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1.32K Posts, 2.01K Following, 2.28K Followers · #accessibility / #a11y advocate and design systems wonk.
Reminder that if you have a blog and also happen to be involved in web development - you are not limited to writing tech posts!
I really love when people write about music, pets, hobbies, DIY projects... Anything other than making rectangles appear on screens!
I want to do that more myself this year. Let's get personal! 💜
The #CSSWG just resolved to allow `var()` references in #CSS container queries:
```css
@container (inline-size > var(--small)) {
.card { padding: 2em; }
}
```
The custom property is resolved on the container – so we're querying if the computed value of `--small` on our container:
1. is valid in context (a `<length>` value), and
2. is less-than the container `inline-size`
It's not "custom media queries" feature, but it is Damn Close™️ – and maybe more powerful. I'm excited to play with it! 🥳
Very late in yesterday’s #BrailleDay I posted:
“JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver Braille Viewers”
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/01/jaws-nvda-and-voiceover-braille-viewers.html
I do not have a Braille display nor do I read Braille. But these can be useful for quick tests on what is not exposed. Also, hire someone who does. #accessibility
First, a very important qualifier — this does not represent how Braille display users experience the web. All this post does is show how to enable the Braille display emulators in JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver. This can be handy when testing issues reported by users and you do not have…
New blog post: Component library accessibility audit
https://racheleditullio.com/blog/2023/01/component-library-accessibility-audit/
The first project my manager tasked me with at my new job as a senior accessibility engineer in the Design Engineering organization was to perform an accessibility audit of the component library our team provides to the engineering team who codes the dotcom website. These components are generally page level rather than UI level, think … Continue reading "Component library accessibility audit"
I encountered it enough in consulting that it became a noticeable pattern. These folks were dangerous in that while they didn't know about the web, they were very politically-savvy.
This meant they were usually very good at defending their job, but also not very good at doing it (hence consultants being brought in).
Couple that with a "strong, bad opinions strongly held" and you had a recipe for extreme frustration.
Pixel perfection was a common way for this to manifest. Other ways were more surprising, where it'd be fixation on some massively irrelevant detail. I'm guessing that was a control thing, as still being perceived as an authority.
Anyway, this is getting a bit long and should probably be a blog post. Next time you see pretty stock photos on a modern website with basic responsive issues, think of this thread.
Max Böck
Mia (web luddite)
Adrian Roselli, pH0
Amy
Rachele DiTullio