Coffee-first, web devsigner turned #a11y program manager that's passionate about creating great experiences for everyone. #A11yCat. Expert code janitor.
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@sarajw _ whoops - it was airbnb, BUT, good news... It is react-dates now. You can find it: https://github.com/react-dates/react-dates/. Honestly, every screen reader user that we put though testing were extremely impressed with how easy to use this date picker was.
The best bit of kids technology that we have, and this has been true from say age three to now six, is the Amazon Fire HD Kids. The operating system on it is fine. It loads up decently quickly. It’s locked down to only kids stuff. It’s not upselling stuff for the most part, there are tons of free shows, books, and games. The battery life is good, and it’s got a modern USB-C charger like everything else. The case that it comes is super tough — you ... https://chriscoyier.net/2024/04/07/11275/
@jscholes@jyarbrough - I think they it’s because last time they posted a job with an actual salary it was for a super experienced person for the pay of an intern. I’m guessing no one applied to that.
I get that non-profits find it hard to compete with the market, but I was shocked when I saw the comp for that position. In comparison, there is currently a privacy position available for (iirc) two times the wai position. I have no idea how the budget works there, but seeing this kind of shows the lack of value accessibility positions are given.
Of all the places, I wish the w3c could level the salary playing field and be transparent.
Next time you hear someone say, we’re using material ui so the site/product/whatever will be accessible, please keep in mind that a dev team using material ui produced a homepage (just the homepage!) with over 120 accessibility issues filed against it.
Using a framework does not make something “magically accessible*”
I'd like to post a legitimate criticism about a company's conduct, and a suggestion to community members about how to deal with/avoid it. Unfortunately, I don't feel able because of that company's actions to date, and the amount of energy it would take to protect myself via careful wording. But sure, everything in the #accessibility industry is going fine.
@jscholes - is there a site dedicated to the failings of such a company? Maybe the issue and fix could be generically posted to said site if it exists.
Please note - I was super helpful to said developer and never responded in a negative way. They legit didn’t know and are trying to do something that is completely out of their wheelhouse.
I just had a hard time getting over the fact they didn’t comprehend that they’d use the keyboard they’re typing on to test with.
If I've just added you on LinkedIn and you'd rather just not - that's fine. I don't use it very often and I'm purely doing it on a spread-my-net basis. Reject or ignore away, I will not be offended.
I'm very happy where I am right now so I'm not about to go pressing for opportunities or jobs or anything.
I do also reply nicely to recruiters, because you never know when you will suddenly need options and strings to pull on.
That feeling when you're home with a sick child and you would also rather just stay snuggled up watching the Octonauts, but you have to keep to some kind of schedule...
"We said this was the last one ! Oh wait, the next one's about a narwhal, oh erm, this one is the last one, then, OK?"
Curse those double-episode episodes. No time to spring up to stop the next one playing.
I'm training someone to do #WCAG audits. Reading the definitions we came across this (SC 4.1.2):
"programmatically determined: determined by software from author-supplied data provided in a way that different user agents, including assistive technologies, can extract and present this information to users in different modalities."
This is such inaccessible language! Especially is English isn't your first language. I managed to explain it in Dutch, but it was NOT easy.
