aardrian

aardrian, 5 months ago to random

As holiday fundraising campaigns continue, remember that the #SalvationArmy is fundamentally an evangelical anti-LGBTQ organization that campaigns against equal rights while pushing its religious agenda.

Donate elsewhere.

Refs (stance on LGBTQIA):
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salvation_Army#Stance_on_LGBT_issues

aardrian, 4 months ago to random

Whenever an org says it wants to use ‘AI’ for a better customer experience, it is almost certainly lying.

Customers are not clamoring for shitty chat bots that extend the time to get to a real human. Customers are not asking for LLM-authored SEO-driven FAQ pages. Customers are not asking for yet more hero images of people with extra fingers.

The org is likely only interested in using ‘AI’ to reduce effort, save money, cut staff.

aardrian, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

AudioEye Has Dropped Its Suit Against Me
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/01/audioeye-has-dropped-its-suit-against-me.html

(edited this post to add hashtags)

#overlay #AudioEye #accessibility #a11y

aardrian, 1 year ago to accessibility

Happy Friday!

#AudioEye is suing me
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/05/audioeye-is-suing-me.html

I am not taking questions.

#a11y #accessibility

aardrian, 1 year ago to random

Google AMP is dead:
https://www.theverge.com/23711172/google-amp-accelerated-mobile-pages-search-publishers-lawsuit

Metaverse is dead:
https://www.businessinsider.com/metaverse-dead-obituary-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-tech-fad-ai-chatgpt-2023-5

Web3 is a scam:
https://web3isgoinggreat.com/

‘AI’ as currently pitched is not AI:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/08/ai-machines-hallucinating-naomi-klein

Tech hype is a grift.

aardrian, 10 months ago to accessibility

For those following along at home (or wherever), I (well, my attorneys, really) have filed my response to the lawsuit from #AudioEye.

I posted it (link is to an anchor on the page):
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/05/audioeye-is-suing-me.html#Response

#accessibility #a11y

aardrian, 9 months ago to random

I have tried to do this in my own technical writing (which is weird when I lack necessary context and/or accidentally co-opt) over the last few years, but Estelle lays it out clearer than I ever could:

“Micro benevolences”
https://openwebdocs.org/content/posts/micro-benevolences/

It is the world wide web, after all.

aardrian, 8 months ago to accessibility

I posted this only for folks who follow my RSS feed, but then people started sharing it on the socials. So here…

“The Children Are Driving the Bus”
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/09/the-children-are-driving-the-bus.html

#a11y #accessibility

aardrian, 6 months ago to random

Regular reminder that even vast swathes of the US still have shitty internet connectivity:
“One of Wisconsin's most isolated places is finally getting fast internet”
https://www.wpr.org/one-wisconsins-most-isolated-places-finally-getting-fast-internet

Please consider this when choosing your framework, library, dependencies, third-party services, 9MB background images (looking at you, recent event), fonts, etc. Not everyone is using your high-end system, massive display, and fast connection.

aardrian, 6 months ago to accessibility

Remember that time I reviewed the #accessibility (keyboard, voice, WHCM, SR, contrast, etc.) of native browser video players?

Y’all did not share it enough. Here:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/09/browser-video-players-review.html

Compare your favorite third-party player (or bloatware) before embedding it.

#a11y

aardrian, 1 year ago to accessibility

Nielsen Norman Group confirms users do not like overlays (nor do they work):
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/screen-reader-users-on-mobile/

Updated my #UserWay post:
https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/userway-will-get-you-sued.html#NNG

And my #accessiBe post: https://adrianroselli.com/2020/06/accessibe-will-get-you-sued.html#Update27

#a11y #accessibility

aardrian, 1 year ago to accessibility

I am horrified to say that it is mid-2023 and browsers are moving backward on accessibility support for elements with CSS display properties.

Chrome decided anything with display: contents is just text. Safari regressed overall but did tables dirty.

Firefox is the only one to have improved and now has the best support overall.

https://adrianroselli.com/2022/07/its-mid-2022-and-browsers-mostly-safari-still-break-accessibility-via-display-properties.html#Update16

#a11y #accessibility

aardrian, 8 months ago to random

Regular reminder that screen readers…
• are not browsers;
• do not use NLP;
• do not see what you see;
• do not update overnight;
• are not free;
• are not stagnant.

https://adrianroselli.com/2021/10/blaming-screen-readers-red-flag.html

#accessibility #a11y

aardrian, 5 months ago to accessibility

Web Platform Baseline, recently re-announced by Google Chrome, does not consider browser support for #accessibility features built into the web platform.

