XLE @ XLE @piefed.social

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Firefox doesn't let you use alt text anywhere, except for the most ridiculously niche location.

People who want to see it when they browse webpages get nothing.

It's only if you

• open a PDF in Firefox
• and then choose to edit it
• and then choose to add an image
• and then choose to add alt text to it
• and then choose to generate alt text instead

If Mozilla cares about accessibility, what a weird niche of a niche of a place to put it.

I don't need to be a source code expert to understand what Mozilla has done, thankfully. That's not a technological hurdle the average person should have to overcome. I know more than most people have the privilege to know, and further gatekeeping (any gatekeeping) is unnecessary.

If that was not your intent, or for other people who are genuinely interested:

https://noyb.eu/en/firefox-tracks-you-privacy-preserving-feature

If gatekeeping my comment was your intent, I would be happy to track down the source code as long as you made an extensive effort to get Mozilla to remove the code that collects your data...

A speaker labeled "Palantir" crackles to life. "Wrong answer. Would you like to try again?"

It's good to watch Mozilla pouring their time, effort, and dwindling funds into the most important features - AI ones!