SteveFaulkner

SteveFaulkner, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to accessibility

.@w3c WCAG should not be developed/designed for the benefit of #accessibility testing vendors. It is there to improve the user experience of disabled people.

#web #a11y #politics #WCAG #WebStandards

SteveFaulkner, 10 months ago to accessibility

First Rule of ARIA

"If you can use a native HTML element or attribute with the semantics and behavior you require already built in, instead of re-purposing an element and adding an ARIA role, state or property to make it accessible, then do so."

#accessibility #webDev #HTML

https://www.w3.org/TR/using-aria/#firstrule

SteveFaulkner, 6 months ago to accessibility

From my return to checking web apps for conformance to WCAG I have been re-acquainted with 2 things:

1. WCAG is an imperfect tool

2. Web developers are not only bad at building accessible UI, they are bad at building UI

#a11y #UI #UX

SteveFaulkner, 7 months ago to accessibility

📣 Meant to announce at end of my #a11yTO talk today, but ran out of time.

I am departing from TPGi after 17 years and starting a new job with @TetraLogical on November 1st. 🙌🏻
#a11y

SteveFaulkner, 4 months ago to accessibility

🆕 options for group labeling options

"An ugly truth is that there are still interoperability issues with some of the native HTML controls and Screen readers. Even though these controls have been around since long before AI came to the rescue of our accessibility asses."

#accessibility #webDev #HTML #ARIA

https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2024/01/12/options-for-optgroup-labeling-of-options/

SteveFaulkner, 8 months ago to accessibility

👁️WCAG 2.2 will be published this Thursday! (5th October)

https://www.w3.org/2023/10/03-ag-minutes.html

#wcag #w3c #webStandards #accessibility

SteveFaulkner, 1 year ago to webdev

📌 Get the bookmarklet that will check your HTML against the ARIA in HTML specification, it will tell you whether you are using ARIA as intended

#HTML #ARIA #WebDev #accessibility

https://thepaciellogroup.github.io/WAI-ARIA-Usage/WAI-ARIA_usage.html

SteveFaulkner, 11 months ago to accessibility

⚒️ aria-hasPopUp less is more

"The latest version of JAWS 2023 June update (released 20/6/2023) now supports all aria-haspopup values on button and link."

#a11y #accessibility #ARIA #WebDev #WebStandards

https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2023/06/20/aria-haspopup-less-is-more/

SteveFaulkner, 11 months ago to webdev

Subheadings, subtitles, alternative titles and taglines in HTML

“Until recently there was no dedicated method in HTML to identify content as a subheading, subtitle, alternative title or tagline. Now there is.”

#HTML #accessibility #semantics #WebStandards #WebDev

https://www.tpgi.com/subheadings-subtitles-alternative-titles-and-taglines-in-html/

SteveFaulkner, 10 months ago to accessibility

WCAG 2.2 moved to a Proposed Recommendation (PR) today.

"We expect it will be published as a final W3C Recommendation in late August."

Current draft at https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/

#wcag #accessibility #webStandards

SteveFaulkner, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to accessibility

🎯 quick and very dirty target size checker

👏🏽 updated with the help of @siblingpastry

An attempt to make the process of checking 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum) as painless and swift as is possible.

👉🏽 Check it out, tear it apart, call me a no good punk, pour scorn, make it better, even better; make something else that works better! AND share it publicly without a restrictive licence

#WCAG #A11Y #accessibility #webDev #HTML

https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2023/08/28/quick-and-very-dirty-target-size-checker/

SteveFaulkner, 1 month ago to accessibility

👉🏽 Jaws HTML Support
https://freedomscientific.github.io/standards-support/html.html

I am still in process of updating this, but it is in good enough shape to be useful (I hope).

#a11y #accessibility #screenReaders #WebDev #WebStandards

SteveFaulkner, 1 year ago to accessibility

The inclusive design principles by @tink @iheni @heydon and @IanPouncey are back after a bit of a lie down

“These Inclusive Design Principles are about putting people first. It's about designing for the needs of people with permanent, temporary, situational, or changing disabilities — all of us really.”

Available in 5 languages

#usability #accessibility #inclusiveDesign

https://inclusivedesignprinciples.org/

SteveFaulkner, 1 year ago to webdev

🛐 Respect your children

A subset of ARIA roles are defined as having presentational children. These are mostly a subset of widget roles...