Accessibility is a fundamental requirement for devs (legal compliance, contracts). Yet Web Platform Baseline does not actually cover baseline support.
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/12/baseline-does-not-really-cover-baseline-support.html

#a11y

aardrian, 1 year ago to accessibility

I see you on Bluesky giving billionaire Jack Dorsey your free labor by reporting #accessibility bugs when he could not be bothered to staff up with practitioners.

You do you, but understand it devalues the work and rewards him for failing to hire professionals. #a11y

aardrian, 5 months ago to accessibility

I appreciate that IAAP and the European Disability Forum essentially said #overlays are shit back in May:
https://www.edf-feph.org/accessibility-overlays-dont-guarantee-compliance-with-european-legislation/

But IAAP allows overlays as members, so it kind of undercuts the message (and assures I will not join).

Which is why I am happy the European Commission has confirmed #overlays are shit:
https://commission.europa.eu/resources-partners/europa-web-guide/design-content-and-development/accessibility/testing-early-and-regularly/accessibility-overlays_en

#accessibility #a11y #accessiBe #accessiWay #adally #AudioEye #EqualWeb #FACILiti #MaxAccess #PolodaAI #PurpleLens #User1st #UserWay

aardrian, 5 months ago to accessibility

Well this took forever to put together…

“Audio Description Support in HTML Video”:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/12/ad-support-in-html-video.html

Essentially how well AD works in <video>. Apple does great, WHATWG HTML / WebVTT do not, and I have to file a BCD issue on <track> before Google slurps it into Baseline.

#a11y #accessibility

aardrian, 11 months ago to accessibility

Regular reminder that not all screen reader users are blind.
https://adrianroselli.com/2017/02/not-all-screen-reader-users-are-blind.html
#a11y #accessibility

aardrian, 6 months ago to random

I am still confounded people use ‘MPA’ to mean ‘web pages’ because ‘SPA’ proponents convinced an industry that web pages were bad but now those same people realize SPAs were built on hubris and lies (as opposed to open and scalable standards).

aardrian, 6 months ago to random

Maybe don’t turn a table into an ARIA grid just for a clickable row.

I have a handy two-step process to help you avoid it:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/11/dont-turn-a-table-into-an-aria-grid-just-for-a-clickable-row.html

Yes, there is an example.

aardrian, 10 months ago to accessibility

Hey designers, don’t prescribe screen reader pronunciation.

Hey devs, don’t override screen reader pronunciation.

Hey testers, don’t file WCAG violations over screen reader pronunciation.

https://adrianroselli.com/2023/04/dont-override-screen-reader-pronunciation.html

#accessibility #a11y

aardrian, 7 months ago to accessibility

Yesterday Google Chrome announced coming support for <hr> in <select> menus. I was curious how its and Apple Safari’s support fared versus Chrome, Safari, and Firefox support for <optgroup>`.

Splitting within Selects: https://adrianroselli.com/2023/10/splitting-within-selects.html

I dug a bit into spec/support timelines as well.

#a11y #accessibility

aardrian, 8 months ago to UX

Firefox will be adding the ability to stuff alt text into images and annotations within PDFs.

They have just shared a Figma of the #UX specs:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1844952#c12

If #accessibility UX is your deal, weigh in! Or if #PDF #a11y is your deal!

Contribute to the browser that is not a surveillance tool! Nor the one you are forced to use by the other trillion dollar company!

aardrian, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to accessibility

Me: “If you claim #accessibility is a core principle but your v0 does not include it, then it is not a core principle.”
https://adrianroselli.com/2022/11/accessibility-gaps-in-mvps.html

A blue-check: “v0.dev produces the kind of production-grade code that we'd want to ship in our own Vercel products.”
https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/1702355455362912595

@ashleemboyer demonstrates my prescience (and the blue-check’s failure to understand “production-grade”):
https://twitter.com/AshleeMBoyer/status/1702367107130720534

#AI #Vercel #a11y
[Edited to fix typo.]

aardrian, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Late to the party because I really needed to think about this.

I believe what is happening is IAAP is hosting a session promoting #overlays.

It has 7 dudes on a panel:

• One is from #FACILiti (filed SLAPPs against disabled critics).
• One from #UserWay (known for lifting content, failing at WCAG).
• One from #AccessiWay (was so bad I ignored it).

And then three more I’m disappointed to see aligning themselves with this.

What’s the point of IAAP again?

https://web.archive.org/web/20240126161325/https://zerocon24.zeroproject.org/sessions/c2Vzc2lvbjoxNjMzMDM%3D
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