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i.e. your post won't show up in a search of a hashtag that wasn't in the original post. So if you realise there are some relevant hashtags you should add to a post, then you will actually need to make that post again from scratch in order for it to show up in searches!

In regards to #readability #accessibility you should always use #PascalCase (every word starts with a capital) or #camelCase (first word lower-case, then capitals for subsequent words). Don't use #snake_case (underscores)...

Here's a litmus test for code/ #design #readability.

Can you understand the code a few days or weeks later when under the influence of a moderate dose of your favorite psychotropic agent?

If the answer is no, that's some bad news for your code/design as it is.

#programming #drugs

@SwiftOnSecurity #programming is #creative and #intellectual labour.

Measuring a programmer's efficiency or value with easy #metrics like #LinesOfCode (#IBM) or #Commits (#Huawei) doesn't work.

In fact the latter ones did that #LyingWithNumbers for #KPI so hard on the @linux / #Linux #Kernel that they were close to getting #banned from the #LKML and #git.

Instead they got called out that their "code cleanup" commits are not appreciated as code #readability is being a priority in #Linux!

#Hashtag #inflation #is #a #serious #readability #problem #on #posts
#Please #use #restraint

One thing that you can do to make Mastodon posts much more readable/much more accessible is to put your hashtags at the end of your post.

Trying to read text which is littered with hashtags and blue hyperlinks is an accessibility nightmare. Put links at the end of your post, like this, instead!

#Access
#Accessibility
#Readability
#Disability
#ADHD
#MentalFatigue
#MentalExhaustion
#Brainfog

If you use BeeLine Reader and have an Android device, here's some good news. I re-tested Kiwi Browser with BeeLine Reader, and now it's 100% functional.

Kiwi is an Android web browser that supports many add-ons made for Chrome on desktop.

BeeLine Reader is a browser add-on that makes text easier to read by adding color to text. More information and download here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/beeline-reader/ifjafammaookpiajfbedmacfldaiamgg

#AssistiveTech #AssistiveTechnology #a11y #reading #readability #BeeLineReader #Android #KiwiBrowser

If you use BeeLine Reader and have an Android device, here's some good news. I re-tested Kiwi Browser with BeeLine Reader, and now it's 100% functional.

Kiwi is an Android web browser that supports many add-ons made for Chrome on desktop.

BeeLine Reader is a browser add-on that makes text easier to read by adding color to text. More information and download here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/beeline-reader/ifjafammaookpiajfbedmacfldaiamgg

#AssistiveTech #AssistiveTechnology #reading #readability #BeeLineReader #Android #KiwiBrowser

@hexylena

Having the whole hierarchy from your path up to the root in `path.parents` is extremely handy to iterate over. The path parts attributes like .stem, .name, .suffixes etc make for very readable code.

And IMHO, code like `path.is_relative_to(other_path)` is simply more readable than`os.path.is_relative_to(path, otherpath)`.

#readability

We argued about a CD pipeline rewrite. I wanted to introduce some structure into this unstructured 15-step process. He replied, it’s useless and brings complexity.

It’s #readability / #changeability I was aiming at, and he said: we’re seniors, it doesn’t need to be readable by babies.

That baffled me, that’s something I didn’t expect.

Lets talk about code indentation.

I'm getting older 👴 and recently was prescribed bifocals 👓 . I was then modifying some legacy code using 2-char indentation. Looking at a full page of code, the code at the bottom "curved inward" ("progressive" lenses) and it took a disturbing amount of extra effort to determine which level of indentation I was in.

I did not have this issue 8-char indented code, or even 4-char.
2-char is just too damn little to make it obvious.

#readability #itmatters

@samir

#fact. People that don't care about #readability by using too many online #hashtags should be automatically #blocked.

(Sorry, it had to be done 🤣)

Our paper about https://ratemypdf.com at #ICAIL was awarded the best paper award for the innovative applications track! Validation of wide interest in our concept of improving court forms for #SelfRepresentedLitigants and #AccessToJustice

You can read it here:
https://suffolklitlab.org/docassemble-AssemblyLine-documentation/docs/complexity/complexity/#download-and-cite-our-paper

#Readability #A2J #accessibility #law

Big milestones reached in https://RateMyPDF.com this week!

- Background processing
- Convert Word files to PDF + auto detect fields (assuming you do things like ___ and [ ] to mark fields)
- Display accessibility details

My secret coding buddy was #chatgpt and I have to say, it makes coding fun. Not effortless, but removes barrier to getting started and much faster than tutorials + documentation.

#accessibility #a11y #PlainLanguage #Readability

I'm very excited our paper about RateMyPDF.com was accepted to #ICAIL International Conference on #AI and #Law in Braga, Portugal.

Going to incorporate reviewer suggestions and new features that we've built since submissions before sharing the paper itself.

Meanwhile, I've have been hacking on RateMyPDF to add more useful #plainLanguage and #readability suggestions. Biggest issue is supporting larger uploads. Integrating tasks and a job queue with #Flaskand #Celery is a new one for me.

For designers and anyone interested in making written materials easier to read across the entire visual-ability spectrum: Atkinson Hyperlegible.

https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont
(free download)

#fonts #typeface #typography #design #legibility #readability #accessibility

Someone (or me) needs to make a good :rss: #RSS reader for #epaper devices.

I know there are scripts—or even the #Calibre tool—that can download articles as #ePub, but I mean something more like:

🔔 List articles in a pretty interface with thumbnails (kinda like Kobo's Pocket integration), browsable by feed of course.

👁️ Read an article directly online (parsed through #Readability)

⬇️ Quick button to download a specific article for offline reading, and a special downloaded articles list

Meet Bernard Kerr, an Associate of The Readability Consortium! Bernard's graphic and information design work have helped lay the visual foundations of The Readability Consortium and the Virtual Readability Lab. His compelling data visualizations have also powered research publications and presentations.

Stay tuned to meet our other Associates!

#research #reading #scienceofreading #readingscience #readability #typography #readingisfundamental #readingmatters #UX #UXdesign #uxdesigner

I wrote a new blog post on readability trade-off of #Rust.
I compared Rust's approach to readability to Go's.
Furthermore, I conclude that Rust does not need to be as readable.
#Rust #Go #Readability
https://www.amirography.com/blog/readability_tradeoffs/

I wrote a new blog post on readability trade-off of #Rust.

I compared Rust's approach to readability to Go's.

Furthermore, I conclude that Rust does not need to be as readable.

#Rust #Go #Readability

https://www.amirography.com/blog/readability_tradeoffs/

Aus aktuellem Anlass - ich lese mich zu bestimmten Themen gerade durch diverse deutsche #ttrpg Blogs - mittelgrau auf hellgrau und ähnliche stylistische Absurditäten sind wirklich sch++ß+. :)

Selbst auf sehr hochwertigen, kalibrierten Monitoren ist es teilweise eine wirkliche Qual, Eure Inhalte zu lesen.

Kein neues Problem, die Contrast Rebellion gibt es seit 2011.
#readability #lesbarkeit #barrierearm #ttrpg #blog
https://contrastrebellion.com/