Adrian Roselli

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2024-08-30 09:59:18

You know what the best thing about waking up at 4am (again) and not getting back to sleep is?
Because I would like to know.

2024-08-07 12:25:58

Heydon reminds that the `<abbr>` element is mostly useless:
https://heydonworks.com/article/the-abbr-element/
I linked it from my post (where I show SR support, which is a bit odd) that says essentially same.

2024-07-17 21:35:59

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Mask off because no virus can survive in this absurd sun heat scorch burn. Oh, and I am outdoors and mostly away from humans.

2024-07-03 18:01:06

10 years ago I wrote about *not* using positive `tabindex` values. Today I added a warning about two Google web-dot-dev articles that a reader thought *promoted* it:
https://adrianroselli.com/2014/11/dont-use-tabindex-greater-than-0.html#Update7
At what point will people recognize that #accessibility info from that site should be ignored?
Filed two issues:
• https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/350944652
• https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/350916215
#a11y

2024-07-01 12:24:07

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@npub1rnp…sg2k No, but I had it in my list. So either I knew something cool then or I fucked it up?

2024-07-01 12:22:23

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@npub1rnp…sg2k At a glance:
`[contenteditable=true]`
But I am just looking over my list at:
https://adrianroselli.com/2015/01/css-bookmarklets-for-testing-and-fixing.html#FocusInteractives

2024-06-26 10:59:40

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@npub1rnp…sg2k Would you keep the default style that `<u>` brings?

2024-06-23 15:35:11

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@npub1rnp…sg2k I dig it.

2024-04-04 13:46:29

Related to that last boost (https://mastodon.social/@SteveFaulkner/112212980289113651), I have already encountered orgs who have scaled back their accessibility efforts or plans because they feel automation that can do it *all* for them is right around the corner.
So until / if that automation arrives, users just have to, you know, suck it up.

2024-04-01 13:58:44

Just updated my 2014 post “W3C CSS Odor Module Released” to mention GameScent, which spews smells at your while you game:
https://adrianroselli.com/2012/04/w3c-css-odor-module-released.html#Update07

2024-03-06 13:19:09

Ah yes, the WHATWG HTML discussion about heading levels with occasional pining away for the poorly-defined and thankfully-gone Document Outline Algorithm is back for its semi-annual gasps for air:
https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/5033

2024-01-30 12:56:13

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Mask up, buttercup.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/111/845/007/117/474/937/original/d8ea1d931f72c19a.jpg

2024-01-30 11:45:57

On an Airbus A320 with ~150 other people and I am the only one in a mask.
So when the rando two rows up starts in on one of his rapid-fire sneeze attacks (three batches so far) and I hear everyone’s sphincter tighten up, I take turns locking eyes with them as they glance at me.

2023-12-20 20:56:35

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@npub1e6z…g0aa Ah, see, then I have to turn off my filters. And that might be bad. And get me sued again.

2023-12-19 20:53:22

Imagine if *all* the listboxes on your site abruptly failed at once.
You would have to get on that *fast* given how much of a barrier that introduced. You might be shouted at. Sued?
Google Chrome broke listboxes across the web for all TalkBack users… let’s see… 9 months ago!
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1425494
#accessibility #a11y #Google #Chrome

2023-12-14 15:10:08

A client mandatory ‘training’ on managing workplace stress that occurs during the end-of-year business crush slash IRL holiday rush and which plays Christina Aguilera christmas music as the presentation starts late.
* eyelid twitch *

2023-12-07 00:34:45

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@npub1rnp…sg2k Do you get the green pill / microphone in the upper left of the screen when it activates?

2023-12-06 23:52:21

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@npub1rnp…sg2k After you enable it, it should drop an icon on the screen that you have to tap.
If you have a page I can record running through it.

