somethings a fellow author thinks about other authors
wait what
Physiological thriller? Like an anatomy book?
No
Physiological as in brain confusing
When you finish a really good Dystopian book. “Wait this is current events… WTF?”
More often now it’s “Hah, that was a pretty optimistic outlook!”
True that
yeah. especially now.
“The League of Frightened Men” by Rex Stout.
One of the earliest, and best, of the Nero Wolfe mysteries.
As a young man, an author was crippled in a hazing accident. While he’s gone on to become a successful writer, many of his classmates feel he is planning vengeance.
They see hints and clues to his evil intentions in the books he writes.
Fun read and an interesting look at the times it was written in.
so the author was crippled or the author wrote a book about a kid who was crippled and became a successful author?
click the link
I did
Needs accessibility: pure image of text for no legitimate reason.
Explanation of text alternative.
Images of text break much that text alternatives do not. 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 semantic structure (tags for titles, heading levels, sections, paragraphs, lists, emphasis, code, links, accessibility features, etc)
- some users can’t read this 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 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 an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images.
so you don’t like it? should I not post anymore of this this kind of stuff?
You should be accessible. Text-only posts are popular on reddit. Lemmy seems to allow it, too.
like what do you mean by it?
Web accessibility in this case means proper text. Added clarification to the original comment.
ok, thanks for clarifying!
I’m unsure how I am supposed to make my posts more accessible to others. I understand the meaning now, but I am still struggling with how I am supposed to make it more accessible. I will research ways I can improve my post so more people can enjoy my content. If you have any pointers or suggestions I’d greatly appreciate it! :)
Post submissions/edits have a field for text: instead of posting an image of text, simply enter the text in the text field. Keeping the redundant image would be fine, too, though unnecessary. Where it makes sense to keep the image, the Alt Text field in post submissions/edits should be filled.
The text for this image is obvious. Guidelines by web accessibility resources clarify less obvious cases. Screenshots of a social media post should really have the URL field set to the post (or backup) address.
Ok! Thanks for your help!
what do you mean accessible?
- usability
If there was any connection between an author’s work and their actual life, I’m grateful that Cormac MccArthy has been stopped.
:)