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  • asg101 [none/use name, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    Emojis are a waste to me, my eyesight is not good enough to differentiate whatever the fuck they are supposed to be saying. I don't like to throw around "ists" and "isms" but some people really do have accessibility issues, and emojis are not helpful at all. Too many of them are only reflecting inside jokes and elitism.

    Use language, that is what it is there for.

    • Wes_Dev@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Huh, that's an interesting point that I never thought of before.

      Do you think there would be a way to make them easier to differentiate that would make them more useful, or do you think there's a fundamental problem with using them?

      I'm thinking of workarounds like making emoji SVG to scale to whatever size you need.

      Or maybe an optional setting to insert text after an emoji for users that want it. Example:

      😊 (Smiling face)

      What do you think?

      • asg101 [none/use name, comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Huh, that's an interesting point that I never thought of before.

        Yeah, I have found that accessibility issues are mostly treated like a joke in the tech industry. I would raise it as a QA issue and nothing would be done.

        The text would certainly be helpful for the vision impaired, but if text would do it, why use emojis in the first place? Same issue with vague icons, you need a text alternative for usability.

        • Wes_Dev@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          I was thinking of the inserted text as a user-side thing. If someone sends you an emoji, your software inserts the name of the emoji next to it for the benefit of the user. That kind of thing.