A huge part of social media platforms is the ability to share images and videos. But I’ve yet to see one that takes people with visual impairments into account by enabling users to add alt tags and descriptions to multimedia assets. Let’s look at Twitter for a moment. People more and more are using using images and … Continue reading “Sharing Images and Videos Isn’t Inclusive”
Month: January 2016
Changing User Names
This is a call for developers and system designers to allow user names to change while maintaining the user’s account integrity. There are many instances where someone’s name might change, but issues seems to disproportionately affect women. At my work, when a woman gets married, her system login gets updated with her new last name. … Continue reading “Changing User Names”
Geocaching.com App Advanced Search
Geocaching is one of my hobbies and I usually cache with just my iPhone using the official Geocaching.com app. Most of the time, I’m searching by location (find nearest caches) or by a cache’s specific ID. But occasionally, I want to narrow the results using the app’s Advanced Search feature. One of the advanced options … Continue reading “Geocaching.com App Advanced Search”