mgdlbp 7 hours ago | parent | next [–]
I think of better accessibility as being better usability, and thus 'accessibility measures' as 'good ideas' per se for any infrastructure that cares about its users -- of course, the problem is that many organizations do not.
I actually randomly get reminded of this now and then, when I:
- open a door with an elbow instead of greasy or occupied hands
- tab through a UI or use alt key shortcuts to quickly perform repetitive tasks not worth automating
- take carts, bicycles, and other heavy objects up accessible ramps, kerb ramps, or mandatory lifts
- read alt tags of images that fail to load or that the file host has lost
- search in or read the captions/subtitles of media that doesn't get to the point
- read captions when I can't play audio
- machine-translate autogenerated captions from unknown languages
Not to mention all that gets taken for granted that wouldn't exist had it not been required.