top | item 28311892 (no title) MonadIsPronad | 4 years ago That's how I pronounce it in my head, too, but I still know what it means. All is well here. discuss order hn newest another-dave|4 years ago It's an abbreviation for accessibility (because there's 11 letters between 'a' and 'y' in the word.)Similar to i18n and l10n for internationalisation and localisation.Interestingly unlike w3c, so it's not standing for aaaaaaaaaaay :) Symbiote|4 years ago My point was that it's inaccessible: "accessibility", "internationalization" and "localization" are clear to everyone, but "a11y", "i18n" and "l10n" are not at all obvious even to native English speakers, and especially those using screen readers. load replies (3)
another-dave|4 years ago It's an abbreviation for accessibility (because there's 11 letters between 'a' and 'y' in the word.)Similar to i18n and l10n for internationalisation and localisation.Interestingly unlike w3c, so it's not standing for aaaaaaaaaaay :) Symbiote|4 years ago My point was that it's inaccessible: "accessibility", "internationalization" and "localization" are clear to everyone, but "a11y", "i18n" and "l10n" are not at all obvious even to native English speakers, and especially those using screen readers. load replies (3)
Symbiote|4 years ago My point was that it's inaccessible: "accessibility", "internationalization" and "localization" are clear to everyone, but "a11y", "i18n" and "l10n" are not at all obvious even to native English speakers, and especially those using screen readers. load replies (3)
another-dave|4 years ago
Similar to i18n and l10n for internationalisation and localisation.
Interestingly unlike w3c, so it's not standing for aaaaaaaaaaay :)
Symbiote|4 years ago