Some things I learned about #accessibility and Mastodon this week.
• Lower case hashtags like #this are fine when the hashtag is one word.
• Mastodon encourages use of the superbly named #CamelCase for hashtags of two words or more. Named because of its capital letter humps! 🐫
• This helps screen readers announce the words correctly. Screen readers are used by blind and visually impaired people, and those who find it easier having information read out.
• Remember alt text for images too!
@grahamp In case you (or anyone else) didn't know, CamelCase has actually been around for a while, most commonly used by software engineers.
There's actually some debate about whether it's still considered CamelCase if the first letter is capitalized. Some folks want to use Camel/Dromedary for cap/lower, others prefer Pascal/Camel. Still others use Camel willy-nilly to refer to both!
And that's our daily dose of pedantry for the day.
@LouisIngenthron Thanks! I wasn’t aware, so that’s all good to know!