Comment by enriquto
5 years ago
I used to feel the same way, and this is indeed an annoying practice. Yet here it makes perfect sense, since this work is based on using certain symbols (e.g., header magic numbers in one executable file format) according to a non-intended interpretation based on casual and meaningless similarities (e.g., as machine instructions in another executable file format).
It doesn't make perfect sense. If the name is actually "Actually Portable Executable" then all users should be able to read it that way.
If it is only stylized as "αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε" a readable name should be available alongside the visual styling (using ARIA attributes, for example).
Mouse over the title on the webpage
Ok, it shows a tooltip.
The `title` attribute should specifically not be used here; ARIA labels should. The title attribute is implemented differently across browsers and assistive technologies [1] and is supposed to be a title, not a duplicate of the content of the element.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_att...
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But the metaphor doesn't work. I understand the intent, but if anything, it's more appropriate for an error-correcting code.
okay well just fuck anyone using a screen reader then.
The HTML is accessible:
No, that should be an ARIA label. Specifically NOT a `title` attribute.
A title provides additional (not redundant) info and browsers and assistive technologies implement the attribute differently.
The whole page is written in beautiful HTML also (probably by hand?)
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ahhh fair!!! Unfortunately only the page title. Elsewhere in the document it's not annotated
still obnoxious though imho
Why, do the people with the screen reader have some specific need to read the title of this article? As if it's some important resource or something?
It's just one irrelevant thing they can't read, same as millions of articles written in different languages...
Because the title tells you what the whole page is about. You can know when to continue or not sometimes with just the title.
Unforuntatly screen readers will read it out as
"which implements the alpha-see-tau-micro-alpha-lly P-delta-alpha-R-tau-A-B-L-epsilon..." etc.
Contrasted with a foreign language document which we would expect to be either read out in the foreign language, or mechnically translated and then read it.
Users with or without screen readers could reasonably expect to read plain text.