As an extension to our From URL to Interactive series, designer and front-end developer Melanie Richards takes a deep dive into how our content is accessed by a wide array of screen readers, which …
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.
Liking an idea does not mean the idea is exempt from criticism.
In which I sit by a Spanish swimming pool teaching myself how to use an assistive technology, prepare for a big gig, and read a bunch of frontend web development articles.
This week's hot Frontend web dev links
An exploration into how to make inputs more accessible.
[Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/aria/) is an inevitability when working on web accessibility. That said, it’s everyone’s first time learning about ARIA at some point.
These are the top five questions that I hear most often and some context/resources to learn a bit more about each.
Accessibility advocate, writer, developer, and speaker
Finally! A way to yell at your computer and have it actually listen.
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.
Creating, maintaining, or evaluating accessible technology? Here are some things to keep in mind.
A deep dive on the work that went into making the component that powers repository and pull request file trees.
Understand what native, semantic HTML is, how ARIA affects it, and when and how to use these technologies.
Overcorrecting for one form of disability may unintentionally negatively impact the experience for other forms of disability. For example, partially visually hidden link names may work great for people who use screen readers, but this approach can be problematic for people who rely on voice control software. Because of this, your designs need to be flexible and adaptable, as well as accommodate the many different ways people can interact with them.
Jumping on the bandwagon to answer some questions about my blogging history and process
Liking an idea does not mean the idea is exempt from criticism.
Menus, trees, and grids, oh my! Debugging composite widget semantics with browser devtools.
A closer look at play/pause buttons