Opened 10 years ago
Closed 10 years ago
#617 closed defect (bug) (duplicate)
Inaccessible Profile Icons Have No Text Alternative
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Description
The profile icons (Plugin Developer, Theme Developer, WordPress Speaker, etc.) have no text alternative. They do have a title attribute (is bad), though that's not available to most screen readers by default or touch devices.
At a minimum, the icon markup should include the text from the title attribute hidden but screen reader accessible. Better yet, I think we should strongly consider Nielsen's recommendations about icon usability:
To help overcome the ambiguity that almost all icons face, a text label must be present alongside an icon to clarify its meaning in that particular context...Icon labels should be visible at all times, without any interaction from the user. [original author's emphasis]
I love me some Dashicons, but few of them are anywhere near close to a "universal" icon, and so really would benefit from a universal design approach that displays text labels at all times. But at a minimum, fix the accessibility issue.
Duplicate of #420.