Baseline progressive enhancement
If a browser feature can be used as a progressive enhancement, you don’t have to wait for all browsers to support it.Read article
View ArticleHTML, CSS and our vanishing industry entry points
If we make it so that you have to understand programming to even start, then we take something open and enabling, and place it back in the hands of those who are already privileged. Read article
View ArticleCSS :has(), the God Selector –Bruce Lawson's personal site
» CSS :has(), the God Selector I’ll have a kilo of whatever goes in the Igalia bong. Read article
View ArticleDark mode & accessibility myth by Stéphanie Walter - UX Researcher & Designer.
Dark mode isn’t always better for accessibility, you need to let users chose. And if you build a dark theme, make it accessible!Read article
View ArticleAt this student encampment, Deaf protesters built a model for accessibility
Deaf pro-Palestine students joined their hearing peers at the now-cleared George Washington University encampment. Volunteer interpreters made that multilingual organizing possible.Read article
View ArticleAccessible QR Codes – The Ultimate Guide | Axess Lab
You may think that QR codes are great for securing your login, or letting users read more online about a product marketed in a news…Read article
View Articlecontrast-color() is a good thing, but also solving the problem at the wrong...
Browsers are a failure of imagination.View link
View ArticleDeath by Experience · Jens Oliver Meiert
It’s possible to hire too much experience, and it costs diversity and culture.Read article
View ArticleMaybe Don’t Name That Landmark
TL;DR: You probably don’t need to name that landmark. The Ngong Ping Village tourist trap on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. All the pricey tourist spots have visible named landmarks on the map, but the...
View ArticleThe VR design paradox
Hello. So, this is a bit different. I initially started this video while creating my own VR operating system tech demo. I have always been a bit frustrated …Watch video
View ArticleExploring the Human Mind with Hotdogs
I think about this a lot in relation to design systems, accessibility, and other related topics where it’s required that there is shared understanding.Get a free $10 with first purchase on...
View ArticleThe deskilling of web dev is harming the product but, more importantly, it's...
Even before the web developer job market became as dire as it is today, I was regularly seeing developers burn out and leave the industry. Some left for good; some only temporarily.Read article
View ArticleWeb Directions Code24: Front-end development's identity crisis
This is a more accessible and self hosted version of my publicly available slides on Notist.Slide 1Quick introductionHi, I’m Elly Loel, my pronouns are she/her.I’m a tall white trans woman with blonde...
View ArticleIn detail: 1.4.11 Non-Text Contrast (User Interface Components) · Eric Eggert
The Web Content Accessibility Guideline’s (WCAG) Success Criterion 1.4.11 Non-Text Contrast is one of the harder to understand requirements. Here’s a deep-dive into the details of it, including...
View ArticleBrowser support at Clearleft
Clearleft’s approach to browser support in front-end development.View link
View ArticleSemi-Annual Reminder to Learn and Hire for Web Standards
Alex Russell wrote a four-part series a couple weeks ago arguing that modern JavaScript-first framework-focused front-end development is costing the industry and users. Part of his conclusion for...
View Articlea11y-syntax-highlighting has been updated
Code syntax highlighting themes need to meet minimum color contrast values.Read article
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