#HTML #ARIA #WebDev #WebStandards #accessibility

https://www.tpgi.com/respect-your-children/

SteveFaulkner, 1 month ago to accessibility

👉🏼 Building a culture of accessibility

“Accessibility isn't solely important in the final product; it's crucial at every step of the process. Adopting accessible practices from the outset unlocks your team's full potential.”

https://tetralogical.com/blog/2024/04/19/building-a-culture-of-accessibility/

#accessibility #culture

SteveFaulkner, 8 months ago to accessibility

👁️ accessible-notifications explainer

"For people who are blind or low vision, identifying dynamic changes (non-user-initiated) in the content of a web app is very challenging. ARIA live regions are the only mechanism available today that communicate content changes down to the accessibility layer..."

#accessibility #aria #WebStandards

https://github.com/WICG/accessible-notifications#accessible-notifications-explainer

SteveFaulkner, 9 months ago to accessibility

🤨
"We expect to publish Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 as a “W3C Recommendation” web standard in 2023.

We are addressing new comments that we received in August 2023. Depending how that goes, the final publication could be in September or later in 2023."

#wcag #W3C #accessibility #webStandards
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/new-in-22/#status-timeline-changes

SteveFaulkner, 1 year ago to webdev

Found this gem while looking back at history of the HTML to Accessibility APIs mapping specification

Feedback from then editor of the #HTML specification

"the proposed document is unnecessary. Vendors have not shown an inability
to read the existing normative specifications"

#WebStandards #accessibility #browser

https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2011Jan/0159.html

SteveFaulkner, 7 months ago to webdev

Quick guidance for referring to (parts of) HTML elements By @yatil

“You always need to be very clear in what you mean. Otherwise, it is hard to read for your audience. Always include brackets with the element names. You can differentiate attributes and values by using these words. Always include the word “value” when talking about values.”

#HTML #webStandards

https://micro.yatil.net/2023/07/23/quick-guidance-for.html

SteveFaulkner, 6 months ago to ai

👁️ “Seven researchers at the University of Washington tested AI tools’ utility for accessibility. Though researchers found cases in which the tools were helpful, they also found significant problems. AI-generated images such as these helped one researcher with aphantasia (an inability to visualize) interpret imagery from books and visualize concept sketches of crafts, yet other images perpetuated ableist biases.”

#ai #ableism #disability #accessibility

https://www.washington.edu/news/2023/11/02/ai-accessibility-chatgpt-midjourney-ableist/

SteveFaulkner, 11 months ago to tv

🎉 “From some point today every episode of Red Dwarf will drop on BBC IPlayer. This is the first time ever all the shows have been available to watch at the same time in the same place. Let the Dwarf binge begin.” - @DougRDNaylor

#RedDwarf #tv #bbc #scifi #comedy

SteveFaulkner, 9 months ago to accessibility

🆕👕
There are MANY WAYS TO IMPROVE WEB ACCESSIBILITY and then there is the LOSERWAY

The outstretched arms of perfidy

#a11y #merch #webDev

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1537605210/loserway

SteveFaulkner, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to accessibility

🌑 accessibility darkness

"Took a journey into the heart of the #a11y industrial complex last night while browsing the interwebs on my phone. Started on X which is fitting."
#accessibility #industry #profit #kafkaesque #overlays

https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2024/03/03/accessibility-darkness-2/

SteveFaulkner, 1 month ago to accessibility

Why are my live regions not working? by @patrick_h_lauke

"Live regions have a reputation for being "flaky" and inconsistent. While this can be attributed in part to shortcomings in current implementations, the problem can also be caused by developers misunderstanding how live regions are intended to work."

#a11y #webDev #HTML #ARIA

https://tetralogical.com/blog/2024/05/01/why-are-my-live-regions-not-working/

SteveFaulkner, 9 days ago to accessibility

⌨️Flutter Wang

"it is important to highlight that Full Keyboard Access (FKA) on Flutter does not exist. If you are planning on building an app using Flutter, FKA users will not be able to use your app"

#a11y #mobile #flutter

https://www.tpgi.com/mobile-tabs-part-3-flutter/