Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported
These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.
Accessibility
In Praise of Buttons – Part One
Nuberodesign: Agentur für Grafikdesign, Animation, Videoproduktion und Usability in Winterthur
This should make it clear why there is a reason that the virtual buttons in our graphical user interface should indeed look like buttons: They should communicate that they can be used. When they just look like icons, they don’t do that.
In touch interfaces however, that is often not the case. There, the actual outline of the graphic – let’s say the minus – is often the only thing that can be touched.
I have not really experienced this behavior.
Bringing Back Horizontal Rules in Select Elements
In September 2023, Safari 17.0 on macOS shipped a small but interesting change to the select element.
In Loving Memory of Square Checkbox
History of checkboxes and radio buttons in user interfaces
Big, beautiful, beefy focus states with :focus-visible
By @davatron5000@mastodon.social
Designing better target sizes
By @shadeed9@front-end.social
Stop trying to recruit unicorns with acorns
Important article from @craigabbott@a11y.info.
(Posting this despite trying to avoid sharing “AI” generated graphics.)
Accessible notifications with ARIA Live Regions (Part 1)
By @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social
Accessible notifications with ARIA Live Regions (Part 2)
By @SaraSoueidan@front-end.social
AD Support in HTML Video
By @aardrian@toot.cafe
Baseline Does Not Really Cover Baseline Support
By @aardrian@toot.cafe
ChatGPT is not ready to handle web accessibility remediation - Karl Groves
“Surprise!”
Web Development Advent Calendars for 2023
Keyboard accessibility myths and WCAG - TetraLogical
By @graeme@mastodon.social
Background: A guide to troublesome UI components - The A11Y Project
Some UI components that have non-trivial considerations to use in an accessible way.
Strikethrough Text and Accessibility: A Comprehensive Analysis | Includia
Strikethrough text is a visual representation of content that is no longer relevant or no longer accurate, often used to convey changes or corrections.
How To Avoid Breaking Web Pages For Keyboard Users - TPGi
So not having tabindex="-1" on link target containers is still a problem in Chrome browsers. Good to know.
The case for describing race in alternative text attributes
(Warning: Article on Medium)
Accessibility annotation kits only annotate
@eric@social.ericwbailey.website on the chances and pitfalls of accessibility annotations in the design phase
Accessibility Advocates Oppose Disability Simulations
Accessibility advocates strongly objected to disability simulations. We're revisiting the topic to cover the major concerns.
Lost in Translation: Tips for Multilingual Web Accessibility
By @ben@a11y.info
Background: An in-depth guide to ARIA roles - The A11Y Project
ARIA roles are one half of the predefined categories of attributes used to describe elements that may not exist natively in browsers or may not be understood by screen readers and other assistive technologies.
A Practical Approach to Automated Accessibility
The use of automated accessibility tools has gained massive popularity for its ability to quickly and...
Apple Accessibility Features Overview/How-To Videos
From using your iPhone without seeing the screen, to adapting gestures to your physical needs, discover how the accessibility features built into your Apple ...
Accessibility training will not save you
@reidmore@mastodon.social is right.
The problem with placeholders and what to do instead
Adam Silver – interaction designer - London, UK
Inspecting websites and web views on iOS devices · Eric Eggert
By @yatil@yatil.social
Autocomplete accessibility bookmarklet - Rachele DiTullio
By @racheled@mastodon.social
How to write good alt text for screen readers
Great article by @craigabbott@a11y.info.
FYI: Alt text = alternative text for images, and it is not only useful for screen readers
Digital Accessibility Books - TPGi
By @onsman@aus.social