Today I learned

How to write great alt text

Writing good alt text is hard. I get it. But not having any alt text is the worst you can do. It's still one of the most common accessibility issues on the web.

In this blog post ↗ Opens in new tab Jake Archibald explains how to write great alt text.

The key take aways for great alt text are:

• the context matters
• describing the emotion is important
• not to be afraid of trying

Check out the blog post of Jake, to get better at writing alt texts. I especially liked one sentence of him at the end:

"[...] if you're trying to do the right thing, you're almost certainly improving the experience for real people."

I think that sums it up perfectly. Now go, write your alt texts!

I hope you enjoyed this post and learned something new. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me via Email ↗ Opens in new tab.

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I wish you a wonderful day! Marco