@noelle On the other hand, I think repeating the phrase so much to the point that it's commonplace, well-understood and as deserving of a shortening as i18n and l10n is worthwhile -- especially since the ones who have to be educated about what a11y means are the ones writing the code, not necessarily the same people who need accessibility.
I think a11y is a clever way to make software devs talk about something they haven't been talking about very much, by giving it a cool shortening.
@troubleMoney @noelle I don't think you're arguing in good faith. I'm not saying you should write everything in a numeronym; only that there is some value in writing as numeronyms important and often repeated concepts that should be everywhere. I'm saying introducing a numeronym can help popularise the subject and puts it in good company with i18n and l10n.
@troubleMoney
It's not about laziness, same reason we don't write out mathematical formulas in natural language because we're too lazy to do so (we *used* to write everything out, and it was way way harder to understand), but because there's actual value in not doing so.
@troubleMoney I think we're just arguing from subjective experience here and I feel that you are assuming bad faith on my part while I am feeling lots of hostility on your part.
Shall we just part ways at this point with whatever amicability we can salvage?