Accessabilly

@accessabilly
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Does the <body> rule the mind or does the mind rule the <body>?

I'm Martin Mengele, #a11y & web dev professional, IAAP-certified Web Accessibility Specialist.

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Sunrise view up the river Rhine towards Konstanz' Schänzle. Sun rises behind trees on the shore and puts them into a blurry golden glow within the fog around them. The reflection of the shore doubles the glowing trees in the water.

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@kc abgestimmt, aber eigentlich interessiert ALLES! Klar...

Weiterer Shower Thought: Was hieltet Ihr von einem Wissensportal für Web-Agenturen…

…die Kunden im öffentlichen und privaten Sektor vertraglich Konformität mit einem Barrierefreiheitsstandard versprochen haben – und sich aufschlauen wollen, was das heißt und was alles technische, was aber auch redaktionelle Aufgabe ist.

Interessiert
60%
Nicht interessiert
40%
Poll ended at .
@torbennuding Grüezi! Bin auch auf Bluesky, das ist nicht so linear. Aber halt in Milliardärshänden
@torbennuding me! Kuckuck™
“Designing for inclusion starts with recognizing exclusion.”
Kat Holmes (in Mismatch - How Inclusion shapes Design)
@matuzo oh, excellent! have to note that one!

[❌ Edit: This needs more clarity—will rework and share a new poll. Thanks to who has voted, shared, and responded!]

Accessibility friends, how do you assess the following when it comes to work in our field (independent of regulation, which I’d like to check on afterwards)?

If a barrier affects everyone…

#accessibility #a11y #barriers

…it’s not an accessibility problem
0%
…it’s still an accessibility problem
100%
Poll ended at .

5 years ago I created this list of #accessibility axioms that I wrote to understand some basic principles of digital accessibility https://github.com/accessibility/Axioms

How do folks think they hold up? What would you add or remove?

GitHub - accessibility/Axioms: Accessibility axioms: Basic truths about building an inclusive digital world.

Accessibility axioms: Basic truths about building an inclusive digital world. - accessibility/Axioms

GitHub

CSS: How to Indicate Container Overflow, When There Is Overflow:

You have a block of text that you can’t shorten and yet that you don't want to give too much space, so as not to draw attention away from other content. It’s useful metadata that you like to show. On a stopgap option using scroll-driven animations.

https://meiert.com/en/blog/iff-container-overflow/

#css #overflow #scrolling

CSS: How to Indicate Container Overflow, When There Is Overflow · Jens Oliver Meiert

You have a block of text that you can’t shorten and yet that you don't want to give too much space, so as not to draw attention away from other content. It’s useful metadata that you like to show. On a stopgap option using scroll-driven animations.

"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"

by @patrick_h_lauke

#a11y #html

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

Why are my live regions not working? - TetraLogical

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.

TetraLogical