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Tag: accessibility

  • Should accessibility features be optional?

    Go Make Things talks about the duty of library developers to add on-by-default accessibility features, and Dan summarises the conclusion.

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    • posted 8 November, 2019
  • JavaScript frameworks are better for accessibility (and other myths)

    Chris Ferdinandi counters a Twitter user's argument that web frameworks solve a plethora of common web development challenges, and he's right.

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 18 July, 2019
  • DanQ.me scoring 100/100 in all four Lighthouse categories

    #TodayILearned that if you get a perfect 100-100-100-100 + #PWA score from @Google's site performance/accessibility/best practice/SEO tool "@____lighthouse" then you're treated to an animated fireworks display alongside your scores. (Yes, this is for danq.me.)

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    • posted 6 July, 2019
  • Image representing post: Reducing motion with the picture element

    Reducing motion with the picture element

    A simple, elegant way to use an inline CSS media query to provide "prefers-reduced-motion" support on animated content.

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    • posted 7 June, 2019
  • Image representing post: Accessibility Resources

    Accessibility Resources

    Beverley Newing shares their hotlist of their favourite accessibility resources.

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    • posted 22 May, 2019
  • Image representing post: I Used The Web For A Day On Internet Explorer 8

    I Used The Web For A Day On Internet Explorer 8

    ...
    Who In The World Uses IE8?
    Before we start; a disclaimer: I am not about to tell you that you need to start supporting IE8.

    There’s every reason to not support IE8. Microsoft officially stopped supporting IE8, IE9 and IE10 over three years ago, and the Microsoft executives are even telling you to stop using Internet Explorer …

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    • posted 22 March, 2019
  • We are actively destroying the web

    One of the central themes of my talk on The Lean Web is that we as developers repeatedly take all of the great things the web and browsers give us out-of-the-box, break them, and then re-implement them poorly with JavaScript.

    This point smacked me in the face hard a few weeks ago after WebAIM released their …

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    • posted 18 March, 2019
  • Fighting uphill


    As someone with a good deal of interest in the digital accessibility space, I follow WebAIM’s work closely. Their survey results are priceless insights into how disabled people actually use the web, so when the organization speaks with authority on a subject, I listen.
    WebAIM’s accessibility analysis of the top 1,000,000 homepages was released …

    Read more - about 10 minutes (2286 words)

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    • posted 13 March, 2019
  • Image representing post: Modern CSS on DanQ.me

    Modern CSS on DanQ.me

    Dan explains three of the cutting-edge CSS features implemented on his blog.

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    • posted 5 March, 2019
  • Image representing post: Nutrition Cards for Accessible Components A11Y Expectations

    Nutrition Cards for Accessible Components A11Y Expectations

    A11Y Nutrition Cards is an attempt to digest and simplify the accessibility expectations when it comes to component authoring. Based on the WAI ARIA Authoring Practices Guide.

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    • posted 10 October, 2018
  • Face Science: Colourblindness test

    Are You Colorblind?



    Fake Science

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    • posted 2 October, 2016

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