2023-11-29 13:46:38

My JAWS Professional Perpetual License does not get me JAWS 2024 (IMO, “perpetual” is a lie).
The Freedom Scientific portal to manage my license claims I have no products.
The Freedom Scientific store site won’t render.
So now JAWS 2024 is downloading in 40-minute-then-reboot mode.
Such a frustrating customer / user experience.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/111/494/111/796/971/833/original/f221fcb3acafc74b.png
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2023-09-23 19:36:20

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@npub1rjz…lhky
I understand the use case (which is primarily for role-ing up widgets versus using or having native HTML equivalents), but it is not HTML. At least not yet. Even if Microsoft shoe-horns it into Blink.
@npub1wuj…6uhc @npub1e6z…g0aa

2023-09-23 19:29:14

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@npub1wuj…6uhc
Indeed, it feels like a tactic. Speak about it as if, socialize it into reality.
@npub1e6z…g0aa

2023-09-23 17:29:16

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@npub1e6z…g0aa Ugh. Vercel.
I am too busy shouting all this stuff on Masto to be too concerned they are tracking my private browser window.

2023-09-23 17:25:14

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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!

2023-08-25 15:57:42

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@npub1hmm…54ty
IMO, accordions are often (usually) a hack.
_However_, when exclusive I do not trust devs to build a robust enough UI to account for all open at once as the result of a search. I expect I would be forced to manually close each just to see the next panel.
I do not know what your last/only question means. Though if it was rhetorical, it maybe was not for me.
@npub1qg3…xc6v

2023-08-24 14:26:00

Remember how #UserWay licensed ChatGPT, then trained it, in order to provide “Fix My Code”, its inaccessible tool that wrote inaccessible code?
That was hilarious.
Anyway, you can learn more about an overlay maker’s failing foray into faulty fixes at http://FuxMyCode.ai/.
#accessibility #a11y

2023-08-22 01:37:12

I could not figure out why the WaPo crossword would not register as done even though I had filled every square.
I used the ‘Check grid’ feature and it flagged only the ‘O’ in frog.
I could not figure out how else you could spell ‘frog’ without an ‘O’.
Turns out I had typed a zero.

2023-08-21 13:04:06

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@npub1ejp…m025 Thanks!

2023-08-19 18:35:02

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You may want to turn it up for the audio.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/110/917/710/786/243/844/original/88d6b43ab5f8f479.mp4

2023-08-17 16:28:27

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@npub1l5j…8eem I have the temporary tattoo that came with the box. Do I have to apply a heat source? Like a blowtorch?

2023-08-16 18:35:20

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@npub1x9y…hutp There is a “Features” link within a list within a nav that is meant to act as a tab / tab panel.
The analogous “Specs” fake tab shows only this:
In the box:
- (1) Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Touchscreen Business Laptop.
- (1) Power cord.
Nope the hyphens and periods in my list were not too noisy.

2023-08-16 04:40:34

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@npub1933…jggw Tiny victories.

2023-08-15 13:16:15

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@npub1a7y…r8me I appreciate that. Even if giant org does not.

2023-08-15 03:26:38

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@npub1fd0…rh2a Oh yeah, look at that. Oops.

2023-08-15 03:25:02

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@npub1dqz…wglw Agreed.

2023-08-15 03:19:04

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@npub183t…gjj9
I mean, 30 hours is just a round-trip flight to Hong Kong for me. Think I’ll queue it up! (So never)
But yeah, most of the videos I have seen exist as articles and posts. That I don’t need to pause and with code blocks I can copy.
@npub1p4g…qlwm

2023-08-15 03:16:18

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@npub1fd0…rh2a RIGHT?

2023-08-15 02:26:39

All those YouTube coding videos (comparisons, reviews, complaints, pitches, etc)?
I don’t even play the video.
Read the intro, scan for reference links, scroll the comments, Ctrl + F in the fake YouTube transcript, and out.
Instead of constant pitches, weird intros, affected manic energy, white supremacist outro ads, I instead spend far less time and essentially treat it is a broken blog post.

