How Much Does Freedom Cost?
5 hours ago
- #accessibility
- #web-development
- #government-tech
- Trump’s National Design Studio (NDS) is modernizing government interfaces, but accessibility concerns are raised.
- The NDS website, trumpcard.gov, uses a 16.7 MB PNG animation of an American Bald Eagle, which is inefficient.
- Optimizations like cropping the eagle's head and using AVIF could reduce file size by 20-80%.
- Using a video with alpha transparency (WebM/VP9 or HEVC) would be a more efficient alternative (500–800 KB).
- The website's development practices, including misuse of alt text and inefficient animations, are criticized.
- Vercel, the hosting platform, is sarcastically labeled as 'fascist-friendly' due to its association with the project.