Sometimes I feel like everyone in this industry (broader web dev) feels like they are being paid by word count (or byte count).
Jeez folks are verbose. Some make me look positively laconic.
And now that I am home from traveling, the COVID (and flu) booster I got two weeks ago is supposed to be at full strength. Glad for the masks, especially at the over-packed under-ventilated JFK Delta lower terminal.
@7b4cefd3 I have done the whole deal at home (though it is time consuming). I have not found a place locally that does a good afternoon or even cream tea.
With WCAG 2.2 hitting REC yesterday and absolutely no surprises (at least for me, since I have been stalking it like a weirdo), seems like a good idea to share my post on handling the removal of 4.1.1 in your work:
“The 411 on 4.1.1”
https://adrianroselli.com/2022/12/the-411-on-4-1-1.html
Challenges / disagreements welcome.
#a11y #accessibility
@c4691757 Unsolicited feedback (from smartphone without testing): use `aria-current=page"` on the link so you tie programmatic exposure to the effect.
The selector `li.currentPage` would become `li:has(a[aria-current])`. Assuming my construct is right.
“Chrome now shows each active tab’s memory usage!”
https://medium.com/@addyosmani/chrome-now-shows-each-active-tabs-memory-usage-4f74876538e6
While very cool, only seems to be on hover (no computer; cannot confirm).
Also, why the Head of Google Chrome Developer Experience posts this on sign-up-walled Medium with demonstrable accessibility issues is insight into which developers it continues to prioritize.
[ Enjoying an overpriced afternoon tea at a posh venue. ]
Her: “Maybe don’t say ‘poop’ in a fancy place like this.”
Me: “It’s not like I went full ‘Blues Brothers’ in here. Yet.”
Sitting in a London cafe as an American tech bro (who is probably as dirt-old as I) explains to a Brit how AI will make his site a data-mining goldmine. The person with me looks over and says, “I might be ready to switch to Firefox now.”
@a39ef8d9 the Ha! Up until this trip, I have not seen “Friends” in years (needed English TV to calm brain after flight and the two episodes were from there last season).
I can hear it in Ross’s panic shout.
@71e28698
This is a French conference, so I am not sure how to sort the cost/benefits.
No idea if the tool they used to translate me into French can go the other way nor the costs for that.
@54fa28cb
63°F/17.2°C here in Paris and I am hot.
Trying to cool off anyway outside. The only others who came out between talks did so for a smoke. And most are wearing jackets or sweaters.
I am definitely a #Buffalo kid.
@ba113d09 Oh people have been very nice and switching to English for me. But I am still the only native American English speaker here, so my fault for being terrible at language.
@3e369e25
The default settings are to report what the author wrote. The assumption is generally that fidelity trumps assumptions.
That being said, if you have suggestions for fixes then the open source screen readers would be thrilled for feedback.
@66366d2a@022a7c10
Thing I learned this week that I would have preferred not to — the ER at a local hospital still requires masking but, other than the ICU floor, nowhere else. AFAIK this hospital is the last hold-out (I am not keen to go confirm that).
In related news, got my next COVID booster scheduled and a stack of masks for the coming world tour.
I wish we (and the press) would stop referring to every senator, mayor, president, etc. as a “our leaders” and call these chucklefucks what they are — our employees.
I would also accept “elected officials” if they disclaim that they are generally elected by being the less offensive of generally two options, if some races even offer that many.
But “leader” is such bullshit.
@97213ac2
Translated: “Let’s ship this lawsuit-baiting feature because we can’t be bothered to take the time to do it right and would rather risk litigation!”
@8a5e1378
Firefox will be adding the ability to stuff alt text into images and annotations within PDFs.
They have just shared a Figma of the #UX specs:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1844952#c12
If #accessibility UX is your deal, weigh in! Or if #PDF #a11y is your deal!
Contribute to the browser that is not a surveillance tool! Nor the one you are forced to use by the other trillion dollar company!
Did my semi-annual LinkedIn check-in to clear out recruiters and product spam.
Apparently it has a news feed that is like weird social media. People are a lot less sweary there. I don’t approve.
I, for one, think LLMs are just fine writing for the sports beat. It’s low stakes and mostly just about scores and numbers, yeah?
“Brandon Hunter useless at 42”
https://web.archive.org/web/20230913163653/https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/brandon-hunter-useless-at-42/ar-AA1gDgc6
“Former NBA participant Brandon Hunter, who beforehand performed for the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic, has handed away on the age of 42, as introduced by Ohio males’s basketball coach Jeff Boals on Tuesday.”
#AI
A bit more on this #Vercel v0 embarrassment from @f3190e17:
https://front-end.social/@mxbck/111068089939503131
Remember that Vercel trained v0 on its own code. Kind of like #UserWay did with its #AI failure (http://fuxmycode.ai), and with a similar outcome of demonstrating these companies do not understand the code they write.
The list of elements you want added to HTML is telling — some exist, some are not something users want, some are accessibility quagmires, some show a lack of styling creativity on the part of the authors.
But it’s a great list for $browser devs to validate their existing choices!
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