SaraSoueidan

SaraSoueidan, 9 months ago to accessibility

✨ New on the blog:

"A guide to designing accessible, WCAG-conformant focus indicators"

https://sarasoueidan.com/blog/focus-indicators/

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Completely rewritten and updated to reflect the most recent changes in WCAG 2.2 criteria.

#a11y #CSS

SaraSoueidan, 4 months ago to accessibility

👋🏻 I published a chapter from the #PracticalA11y course on my blog: An extensive guide to ARIA Live Regions—what they are, how to use them, & how not to.

Accessible Notifications with ARIA Live Regions

🔗Part 1 https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/accessible-notifications-with-aria-live-regions-part-1/

🔗Part 2 https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/accessible-notifications-with-aria-live-regions-part-2/

#a11y

SaraSoueidan, 9 months ago to random

The Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG) 1.0 https://w3c.github.io/sustyweb/

...best practices based on measurable, evidence-based research for designing & implementing digital products & services that put people and the planet first. 🍀🙌🏻

Introductory article: https://www.w3.org/blog/2023/introducing-web-sustainability-guidelines/

SaraSoueidan, 1 month ago to accessibility

Friends! It’s Monday. And this week is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD)! You know what that means.

📢 I'm having a GAAD SALE

Starting today, you can get the Practical Accessibility course at 25% OFF 🎁 ⤵️

https://practical-accessibility.today

The sale ends on May 20th. ⏳

#a11y

SaraSoueidan, 9 months ago to CSS

The State of CSS 2023 survey results are live!

https://2023.stateofcss.com/en-US/

#CSS

SaraSoueidan, 9 months ago to random

@alastc @yatil since much of my previous discussions around this topic happened with you two, wanted to ping you here (too) and let you know that I published a new/updated version of the accessible focus indicators article:
https://sarasoueidan.com/blog/focus-indicators

Instead of explaining one SC, this version explains how 5 criteria determine the a11y requirements.

Since the article is linked in the Understanding doc, ur input/feedback is invaluable to ensure it's 💯.

SaraSoueidan, 3 months ago to random

✨ I'm excited to announce that I'm joining @cssdayconf again to give a talk about my favorite front-end topics: accessibility and CSS (and more 😉)

cssday.nl/2024#speakers 👀

June 6–7th inshallah, Amsterdam 🛶

SaraSoueidan, 8 months ago to accessibility

This video by @heydon about accessibility overlays is a true piece of art:

https://briefs.video/videos/what-are-accessibility-overlays/?utm_source=heydon&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=accessibility-overlays-boo

#a11y

SaraSoueidan, 1 month ago to random

Reading the accessibility posts on CSS-tricks feels like torture. It almost physically hurts. 😣

The amount of misinformation being spread is insane. And the worst part is that the blog's previous popularity is helping spread this misinformation. We seriously need an intervention at this point.

SaraSoueidan, 1 month ago to random

Melted cheese is one of life's greatest pleasures.

SaraSoueidan, 3 months ago to CSS

"Where utility classes come in is they allow you to make occasional exceptions to these generalized styling rules.

[..] Utility-first CSS is exception-first CSS. And that’s not how exceptions work, in #CSS or in general." @heydon

👉🏻What is Utility-first CSS?

https://heydonworks.com/article/what-is-utility-first-css/

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I really enjoyed reading this article, especially the ending. 🍿

SaraSoueidan, 8 months ago to random

Photoshop is now available on the web

http://photoshop.adobe.com

SaraSoueidan, 3 months ago to random

I've read, on average, one book per week for the past 13 weeks. All non-fiction. 📚

I started book #14 this week. 📖

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What book(s) are you currently reading that you would recommend? The more practical, the better.

SaraSoueidan, 1 month ago to random

I haven't blogged regularly in a long while (in about 2 years, actually, since the course).

I'm now slowly getting into the flow of things, and I have a lot of ideas for topics to write about. Too many.

So I'm wondering: what kind of topics do you wish I'd write more about?

SaraSoueidan, 4 months ago to accessibility

"let's not forget, accessibility is about equality. It's about creating a society where everyone has the same access to products and opportunities. And we can’t do this if nobody understands what work needs to be done, or who is best placed to do it!" @craigabbott

https://craigabbott.co.uk/blog/stop-trying-to-recruit-unicorns-with-acorns/

This is a fantastically well written post By Craig. Well worth the read for everyone who works or wants to work in the accessibility field.

#a11y

SaraSoueidan, 8 months ago to random

Last year I was taking a dive into web components (before I started working full-time on the course) and I was wondering why they weren't getting enough traction or attention even though they're great. I'm glad to see more interest and more content pop up talking about them. I'll be sharing my own content once I'm back to my "regular schedule" after the course launch. 😎

SaraSoueidan, 8 months ago to random

I got a 485 pts knowledge score on this year's #StateOfHTML survey. How much did you get?

Take the survey here: https://survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey/state-of-html/2023?source=post_survey_share

SaraSoueidan, 9 months ago to random

A small but helpful change I just made to the #PracticalA11y course website is replacing the typical “Skip to main content” skip link with two more helpful ones:

• Skip to video
• Skip to transcript

If you navigate using a keyboard, you can more quickly skip to the chapter format that you prefer. ⏬

video/mp4

SaraSoueidan, 1 month ago to random

Friends, what are you using to cross-post your posts across social media platforms?

SaraSoueidan, 1 month ago to accessibility

Best intention barriers (ARIA edition)

🔗 https://marcus.io/blog/best-intention-barriers-aria

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"Instead of not being aware about the problematic approach the developer chose, they try to improve accessibility but – unbeknownst to them - create new barriers in the first place doing it." @marcus

#a11y

SaraSoueidan, 9 months ago to random

Yesterday, I added chapter markers to the Practical Accessibility course videos. 🔖

⏩ If you’re taking the course, you can now skip to specific sections within a video just like you can skip to sections in the text version of a chapter. ⏪

This has been on my todo list for weeks. 🙈

More enhancements to the course website are also in the works.

Aaand I'll finally be announcing the official course launch date soon, too. ✨🗓️

sarajw, 5 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

From years of being bored, unsatisfied, or struggling in various jobs and industries, I finally feel like I have come home.

I'm so happy to join an industry with such brilliant, interesting, and gloriously nerdy people - I mean this in the best possible way!

I have attended both Beyond Tellerrand Düsseldorf and CSS Day 2024 and, wow. Huge thank yous to the organisers, speakers, and to the many warm and funny fellow attendees I had the joy to socialise with.

This is my church.

#BTConf #CSSDay

csscade, 1 month ago to random

Okay, so when making a popover I think the logic should go something like this:

1. Use title if the content of the popover is just text.

2. Use the popover attribute if the content is more than plain text and like a menu of options or something.

3. Use <dialog> if you need to force the user to make a decision or block all other interactions on the page.

https://www.csscade.com/popover-api