Previously, screen readers were announcing author's avatars. This was a problem, because the avatars are not informative and are just noise to screen reader users, and because it meant the author's name was getting announced twice, which could be frustrating to users.
In particular, there are two places where author's avatars appear. One is at the top of their own author page.
Previously, this was being announced (on NVDA + Firefox) as:
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Blog
heading level 2 Colin Eberhardt
After this PR, it'll be announced as:
Blog
heading level 2 Colin Eberhardt
Likewise, the author avatar also appears in blog post index entries, underneath the excerpt.
Previously, this was announced as:
graphic Colin Eberhardt link Colin Eberhardt 18 T. H. October 2023
Previously, screen readers were announcing author's avatars. This was a problem, because the avatars are not informative and are just noise to screen reader users, and because it meant the author's name was getting announced twice, which could be frustrating to users.
In particular, there are two places where author's avatars appear. One is at the top of their own author page.
Previously, this was being announced (on NVDA + Firefox) as:
After this PR, it'll be announced as:
Likewise, the author avatar also appears in blog post index entries, underneath the excerpt.
Previously, this was announced as:
Now, it is announced as: