Steve Faulkner

@SteveFaulkner
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Accessibility is Political
I have done stuff on the web for a period of time, some of which I am pleased with
I also sell Web Standards leisurewear
All toots are my personal perspectives only, no inference to my employer
Bloghttps://html5accessibility.com/stuff/
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Githubhttps://github.com/stevefaulkner
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@SteveFaulkner that monkey is clearly stylish. Without reading the text though, I would not guess her legal status.

image of text passes or fails WCAG?

#wcag #forefathers

image of text passes or fails WCAG?

#wcag #forefathers

‘The most stunningly awful wonderful record’: how the Shaggs became rock’s most divisive band

Often completely out of tune and rarely in time, the group of sisters forced to play together by their father gained an army of fans from Frank Zappa to Kurt Cobain. A new documentary celebrates their cult status

The Guardian

Calling all #accessibility and #inclusiveDesign folks...

Have a great idea for a talk? Our call for presentations is now open! (closes 31 May 2026) #id24

https://inclusivedesign24.org/2026/

Note: as we're a global event, we're happy to accept submissions for talks in languages other than English.

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
Fucking WCAG

i love when somebody asks "surely this normative definition/wording doesn't mean what it says on the surface?"

and you go in and try to give the original writers the benefit of the doubt and say "nah, it's probably just awkwardly phrased...the logical interpretation is this" ...

and then one of the original writers comes in and says "nope, we meant it exactly like that, even though it's illogical" ...

every. single. time.

https://github.com/w3c/wcag/discussions/5012

#wcag #a11y #accessibility

Need a clarification of color requirements for images *with* text · w3c wcag · Discussion #5012

Hello, I have always considered "standard" text in images as being covered by SC 1.4.5, but I think I might be wrong... The definition of "images of text" is: "text that has been rendered in a non-...

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Fucking WCAG

🤔 was asked about aria-description support on #HTML elements I wrote about it 5 years ago. Any up to date data on support?

https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2021/02/09/aria-description-by-public-demand-and-to-thunderous-applause/

aria-description: By Public Demand and to Thunderous Applause – HTML Accessibility

Last month I was trying to unstick a WCAG issue on contrast for disabled controls,where I was fine with disabled buttons passing 1.4.3:
https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/4874#issuecomment-3929263408

Today, someone is trying to unstick low-contrast disabled buttons being ok (via @SteveFaulkner):
https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/922

#WCAG #accessibility #a11y

Does the SC 1.4.3 Contrast minium exception apply to text outside a disabled control? · Issue #4874 · w3c/wcag

For the "Text or images of text that are part of an inactive user interface component" exception for WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum), does the exception apply to the label for a control when it is ou...

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