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Michael 🧐 Fairchild Aug 29, 2023

Deque Systems Aug 29, 2023

The #axecon call for speakers application is now live until Friday, October 6th! https://www.deque.com/axe-con/call-for-speakers/

Submit to be a part of the world's largest digital #a11y conference on February 20-22, 2024.

Call for Presenters - axe-con | Deque

Submit your application to speak at axe-con 2025 here.

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Michael 🧐 Fairchild Aug 19, 2023

I can’t navigate to the options within a role=listbox with Talkback 13.5 on android 13 with Chrome 115. I have tried several listbox implementations, none work. Am I missing something? Example page: https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/listbox/examples/listbox-scrollable/

Scrollable Listbox Example

Accessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

Michael 🧐 Fairchild Jul 19, 2023

Laura Carlson Jul 19, 2023

Today's Web Design Update: https://groups.google.com/a/d.umn.edu/g/webdev/c/48jlDHi6iGs Subscribe info: https://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/webdev_listserv.html#subscribe #Accessibility #A11y #WebDesign

Featuring @hdv, @intopia, @karlgroves, @hannah, @michellefrechette, @aardrian, @ScopicEngineer, @craigabbott, @michelle, @mfairchild365, @matuzo, @adactio, @gerrymcgovern, et al.

Web Design Update: July 19, 2023

Michael 🧐 Fairchild Jul 12, 2023

Career update: I’ve been promoted to Manager of Accessibility Consulting at Deque. 🎉

Michael 🧐 Fairchild Jul 9, 2023

Tested the inert attribute; support looks pretty solid! https://a11ysupport.io/tech/html/inert_attribute #a11y

inert_attribute (html) | Accessibility Support

Michael 🧐 Fairchild Apr 17, 2023

Deque Systems Apr 17, 2023

Assistive Technology Support tables are here in the ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG). Here's why they matter - via @mfairchild365 https://www.deque.com/blog/apg-support-tables-why-they-matter/ #a11y

StackPath

Michael 🧐 Fairchild Apr 5, 2023

Some people have nightmares about lions or monsters chasing them. Me? It’s a pack of wild loading spinners in a SPA micro-app architecture.

Michael 🧐 Fairchild Mar 27, 2023

I do love me some design pattern semantic mystery meat. Is it a table? Maybe a list? Headings? Or just text? You don’t know till you peel off the lid and dig in! Yummy! 😬🤢

Michael 🧐 Fairchild Mar 17, 2023

Keep your HTML simple. The more complex it gets, the more likely it will trigger browser or screen reader bugs - even if its technically valid and should work in theory.

And if it’s needlessly complex now and works just fine, it’s a prime candidate to break in the future.

Michael 🧐 Fairchild Mar 16, 2023

So glad to see that #axecon is leading an effort to raise funds for NVDA!

Donate with me! https://www.nvaccess.org/axe-con/?utm_campaign=MKT|axe-con%202023|AxeCon|All|Global

axe-con 2023 supports NV Access making the NVDA screen reader

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