Try text scaling support in Chrome Canary - Josh Tumath
There’s a new meta tag on the block. This time it’s for allowing system-level text sizing to apply to your website.
Testing the accessibility of pattern libraries
Riffing on Rachel’s talk at Patterns Day:
At the Patterns Day conference last month, Rachel Andrew mentioned something interesting about patterns. She said that working with reusable interface components, where each one has its own page, made her realise that those work quite well as isolated test cases. I feel this also goes for some accessibility tests: there is a number of criteria where isolation aids testing.
Hidde specifically singles out these patterns:
- Collapsible (“Show/hide”)
- Form field
- Video player
Related links
Developing an alt text button for images on my website | James’ Coffee Blog
I like the idea of adding this to personal websites:
Mastodon shows an “Alt” button in the bottom right of images that have associated alt text. This button, when clicked, shows the alt text the author has written for the image.
Introducing: Webbed Sites (Webbed Briefs)
I heard you like divs…
Hire HTML and CSS people
Every problem at every company I’ve ever worked at eventually boils down to “please dear god can we just hire people who know how to write HTML and CSS.”
The Web Accessibility Cookbook
Manu’s book is available to pre-order now. I’ve had a sneak peek and I highly recommend it!
You’ll learn how to build common patterns written accessibly in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You’ll also start to understand how good and bad practices affect people, especially those with disabilities.
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Here’s how I interpret the top-level guidance in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
Performative performance
When it comes to sustainable web design, the hard work is invisible.
The intersectionality of web performance
Business, sustainability, and inclusivity.
Overloading buttons
Can you have too much semantics?
Alt writing
Aiming for originality and creativity in alt text.