Routing: I’m not smart enough for a SPA I came across this via Anselm Hannemann’s Web Development Reading List. The author, Taylor Hunt, goes into a lot of detail about why they chose a traditional website over a Single Page Application (SPA), for a recent project. There are a lot of accessibility concerns to consider… [Read More]

The Future of CSS: CSS Toggles Article by @bramus, discussing the new CSS Toggles Unofficial Proposal Draft, alongside the demo site for the proposed feature. “CSS toggles are a mechanism for associating toggleable state with a DOM element”. Perhaps this is best summarised in a code example: This should make it much easier to define… [Read More]

Google: Accessibility Not A Direct Ranking Factor This is a short article that’s well worth a quick read. Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller says, in an office-hours hangout recorded on March 25th, that accessibility plays no part in Google search ranking. In other words, an accessible site is no more likely to be ranked higher… [Read More]

24×24 pixel cursor bookmarklet Adrian Roselli shares a JavaScript bookmarklet which turns your cursor into a 24 by 24 pixel square. It is designed to test the new Understanding Success Criterion 2.5.8: Target Size (Minimum), which will be introduced in WCAG 2.2 (currently draft). The criterion specifies that “the target offset is at least 24… [Read More]

US Accessibility Lawsuits There have been a number of accessibility related lawsuits in America of late. As ever, I’ll try my best to summarise, but bear in mind I am no legal expert. On Reconsideration, Judge Albright Transfers AudioEye, Inc. v. accessiBe Ltd. In December 2020, AudioEye accused accessiBe of infringing 9 patents, as well… [Read More]

The “inert” attribute is finally coming to the web Stefan Judis writes about the HTML inert attribute. When applied to a container, it renders all children inaccessible, i.e. you can no longer tab to or interact with any form elements within. This will be super useful for properly implenting modal windows, such as a confirmation… [Read More]

Braille Scanner iOS app Developer Aaron Stephenson has developed a free ‘Braille Scanner’ app for iOS, which allows you to take a picture of a paper Braille document, and it will convert it to text, using a combination of image processing and machine learning. It supports Unified English Braille grade 1 and does not currently… [Read More]

Can the internet be made accessible for all? This is a video clip (5m28s) from the BBC’s Dragon’s Den. Rene and Andy Perkins have founded a company, CityMaaS, aimed at improving accessibility on the web. They’ve created a product, Assist Me, which they hope to see companies embed on their websites (at a subscription fee… [Read More]

Free events at AbilityNet Kelly from the charity AbilityNet got in touch with me to let me know about some free events that might be of interest to frequent11y readers. Webinar TODAY (Tuesday 26th April, 1pm BST): Employee support and adjustments in the age of Covid. This webinar, in partnership with BT Group plc, covers… [Read More]

Interesting WebAIM threads WebAIM (“Web Accessibility In Mind”) is a non-profit organization based at Utah State University, and is most famous for its annual accessibility analysis of the top million websites. It also has an email discussion list, whereby anyone with an accessibility question can start a thread asking for advice. These next threads landed… [Read More]