Your Image Is Probably Not Decorative Eric Bailey explains why most images nowadays need some form of alternative text. You can ‘nullify’ images – removing them from the screen reader experience – by adding an empty alt text, i.e. <img alt=”” …>. This should only be used when the image doesn’t convey information that is… [Read More]
Tech platform devises new system to simplify process of booking rail travel for disabled travellers Whoosh Media have created a system, “The Real-Time Journey Dashboard”, that allows you to scan QR codes on your train seat, to view information such as location of toilets on the train, as well as a live dashboard demonstrating journey… [Read More]
A day in the life: What it’s like to travel through an airport and on a plane as a wheelchair user An interesting read about just what a wheelchair user goes through on a typical flight. These users must be transferred into a narrow aisle chair (designed to be able to fit in the aisle… [Read More]
Move the pointer using head pointer on Mac This is a macOS user guide for how to enable the ‘head pointer’ on your Mac, using your built-in camera to follow your head movement and move your cursor. I was pointed to this via Stefan’s Web Weekly newsletter. It’s quite effective and worth experimenting turning it… [Read More]
Tech platform devises new system to simplify process of booking rail travel for disabled travellers Whoosh Media have created a system, “The Real-Time Journey Dashboard”, that allows you to scan QR codes on your train seat, to view information such as location of toilets on the train, as well as a live dashboard demonstrating journey… [Read More]
After a few days off work, I return to deliver your weekly frequent11y newsletter. This week is quite a dev/design heavy one! Your Image Is Probably Not Decorative Eric Bailey explains why most images nowadays need some form of alternative text. You can ‘nullify’ images – removing them from the screen reader experience – by… [Read More]
New in ARIA 1.2: ARIA IDL attributes Scott O’Hara writes about the new ARIA IDL (Interface Definition Language) attributes, allowing you to set element attributes succinctly in JavaScript via foo.role = ‘checkbox’ and foo.ariaChecked = false. Until now, we’ve had to use setAttribute, i.e. foo.setAttribute(‘aria-checked’, ‘false’). This is supported in all Chromium browsers, but currently… [Read More]
From A Colourblind Designer To The World: Please Stop Using Red And Green Together A designer with deuteranopia – red/green colourblindness – writes about how the use of green and red in web design is problematic. Namely: Using colour to indicate validation status in forms. Adding other visual indicators such as icons would help to… [Read More]
The accessibility stalemate Chris Heilmann talks about how the accessibility community holds back the accessibility movement by setting the pedestal too high. There are plenty of great talks about accessibility, but, apparently, many speakers don’t release their slides afterwards. Why? Because people “call out any accessibility problems with the materials”. If the content isn’t 100%… [Read More]
Your Image Is Probably Not Decorative Eric Bailey explains why most images nowadays need some form of alternative text. You can ‘nullify’ images – removing them from the screen reader experience – by adding an empty alt text, i.e. <img alt=”” …>. This should only be used when the image doesn’t convey information that is… [Read More]
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