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Hello fediverse!

This morning we’re opening a beta for Surf, a new kind of browser for a new kind of web — the open social web.

Built from the ground up on ActivityPub, AT Proto and RSS, you can create and surf amazing custom feeds that organize people, videos, articles, images and podcasts around the things you care about.

Surf is a liberating new approach to how we use social media and I can’t wait to hear what you think of it. Learn more and sign up for the beta at surf.social

@mike Is this strictly for phones, or does it work on computers as well? Does it have accessibility features for screen reader users? It sounds very exciting!
Mike McCue

@dandylover1 tablet and desktop support will be coming. Most importantly we'll have specialized layouts for larger screens. The photos and videos will look amazing.

@mike I'm totally blind, so I can't see any of that. But I do almost everything on my computer, which is why I asked.

@dandylover1 I understand. Yes we’ll have a desktop computer version. And I’ll be sure we support Alt text and other accessibility features as much as possible.

Are there any specific thoughts for me on this? I’d love to know what would be most useful for you.

@mike I'm not a programmer, so this is just from a user's perspective. I also have no vision, so I can't comment on what would be good for those with low vision, though I would imagine something like good contrast and font size and colour would help. For me, I would say make sure that everything is accessible with a keyboard.. I personally find the most accessible things use standard menus, accessible via the alt key, wherein each menu is accessed with the left and right arrows, and once entered, they are navigated with the up and down arrows and things are selected with enter. I would need to see your particular program to explain in more detail what would need to be done. But while it's not a browser, TweeseCake offers a good idea of a client that works with various services in the Fediverse. However, it is not a browser and doesn't do what you are intending with your own program.