Improve alt text in README for accessibility

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Updated the alt text for the Appsmith logo in README.md to be more descriptive for screen readers. This is a small beginner-friendly contribution.

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• Documentation
  • Updated the platform logo description text in the README for improved clarity and accessibility.

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Walkthrough

Updated the alt attribute of the Appsmith logo in README.md from "Appsmith Logo" to "Appsmith Logo – Open Source Low-Code Platform" and removed leading whitespace from the img tag for formatting consistency.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Documentation README.md	Updated logo alt text for improved accessibility/SEO; removed leading indentation before img tag

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

Poem

📝 A logo's alt text grew a heart so grand,
From simple words to vision—now all understand.
Whitespace trimmed, the README stands tall,
Accessibility blooms with metadata for all! ✨

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check	⚠️ Warning	The description is incomplete. The author provided context about the change but didn't populate the required 'Fixes' field with an issue reference, which is flagged as requiring maintainer check per the template.	Add a reference to the related issue (Fixes #<issue_number>) or confirm with maintainers if no issue exists, as required by the template.

✅ Passed checks (2 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately summarizes the main change: improving alt text for accessibility in the README. It's specific, concise, and directly reflects the changeset.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

README.md (1)

16-16: Follow-up: Missing alt attribute on Docker badge.

While reviewing the file, I noticed Line 16 (Docker pulls badge) lacks an alt attribute, which creates an accessibility gap. Consider adding descriptive alt text to this image as part of a broader accessibility pass.

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🧠 Learnings (2)

📓 Common learnings

Learnt from: brayn003
Repo: appsmithorg/appsmith PR: 40462
File: app/client/src/git/components/ImportOverrideModal/ImportOverrideModalView.tsx:34-40
Timestamp: 2025-04-28T16:16:02.155Z
Learning: The Appsmith team prefers not to include HTML markup in string constants. Text styling or emphasis should be handled through proper React components rather than HTML tags in strings.

📚 Learning: 2024-09-20T14:55:06.929Z

Learnt from: abhvsn
Repo: appsmithorg/appsmith PR: 36458
File: deploy/docker/fs/opt/appsmith/baseline-ce/plugin.jsonl:17-18
Timestamp: 2024-09-20T14:55:06.929Z
Learning: In the product, icon URLs are referred to using 'https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/assets.appsmith.com/...'.

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🔇 Additional comments (1)

README.md (1)

1-5: Strong alt text improvement for accessibility.

The updated alt text "Appsmith Logo – Open Source Low-Code Platform" provides clear semantic context for screen readers and is more descriptive than the previous "Appsmith Logo". This is a solid accessibility win for the main hero image.