In a zoom #UX #A11y #UniversalDesign meetup this week we were discussing alt "tags" and descriptive text. I became anxious about how our industry is nearing 30 years and why alt - introduced in HTML 2.0 (1995) is still misunderstood. What do you think factors in to why this is?
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Content management systems is one part. Some make the alt text option hidden or easily missed from the interaction to put the image on the page. I also see some developers look at HTML as something so minor that they don’t bother with anything that doesn’t break their code.
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Replying to @_mariov_
I do think that's true of all tools and platforms that generate markup. It's a long-standing cultural divide, as is the bang-on point you've made about HTML's lack of acceptance as a formal language, CSS too. Ironically, HTML does not 'break' code. Error handling is very loose.

Apr 25, 2021 · 12:49 PM UTC
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