This frequent11y issue is a Twitter special! I’ve already recently written about how Twitter’s new design has been giving users headaches. But there have been a flurry of other articles about Twitter, so I thought I’d round them up for you. Whatās Really Wrong With the New Twitter Font An interview with Frederick Brennan, who… [Read More]
Hello! After a week off work, your weekly frequent11y newsletter returns… How to use the Accessibility Checker in Microsoft Office Perhaps obvious if you know how, but as someone who has used Office tools a fair bit over the years, I don’t think I’d ever known about the Accessibility Checker! To use in Microsoft Word,… [Read More]
FlickType gives up on accessible iPhone keyboard after āabuseā from Apple “FlickType, maker of the accessible iPhone keyboard that has become popular among those with vision impairment, has confirmed it is discontinuing its app after years of obstacles and āabuseā from Appleās App Store approval team.” “The announcement comes after FlickType submitted an update to… [Read More]
Google Announces Seismic Change to Docs A WebAIM article talking about the May announcement by Google that it would switch to canvas-based rendering for Google Docs. The “current HTML-based rendering approach” has inconsistencies across platforms, and performance issues, which can be addressed by switching to canvas. Google claims “compatibility for supported assistive technologies such as… [Read More]
HTMHell Issue #12 – crossed out content The good person behind HTMHell describes the two ways to represent crossed out text in HTML: <del></del>, and <s></s>. They clarify in the article that “crossed out” has semantic meaning that doesn’t necessarily have to manifest itself as crossed out text. The <s> element should be used for… [Read More]
Hello! After a week off work, your daily frequent11y newsletter returns… How to use the Accessibility Checker in Microsoft Office Perhaps obvious if you know how, but as someone who has used Office tools a fair bit over the years, I don’t think I’d ever known about the Accessibility Checker! To use in Microsoft Word,… [Read More]
A Deep Dive on Skipping to Content Paul Ratcliffe describes a “2021-friendly” implementation of a skip link. It looks something like this (note that the text is hidden visually until it is focused – I’ve omitted this from the code below): <a href=”#skip-link-target”>Skip to main content</a> <a href=”#skip-link-target” id=”skip-link-target”>Start of main content</a><main>the content</main> Paul points… [Read More]
A Deep Dive on Skipping to Content Paul Ratcliffe describes a “2021-friendly” implementation of a skip link. It looks something like this (note that the text is hidden visually until it is focused – I’ve omitted this from the code below): <a href=”#skip-link-target”>Skip to main content</a> <a href=”#skip-link-target” id=”skip-link-target”>Start of main content</a><main>the content</main> Paul points… [Read More]
āMay be an imageā: What it’s like browsing Instagram while blind Kait Sanchez writes about the experience of screen reader users on social media. The auto generated alt text for photos on Instagram and other sites is often poor: “two brown cats lying on a textured surface” turned out to be a woman in a… [Read More]
Link shorteners: the long and short of why you shouldnāt use them A blog post by the Government Communication Service. In the old days of social media, URLs used to count towards the character limit, so using a URL shortener was often a necessity. This isn’t the case anymore. Whilst these URL shorteners provide insights… [Read More]
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