Little reminder that Inclusive Design 24 is currently happening, and the talks and discussions have been fantastic so far!! It's free and you can join live, but also, you can catch the replays on YouTube later.
Here you go: https://inclusivedesign24.org/2025/
#Accesssibility #InclusiveDesign #id24
https://inclusivedesign24.org/2025/
Accessibility expert, enthusiasts and beginners of all levels, little reminder: @inclusivedesign24 is on Sept 25. It's a free online event, 24 hours of talks about accessibility and inclusive design. And yes, you can catch the replays on YouTube later.
Here you go: https://inclusivedesign24.org/2025/
#Accesssibility #InclusiveDesign #FreeConference
https://inclusivedesign24.org/2025/
🔍 Two different kinds of “focusable” UI elements
by Eric Eggert @yatil.net @yatil #Accesssibility #FocusableUIElements #focus #webdev
It seems that I am unable to edit posts on the main Friendica page. No matter what I do, the edit link, or whatever it is, does nothing. Fortunately, I am able to do so on Pachli. However, there is no keyboard shortcut available for this, which forces me to use the touchscreen. Likewise, there are no hotkeys to easily navigate posts etc. I wouldn't mind it if I could easily navigate my timeline, etc, as I can on the website, by using headings and so on. But at least, I can now edit my posts with something other than Tweesecake..
#Accesssibility, #Android, #blind #Friendica, #keyboard #keyboardaccessibility #navigation #NVDA #Pachli #posting, #Talkback #Tweesecake
“Should form labels be wrapped or separate?” by @siblingpastry
🔗 https://www.tpgi.com/should-form-labels-be-wrapped-or-separate/
> All browsers and assistive technologies support explicit association, however implicit association is not reliably supported by voice control software.
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> Both Dragon Naturally Speaking for Windows, and Voice Control for macOS and iOS, don’t recognize implicit association, so the "Click email address" command wouldn’t work.
⚓️ https://nicolas-hoizey.com/links/2024/09/08/should-form-labels-be-wrapped-or-separate/
@aral it's far from the only long-term accessibility problem either. I keep looking for a Linux OS to put on a smartphone that I'm not pretty much guaranteed to start physically breaking no matter how careful I am with my phone within a week but so far none are compatible with the rugged phones that would hold up with my handling.
Ankle/wrist weights will combat my neuropathy enough for consistent walking & likely knife use but won't stop my dropping of small things like phones.
Overall the pattern keeps repeating - loads of energy & time spent fighting on wording of how to direct the complaint or actually fix the problems- but not much if any on actually solving the #Accesssibility problems.
Don't discount the possibility that children or disabled people using wheelchairs won't have access either! Even assuming this were useful, where would such scanners be placed?
(Remember Calgary's fancy new stair-laden library has an elevator for #accesssibility but they put the buttons up too high for wheelchair users to reach to prevent children from 'playing' with them. (Hopefully this has since been fixed).)
Lately, I've been learning more about how to use VoiceOver to better understand the experience of people who use it, and for accessibility testing.
I put together a quick cheatsheet of the few commands I've been using if you want to try as well! 🙂
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/devdevcharlie/status/1228303205353840641
“Lately, I've been learning more about how to use VoiceOver to better understand the experience of people who use it, and for accessibility testing. I put together a quick cheatsheet of the few commands I've been using if you want to try as well! 🙂 #a11y #accesssibility”
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