[Clients] Gemini and accessibility regarding preformatted code blocks

[Philip Linde]

On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:25:08 -0500
Sean Conner <sean at conman.org> wrote:

>   I might suggest something like:
> 
> 	preformat = "```" [ [WSP] tag ] [ [WSP] alt-text] end-of-line
> 	tag       = '@art' / '@code' / '@data' / '@poem'

What is the need for formalizing this? The alt text as currently
specified can easily be used to describe the content of the section in
plain words that read as-is by a screen reader would give the
non-sighted user an indication of what comes next and whether they
might want to skip it.

I can see from the follow-up discussion that you don't primarily intend
for these tags to aid in accessibility, but to allow minor adjustments
to visual presentation. I think that instead of shoehorning this
suggestion for a spec change into a discussion about accessibility in
clients you should post it with a new subject so as to avoid taking an
important discussion in an entirely unrelated direction.

I think you recognize the difference between "it would be cool if the
spec was changed so that a client could display a code block in a
different color shade than a poem" and "it would be cool if [Clients]
allowed non-sighted users to browse Gemini effectively".

-- 
Philip
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 488 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://mailing-list-archive.gemi.dev/www/attachments/20210226/d86b222f/attachment.sig>