“I Used The Web For A Day…” series I said earlier that I’d written some articles for Smashing Magazine in the past. As this issue is a Smashing Mag special, I thought I’d share those articles with you now! Mine was a short series on using the web for a day, but with a limitation:… [Read More]

When CSS Isn’t Enough: JavaScript Requirements For Accessible Components Stephanie Eckles shares those scenarios where you need a sprinkling of JavaScript to make components accessible. The TLDR is that these include “tooltips, modals, tabs, carousels, and dropdown menus”. Components marketed as “CSS-only”, that use methods like the “checkbox hack“, often do more harm than good…. [Read More]

Accessible Front-End Patterns For Responsive Tables (Part 1) Adrian Bece writes two in-depth articles about implementing responsive tables. He shares Adrian Roselli’s JavaScript snippet that applies the correct ARIA roles to table elements, which are to ensure that browsers continue to keep good table semantics even when certain CSS styles are applied. The snippet is… [Read More]

This week is a Smashing Magazine special! It’s a great publication – which I’ve written for a few times – and I’ve had some of their a11y articles sitting in my bookmarks for a while. These articles are long and full of useful info, so it’s sure to be a bumper week. Let’s dive in!… [Read More]

PlayStation debuts highly customisable controller for gamers with disabilities at CES Sony has unveiled an adaptable PlayStation controller, dubbed “Project Leonardo”. It is designed for gamers with limited motor control, who may not be able to hold the traditional controller. The article does a great job at summarising what’s unique about the controller: The controller… [Read More]

Comparing Manual and Free Automated WCAG Reviews Adrian Roselli looks at the homepage for a “popular site” and performs a manual review against the WCAG 2.1 A and AA standard, using “bookmarklets, assorted contrast checkers, dev tools, and assistive technology”, including “screen reader pairings of Chrome/JAWS, NVDA/Firefox, and VoiceOver/Safari on desktop”. He then runs the… [Read More]

Top 10 Accessibility News of 2022 This is a round-up of last year’s “most talked about” accessibility news stories, brought to you by Equal Entry (who also have a newsletter you should subscribe to!). I won’t regurgitate the whole list, which is quite US-centric, but there are some interesting items that were actually completely new… [Read More]

What we learned from our first accessibility conformance review Hidde de Vries writes about reviewing ‘Sanity Studio‘, a headless CMS, for accessibility. Hidde, who works for the studio, started by comparing the different accessibility guidelines, such as WCAG. There is actually a different standard for authoring apps: the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG). This “seemed… [Read More]

Google’s ‘Guided Frame’ helps visually impaired users shoot better pictures This article has been in my bookmarks since the Pixel 7 launch event on October 6th, 2022. Google announced “a number of features” including:

5 takeaways from screen reader usability interviews Frontend developer Jess Budd shares five things they’ve learned from user testing with screen reader users.