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brucelawson

@brucelawson@vivaldi.net

Web standards a11y lovegod/ consultant FOR RENT. Musician. Woke atheist libtard, least spiritual person in the universe. Multiple Sclerosis owner. Pun lover. Hootie Tootie Disco Cutie. Birmingham, UK. He/ him. Personal views. RT≠+1. https://www.brucelawson.co.uk

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brucelawson, to random
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Who's got the best advice on a11y of <dialog> element? I might get a message from server and need to say to user "data has changed, refresh the page". If I just invoke a <dialog> is that enough? Does it need to be anywhere specific in the DOM?

brucelawson,
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@aardrian Ah! Thanks old chum. I thought I was losing my residual marble.

brucelawson,
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@aardrian I was personally overjoyed at the compliment, and now feel a little let-down... @sbourne @yatil

brucelawson,
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@marcus Cheers, that's what I thought. But I haven't really looked at it for ages, so my memory might be lying

brucelawson,
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@aardrian Daft Q, but I'm not seeing where you set "inert on the page container that is a peer to the dialog."

brucelawson,
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@aardrian Thank you good sir

brucelawson,
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@aardrian Yikes.

brucelawson, to random
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Bagged myself a 2ndhand CD of best of Ladytron. Mesmerising stuff. (These days, a used CD is cheaper than the mp3 download of an album, and I get to choose my own compression/ format.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPZoaGqLGpQ&list=PLPzD8o8WyVxgFCt0BpsXd0Op0BFHjOtzs

brucelawson,
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@patrick_h_lauke But what do you do with the CDs afterwards? I can't bring myself to bin them so they're piling up

brucelawson,
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@aardrian Whereas all 3 of us retain our youthful looks and zest, so can easily be mistaken for Gen Z in a darkened room, I actually own numerous CD players, some more than 20 ears old. @patrick_h_lauke

brucelawson,
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@sophie Because you're a person of intelligence, taste and effortless cool. Like me. Ahem.

brucelawson, to random
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Great, we absolutely need more shit in our rivers. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/28/uk-rivers-at-risk-as-michael-gove-rips-up-rules-on-new-housing

brucelawson,
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@sarajw I wish they would all just piss off. Send them to the US to have pitched gun battles with MAGA loonies all calling each other "Wokes". @hejsna

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"The best part about MPA View Transitions, is that under the hood it’s just normal “dumb” page loads and we’re progressively enhancing our way into smart, sleek transitions all with zero JavaScript required." https://daverupert.com/2023/05/getting-started-view-transitions/

brucelawson,
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@Edent Can't remember the details of the jQuery API but, yes. In the same way as Flash had keyframes etc, and JQ had querySelector which came to real JS. Good, innit?

brucelawson, to random
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So far today, I've had a fight with Microsoft Teams (which forgets which camera I use, and gets tangled up with an ancient account I don't use) and something called Dynamic 365, which just won't let me in. Unfamiliarity with the world of Microsoft, or are these terrible products?

brucelawson,
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@FreakyFwoof @tink That surprises me. Whatever one might think of Microsoft's UX and elegance, they tend to be pretty good on accessibility.

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Literally the only innovation I want in computing is a dust-repellent laptop screen.

brucelawson,
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@Edent it's when I sneeze!

brucelawson,
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@Edent sign me up if it repels fingerprints and snot bubbles too

brucelawson, to random
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AI bots are so good at mimicking the human brain and vision that CAPTCHAs are useless https://qz.com/ai-bots-recaptcha-turing-test-websites-authenticity-1850734350
"The bots’ accuracy is up to 15% higher than that of humans" - so get rid of them from your sites; they're often an accessibility disaster for actual humans.

brucelawson,
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In 2019, 63% of UK web users with access needs cited CAPTCHAs as a barrier to using retail sites (PDF: https://www.clickawaypound.com/downloads/cap19final0502.pdf)

brucelawson, to random
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I currently use Crunch for my accounting etc. But I'm finding the web app increasingly clunky and geared towards how accountants think, rather than how I think. (And I don't want to spend £100/month to think like an accountant). Is there an alternative i can export my data to?

brucelawson,
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@tosbourn I can't be arsed with all the bank reconciliations and recording the same damn thing in multiple places and the language that requires me to understand accountancy

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Buyers of Bored Ape NFTs sue after digital apes turn out to be bad investment https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/buyers-of-bored-ape-nfts-sue-after-digital-apes-turn-out-to-be-bad-investment/ ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

brucelawson,
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@matt yeah, i don't object to the theoretical idea of cryptocurrency. But I hated the proof of work needless waste, and the frankly sinister borderline-fascist worldview of many of its loudest advertising shills

Edent, to webdev
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Hello & people - I have a conundrum.

My blog posts' is, essentially:

&lt;main&gt;  
 &lt;article itemprop="blogPost"&gt;  
 &lt;header&gt;  
 &lt;h1 itemprop="headline"&gt;…&lt;/h1&gt;  
 &lt;/header&gt;  
 &lt;div itemprop="articleBody"&gt;  
 Content   
 …

Given that "div is the element of last resort" - what should I use instead?

It isn't a sub-<article> (and wouldn't have a separate heading).

The <header> isn't part of the articleBody (I think).

I guess it is a <section>?

brucelawson,
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@Edent yeah, if you have an antipathy to <div>.

brucelawson, to random
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Russian Army Commander Dismissed for Ukraine War Failures Dies in Moscow. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-army-commander-dismissed-for-ukraine-war-failures-dies-in-moscow/ar-AA1flY99 Gennady Zhidko, aged 57, was fond of drinking tea, windows and door knobs.

brucelawson,
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@sarajw Stalin has replaced the usual Queen,a s I like to personalise the Angle's for the person I'm paying tribute to.

andy, to random
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One of my neighbours has installed wind chimes in their garden so we are now, sworn enemies

brucelawson,
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@andy windchimes? They're lush, mate.

brucelawson,
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@andy enough about me. What's wrong with windchimes?

brad_frost, to random
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Looking for vibe-y song recommendations.

(Interpret "vibe-y" however you see fit)

brucelawson,
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@gotofritz @brad_frost Pop Group "Where there's a will" is a masterpiece

brucelawson,
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@gotofritz @brad_frost listening right now

brucelawson, to random
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Who's got good resources on using ChatGPT for my mate who wants to learn how to use it for her (non-tech) professional life. Eg, not breathless grifting stuff, doom predictions or in-depth "how it works" stuff, just how to write good prompts etc?

brucelawson,
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@simon That's brilliant, thanks Simon. Forwarded it. @adrinux @FeralRobots

brucelawson,
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@simon "I'm increasingly using them as a tool for learning and brainstorming " - that's what my mate will be using them for; she's in a policy role. @adrinux @FeralRobots

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