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Re:Kera Desktop: open-source, cross-platform, web-based desk... by lolinder on Saturday June 10, 2023 @01:23PM (#36272537)
Replacements to HTML for GUIs tend to have terrible accessibility. I'm sure that will eventually be solved, but pure HTML solutions work right out of the box. They also do better at adapting to different display sizes.

I don't need a screen reader, but I do use Vimium, and I always hate finding an app that I can't navigate with the keyboard (usually because of abuse of JavaScript, but sometimes because they're just rendering a canvas). I don't look forward to that continuing.

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Re:Kera Desktop: open-source, cross-platform, web-based desk... by satvikpendem on Saturday June 10, 2023 @07:23PM (#36276359)
How is accessibility done for mobile apps? I assume it's the same way it'd be done for WASM, it's not done simply because WASM GUI apps aren't widely used but once they are, accessibility will be developed, just as it was for HTML.
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