It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. — Eleanor Roosevelt
In this week's roundup: multi-column layouts gain wide support, the ADA means more A11y for retailers, and Google is doing something about all the empty image alt attributes in the wild.… Read article
This is me looking at the HTML <dialog></dialog> element for the first time. I've been aware of it for a while, but haven't taken it for a spin yet. It has some pretty cool and compelling features. I can't decide for you if you should use it in production on your sites, but I'd think it's starting to be possible. … Read article
In this week's roundup, Safari takes on cross-site tracking, the delay between load and user interaction is greater on mobile, and a new survey says headings are a popular way for screen readers to navigate a webpage.
Let's get into the news.… Read article
It's important to know there are tools for automated accessibility testing of websites. They are a vital part in helping make sure your website is usable for everyone, which is both a noble goal and damn good for business. Automated tests won't catch every potential accessibility issue, but they help a great deal, and in my experience, help establish a culture of caring about accessibility. The more seriously you take these tests and actually fix the problems, the more likely … Read article
I remember when this went around in January, and I'm a little shocked it didn't happen.
Mina is the perfect person for the job (like, duh) and the result would be good for everyone. Let's make this happen. The least we can do is sign Amélie Lamont's petition. … Read article
Here’s a great post by Ahmad Shadeed on making sure that clickable areas in our interfaces are, well, clickable. He writes about making sure that links, buttons and other elements meet accessibility standards for both touch and mouse, too.… Read article
Two stories:
pattern="\d\d" maxlength="2" was used instead (native browser feature), the browser is smart enough to do the right thing and not deny the order. Scratchpad math, based on published data, makes that worth $4.4 million dollars.for/
"Expando Rows" is a concept where multiple related rows in a <table></table> are collapsed until you open them. You'd call that "progressive disclosure" in interaction design parlance.
After all these years on CSS-Tricks, I have a little better eye for what the accessibility concerns of a design/interactivity feature are. I'm not entirely sure how I would have approached this problem myself, but there is a good chance that whatever I would have tried wouldn't have hit the bullseye with accessibility. … Read article
In this week's roundup, the string length of two emojis is not always equal, something to consider before making that rounded button, and we may have a new way to share web apps between devices, even when they are offline.… Read article
Perhaps the easiest way to offer that to the user is a link that targets an ID on the <html></html> element. So like...
<html id="top">
<body>
<!-- the entire document -->
<a href="#top">Jump to top of page</a>
</body>
</html>But we've got a few options here.… Read article