Post by Tixie Salander

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Adding ALT text to social cards media
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/adding-alt-text-to-article-thumbnails-on-social-media/

#a11y #WebDev #OpenGraph

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@tixie @stefan a nice little thing: the Mastodon backend apparently supports alt text for link preview images too (currently exposed via title attribute though, rather than a [alt] badge.

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@thisismissem @tixie @stefan I support it in my app and occasionally I actually see it!

screenshot of a trending links feed showing three links with preview images and the second one includes alt text for the image

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7:01< HomeTrendsThe Government's Computing Experts Say TheyAre TerrifiedFour IT professionals lay out just how destructive ElonMusk's incursion into the U.S. government could be.Charlie Warzel - The Atlantic7:01 AMApple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globallyto UK spyingA photo of an iPhone on its passcodescreen with a lock attached to thedisplay.The secret order would give the UK access to encryptedbackups belonging to any user - not just Brits.Dominic Preston - The Verge4:31 AMThe US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn't Have'Write Access' When He Actually DidSources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez toalter code controlling trillions in federal spending wasrocrindad dave aftar |18 Trascuru and M/hito Harco offinialo2/PostsTagsLinks

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