2023-08-14 22:11:53

I confirmed that Chrome 115 fixes the regressions it introduced in Chrome 113 (adding to the mild good news on Safari testing yesterday):
https://adrianroselli.com/2022/07/its-mid-2022-and-browsers-mostly-safari-still-break-accessibility-via-display-properties.html#Update21
Sorry it took so long but it is difficult finding time to squeeze in all this free QA for billion dollar multinational corporations.
Is that too snarky? Do I care?
#a11y #accessibility

2023-08-14 20:40:36

“As a result of the order, any Montana statutes prohibiting climate impact analysis and remedies are now invalid and permanently enjoined.”
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/montana-loses-fight-against-youth-climate-activists-in-landmark-ruling/?utm_brand=your_bum&utm_social-type=your_bum&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=your_bum
Children are often red herrings used in autocratic legal maneuvers. Nice to see the kids have their own voice here.

2023-08-14 20:13:15

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@npub1uvq…g9gj Yes, that is exactly what it is.
I call it the “Crystal Pepsi effect.”

2023-08-14 18:49:23

Ran out of proper tea cups so I am drinking a tieguanyin (oolong tea) out of a cappuccino mug and holy cow does that affect how it tastes.
Until I grip the mug so my hand is covering the handle (and throw away the saucer).
Then it tastes like it is coming from any ol’ porcelain.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/110/889/456/413/457/951/original/83505721bc9ab9da.jpeg
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/110/889/456/978/813/019/original/58eb020af514a074.jpeg

2023-08-14 18:22:02

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@npub1gt7…5u3z I really hope it helps!

2023-08-14 18:11:51

#JAWS testing tip:
When using browser dev tools to find a node and JAWS is running, JAWS intercepts Ctrl + F and returns its own (useless in this context) search box.
Use JAWS Key + 3 to tell JAWS your next key command should be passed through to the application.
Then Ctrl + F.
#a11y #accessibility

2023-08-14 13:43:10

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Added the Safari TP 176 fixes to my post “It’s Mid-2022 and Browsers (Mostly Safari) Still Break #Accessibility via Display Properties” as the 20th update:
https://adrianroselli.com/2022/07/its-mid-2022-and-browsers-mostly-safari-still-break-accessibility-via-display-properties.html#Update20
Remember, I am only testing a limited set of properties and elements. Apple did not even acknowledge these were broken until I hassled them for years.
So there may be (likely are) more `display` bugs in Safari.

2023-08-14 11:36:31

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I embedded this video in my 2018 “Lessons from Gutenberg” post:
https://adrianroselli.com/2018/12/lessons-from-gutenberg.html#Update05
So far the organizational problems I identified with #WordPress 5.0 do not seem to have been addressed five years later for 6.3. Two older embedded videos show that #accessibility issues have been widely known for years.

2023-08-12 19:47:17

The WAI image `alt` decision tree as a PE form using `:has()` and no JS:
https://codepen.io/aardrian/pen/KKrjEEX
Links to why I consider this not a WCAG violation, but also don’t use this approach with general users.
I just wanted to play and was putting off writing slides.
Not done, but have to go now.
#a11y #accessibility

2023-08-12 18:21:06

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@npub1nuj…9wkn Right call. Selling used cameras online is too risky. Seen enough friends burned that I just let mine collect dust in a box.

2023-08-12 14:40:33

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@npub1gsj…vp5l
I defer to the comment they left when closing it (#13).
@npub1nuj…9wkn

2023-08-09 15:08:03

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@npub1398…5ary Happy to give it!

2023-08-08 22:59:10

“I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires)” by Jane Friedman
https://janefriedman.com/i-would-rather-see-my-books-pirated/
I avoid Amazon by not buying books there and not using GoodReads (I use The Story Graph).
Amazon has no interest in policing LLM-generated fraudulent books. It never has.

2023-07-07 11:39:56

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@npub1rnp…sg2k Yeah, I am still what the youth used to call “straight-edge”, so I am slow to recognize those references.

2023-07-06 21:05:14

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@npub1rnp…sg2k Thanks, I do try to present things as my opinion with facts to back it up. Not that it protects from a suit.
And yeah, I enjoyed what my attorney wrote. No pulling punches.

2023-07-06 11:57:37

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@npub1rnp…sg2k Is this as alarming as it sounds?

2023-07-05 21:37:50

Stress-eating blueberries.