A good article on modern TUIs and why they have such poor accessibility:
[…] Most modern Text User Interfaces (TUIs) are often more hostile to accessibility than poorly coded graphical interfaces. The very tools designed to improve the Developer Experience (DX) in the terminal—frameworks like Ink (JS/React), Bubble Tea (Go), or tcell—are actively destroying the experience for blind users.
I was trying to think if I used any TUIs and I don’t think so. I prefer to code in dedicated IDEs and because I’m on Mac, there’s usually an app for that. I have seen a few lately that look cool enough but the thought of having to WASD my way around turns me off. If I can say that as an able-bodied user, I can’t imagine how frustrating it must be for someone who’s blind, for example, if these tools aren’t accessible.
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