3rd world. Anyone that uses the old definiton is being intentionally obtuse. And annoying.
this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2025
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Needs 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. yes, conventions (which include natural language) work that way: the community of users sets the convention
what if I told you images can have alt text?
I have such a kneejerk reaction to say “lectern” when people say “podium” that when they really do mean “podium” I have to correct myself. 😅
Not in programming languages.
Unlike humans, the entities who process those aren't capable of mentally compensating on the fly for deviations from the standard so "wrong words" are immediately punished and can't proliferate.
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That is literally unbelievable.
Like aks instead of ask? The Internet tried hard to convince me, but I'm still not convinced, sorry!
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I will fight lexicon for the most petty of reasons. Idgaf
Yeah, I lucked out with my push to get people to use "lucked out" properly.
Lucked out means you were unlucky ffs, but no half of America is so brain dead it's now acceptable to use it in reverse.
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I am just Decimated by this argument!