Robert Thinks You’re Great

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Captivate #eLearning developer and #Accessibility specialist #CPACC. #ActuallyAutistic. Dad. A little random. He/Him. (Header image is the head and shoulders of my Lego Voltron and my profile pic is me looking at the camera on a good hair day.)
Site:http://robertsmelser.com/
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How 5 companies are centering accessibility and social equity

These World Changing Ideas honorees are focused on making the world more accessible for everyone.

Fast Company

#Mastodon 4.6 is here! It's been a long time in the works, but it's finally ready. In this release, we're introducing Collections—a way to share curated collections of profiles to help old and new users discover more of the #Fediverse. We're also updating the look of profiles, alongside many quality of life and accessibility improvements. Read more here:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/mastodon-4.6/

Mastodon 4.6

In Mastodon 4.6, we are introducing a way to create and share curated collections of profiles. We've also reworked profiles and the profile editing experience, added some institutional features, and fixed many accessibility issues.

Mastodon Blog

“In an interview with Retro Gamer magazine, later republished on GamesRadar, creator Ron Gilbert explained that the insult sword fighting was born from an aversion to mechanics that rely on fast reflexes, because adventure games are all about logic. This meant ‘the sword fighting became puzzle-solving.’”

#Gaming #MonkeyIsland

https://www.polygon.com/secret-of-monkey-island-combat-36-years-later/

Seen recently on a blog: as clear an example as I've ever seen of fundamental attribution bias, with my response asking the OP to do better.
People struggling to get by are not "scumbags." Have some compassion.
Please spread the word #a11y people: There was an Acrobat bug that made it crash if you used NVDA with Visual Highlight setting turned on to move through a PDF. I filed multiple tickets about it with Adobe and FINALLY it might be fixed! Please update your Acrobat to version 26.001.21662 & test!
@playtesterhq The announcer sounds sooooo much like Alex from Nintendo Life!
Care for a game of squiggly chess?
Doctor Who: BBC cancels Christmas special and Russell T Davies announces departure

The BBC said the decision was made "after careful consideration" and had "not been taken lightly".

How can you summarize thirty years of nurturing a thing you love so much, that’s been a huge part of your life and identity for so long? The answer is you can’t, so I didn’t try.

I do hope you’ll join us though and help celebrate the occasion and have fun as we mark the Iconfactory’s 30th (!!!) year pushing pixel just for you. Stay tuned for more in the days ahead. 💕🖖

https://blog.iconfactory.com/2026/06/the-iconfactory-turns-30-how-time-flies/

RE: https://iconfactory.world/@Iconfactory/116721216603200976

We old!

(Well, I personally wasn't there from the very beginning - I'm old but not quite as old as the others. 😛 Still, though, I've been with the factory for around 17 years myself!)