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Okay, but what if Taylor Swift walked out into concert and played like a really awesome saxophone solo? I would want to watch that.

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Right. I already wondered what had happened to the good old kick in the nuts.

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As a former sound engineer this made me lol 😂 Poor Taylor, she would have broken a nail or ten

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::: spoiler 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. ::: I didn't know I liked Taylor Swift until now. Still needs alt text.

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