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You’d think that in 2024 you’d have an easier way to enter a true minus sign glyph (−) instead of a dash (-) in Linux.
And this isn’t just one for typography geeks either, it’s an accessibility issue.
Imagine you have a minus button in a web form. A screenreader would read it as a dash button unless you used the proper character. (The workaround, of course, is to use aria-label.)
@aral I'm not stupid just cuz I use a screen reader dude
@JStark Hi Jeffrey, I’m not sure how that’s what you got from my post. Are you telling me I’m wrong for caring about trying to make things as easy to understand and use as possible? Because that’s my job as a designer. And I don’t see accessibility as extrinsic to good design. Just as having one button have a label (in text) that says “plus” while the other (in text) says “dash” is bad design so is the equivalent using glyphs because, semantically, dash is not minus.
@JStark (So it’s not because I think you’re stupid. It’s because I care about your experience as much as I care about the experience of folks who don’t use screen readers.)
This isn’t specific to accessibility/inclusivity but if you want to understand my approach to design, here’s a little something I wrote a while ago: