Takeaways From "Adapting Comics for Blind and Low Vision Readers: A Roundtable Discussion"
"Are we adapting the form of comics or the content of comics?"
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Takeaways From Axe-Con 2021
What I learned from Axe-Con about automated accessibility testing, design systems, data visualization, organizational influence, and more.
Read moreI Finally Understand Eleventy's Data Cascade.
Where does Eleventy get all of its data? Which data overrules other data? I've documented my whole mental model of Eleventy's data cascade.
Read moreRSS Readers: Yet Another Case for Semantic Markup
I found a pleasant surprise in my RSS reader, and it reminded me why I write semantic markup.
Read moreImplement a Skip Link for Navigation-Heavy Sites
Add a link to the beginning of your page to help keyboard navigators skip over repeated links.
Read morearia-label, aria-labelledby, and aria-describedby: What's the Difference?
Diving deep into three attributes that bring clarity to elements in assistive technologies.
Read moreTalk ReactJS Dallas: Hijacking Screenreaders with CSS
Mislead screenreaders into inserting content, mispronouncing text, and forgetting semantics — with just a few lines of CSS. Presented at ReactJS Dallas.
Read moreOut With The Old, In With The New
How and why I rebuilt my blog from the ground up with Eleventy.
Read moreMaintaining Focus Outlines for Windows High Contrast Mode
I'm using outline: 3px solid transparent; from now on.
Read moreLexical and Dynamic Scope
A peek inside the matryoshka dolls that power your programming. Written mainly for JavaScript developers.
Read moreCSS Can Influence Screenreaders
How CSS bleeds into content and influences screenreader announcements.
Read moreNew Year, New Terminal: Alias Your Directories the Unix Way
The trick I use all day to speed up development and make my Unix terminal delightful.
Read moreNew Year, New Terminal: Alias Your Directories the Windows Way
The trick I use all day to speed up development and make Command Prompt delightful.
Read moreWhat Is ARIA?
A beginner's guide to ARIA: what it is, what it does, why you should use it... and when you shouldn't.
Read moreTalk ReactJS Dallas: Accessibility Is Compliance
A brief foray into the American case law surrounding web accessibility, presented to the ReactJS Dallas meetup at Call-Em-All.
WatchThe Accessibility Tree
Understanding the flow of page contents from browser to screenreader caused me to radically rethink accessible markup.
Read moreHow (Not) to Build a Button
When you reinvent the wheel, you might miss a few spokes.
Read moreHow Domino's Could Topple the Accessible Web – Part 1: Public Accommodations
The popular pizza chain has a big part to play in the unseen war over the web.
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