June 20, 2006

1:28 PM

If you disable images while viewing http://projects.metafilter.com, the link text under the white "Projects" egg reads "MetaTalk".
posted by fake to bugs at 1:28 PM (22 comments total)

SHIIIIIT!
posted by yerfatma at 1:58 PM on June 20, 2006

O SHI
posted by monju_bosatsu at 2:04 PM on June 20, 2006

DARE YOU LOOK BEYOND THE VEIL?
posted by cortex at 2:32 PM on June 20, 2006

oh noe you dinnt.
posted by bigmusic at 2:37 PM on June 20, 2006

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!
posted by ori at 2:54 PM on June 20, 2006

uh oh! spaghetti-ohes noes!
posted by quonsar at 3:00 PM on June 20, 2006

A bad alt tag? For real? Ok, I'll fix it for those three users on earth that might see it (shudder!).
posted by mathowie at 3:02 PM on June 20, 2006

Sarcasm becomes you.
posted by Ryvar at 3:04 PM on June 20, 2006

How many members are accessing Metafilter via screen readers? I'd be curious to know.
posted by knave at 3:04 PM on June 20, 2006

The background behind the links at the top of Projects shows crimson if you have images turned off. It also flashes crimson briefly if you have them on.

#bottomline {
background: #300 url("/images/bottomback.gif") repeat-x top left;

(a bug so trivial I had to check the CSS to make sure you hadn't fixed it yet)
posted by cillit bang at 3:07 PM on June 20, 2006

knave : "How many members are accessing Metafilter via screen readers?"

I very occassionally view it from my cell phone, with images turned off so that I get decent speeds. Not that this affects me either way, but since you were curious.
posted by bugbread at 3:13 PM on June 20, 2006

A bad alt tag? For real? Ok, I'll fix it for those three users on earth that might see it (shudder!).
posted by mathowie at 5:02 PM CST on June 20 [+fave] [!]

Good job on insulting those three blind people.
posted by cellphone at 3:50 PM on June 20, 2006

More than just blind users, on a properly written page people with slow connections see the alt tags while the images load.
posted by Mitheral at 4:02 PM on June 20, 2006

Fine, the blind and the cheap.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:29 PM on June 20, 2006

The Blind, the Cheap and the quonsar.
posted by Orange Goblin at 4:33 PM on June 20, 2006

A bad alt tag? For real? Ok, I'll fix it for those three users on earth that might see it (shudder!).

Paging Joe Clark...
posted by timeistight at 4:42 PM on June 20, 2006

I'm half blind so I can make jokes like that. They're my peeps.

Holla back JAWS peeps!
posted by mathowie at 4:44 PM on June 20, 2006

Fuck that noise. More people might support JAWS if it didn't cost a grand. Where do blind people find the money?
posted by yerfatma at 6:22 PM on June 20, 2006

/awaits punchline
posted by yerfatma at 6:22 PM on June 20, 2006

They find it in their tax return every year.
posted by mathowie at 6:51 PM on June 20, 2006

also
posted by NinjaTadpole at 1:45 AM on June 21, 2006

I'm totally rocking the macular degeneration next year. Better than consumating my marriage just for a tax break.
posted by yerfatma at 5:56 AM on June 21, 2006