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Web accessibility
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 12 years (2014–2025), in 5 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Unlabeled links, missing alt text, and focusless popups block screen reader usersUnreviewed
20142026- Screen reader users can't tell link destinations or purposes without surrounding context2025-07-02
- Accessibility articles give no guidance on writing good alt text; screen reader users can't read screenshot code2018-08-16
- Many sites are unusable with screen readers: unlabeled links, missing alt text, and popups that don't gain focus2014-02-05
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 5 complaints
- Screen reader users can't tell link destinations or purposes without surrounding context2025-07-02
- Accessibility rules ignore users needing speech control; can't navigate webpages by voice2025-06-27
- Accessibility articles give no guidance on writing good alt text; screen reader users can't read screenshot code2018-08-16
- Accessibility guidance is sparse and hard to grasp, and hard to test for developers2017-07-05
- Many sites are unusable with screen readers: unlabeled links, missing alt text, and popups that don't gain focus2014-02-05