:27:52 -0500 (EST) Received: by server2.shellworld.net (Postfix, from userid 1005) id 78972621C40; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:27:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server2.shellworld.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77ACC62027D; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:27:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:27:14 -0500 (EST) From: Karen Lewellen To: Chris Brannon cc: orca-list , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Git hosting (was Re: Solving screenreader sound problems ...) In-Reply-To: <8735xljq2n.fsf@the-brannons.com> Message-ID: References: <6bfdca1e-53a1-463d-1bf9-60080a0635f6@poczta.onet.pl> <4efd96e7-bdb8-d542-cbef-f1cdd7e6a92e@slint.fr> <87eehaolmq.fsf@the-brannons.com> <87eehamy60.fsf@the-brannons.com> <20210222221819.GJ1700@novena-choice-citizen> <87a6rtjqse.fsf@the-brannons.com> <20210224175624.GP1700@novena-choice-citizen> <8735xljq2n.fsf@the-brannons.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 List-Id: Chris, Who exactly is us? I hope you realize how many millions of blind and vi individuals there are in the world, all of whom use technology differently and have their own preferences? Speaking personally, it is profoundly frustrating, and counter productive when the word accessible gets used as if it means interchangeable. After all, there are unfortunately rather a few who believe Linux users do not deserve access based on your generalized concept of us. Just thoughts, Kare On Wed, 24 Feb 2021, Chris Brannon wrote: > Jookia writes: > >> sourcehut is accessible now? Last I checked it lacks things like skip >> links and titles for icons :\ > > Neither are a prerequisite or a blocker for a thing being accessible, > not by a longshot. Sourcehut has headings, which work just as well > (better?) than skip links. And we (me and another blind friend) don't > find the lack of icon titles to be a problem in practice for sourcehut, > either. > > It may not meet technical definitions of accessibility, but I'd argue > that it's more usable for us than the competition. > > -- > Chris Brannon > Founder: Blind and Low Vision Unix Users Group (https://blvuug.org/). > Personal website: (https://the-brannons.com/) > Chat: IRC: teiresias on freenode, XMPP: chris@chat.number89.net > >