Erik Kroes ✅

@erikKroes
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💡 Boundless maker: 3D printing, 3D modeling, Lego, photography, code, DIY, anything.

☀️ Nature lover.

🫶 Accessibility and Design Systems professional

👤 he/him

Websitehttps://www.erikkroes.nl
LocationThe Netherlands
PronounsHe/him

Don't use role="progressbar" for multi-step forms.

The spec says: "A progressbar indicates that the user's request has been received and the application is making progress toward completing the requested action."

Use an OL and aria-current. role="progressbar" sends the wrong message.

when your text scores bad on readability because of the word "accessibility" 🫠
I'm collecting "frequently asked questions" about accessibility. What are yours?

Lesson learnt:

The easiest hobbies, are those that benefit other family members.

"You've got a dedicated spot for lego storage? That must be so nice and organised!"

👀

(part of) my storage:

Really. You don't need to put aria-disabled="false" on everything.

This is the answer to "How are you doing?"

This is a flower in my prunus cerasifera or cherry plum. That means it's spring. It's one of the many plants in my garden that are either flowering, or ready to flower.
Spring is the best season.

I wish there was something else to connect HTML elements than aria-describedby.

Something that says:
"these things are visually close and I have no idea what that means but here's the same vague connection in HTML"

Call your conference human-centered. Have a user-hostile website. Program full of AI.

Sometimes I feel incompatible.