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How to Write Alt Text on Twitter That Doesn’t Suck
Twitter has had the ability to add alt text to your images for years, but if you don’t use a screen reader, you probably weren’t able to read what anybody else’s alt text says. Recently, though, the “ALT” icon began appearing in the corner of images, and now anyone can tap it to see the…
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Relevancy Of W3C In Question: Microsoft, Google, Apple And Mozilla Stop DOM 4.1 In Its Tracks
If one of the big tech companies says you’re wrong, you might shrug it off. But when four of them — Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla — call you out, that’s when you’re in real trouble. This is the situation the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) found itself in after pulling some shenanigans with the…
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Find Animated GIFs From The Early Web With GifCities
If you cut your chops on the web during the era of hand-coded HTML websites, then you definitely know that the most important part of a good site are the GIFs. How else would you notify your readers that your site is still “under construction”? GifCities helps you find those GIFs from the old World…
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This Graphic Translates Web Design Feedback Into Plain English
We’ve all heard stories of people who look at a website mockup and say something like “It needs more pop!” or “Make it sleeker” without being specific about what they’re looking for. It can be a pain, but this tongue-firmly-in-cheek graphic translates those phrases to language you can actually use.