Nostr notes by Adrian Roselli, pH0

If you’re asking an LLM for HTML validation advice when the ...

2026-04-07T17:58:20Z

If you’re asking an LLM for HTML validation advice when the validator is right there (at https://validator.w3.org/nu/#textarea) then I posit you maybe shouldn’t be writing HTML.

How about “special military operation”? Or simply ...

2026-03-06T00:07:16Z

How about “special military operation”? Or simply “спецопера́ция”?

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/us/politics/iran-war-republicans.html

Which immediately makes it a First Amendment issue if you’re in ...

2026-03-05T15:20:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…us8a
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Which immediately makes it a First Amendment issue if you’re in the US. Because, IME, US vibe coders are also bad at laws.

I’ve broken my dry spell of no fire alarms at conference ...

2026-03-02T00:45:19Z

I’ve broken my dry spell of no fire alarms at conference hotels! I was starting to think I’d never have to prioritize passport over pants in a mad dash to the stairs again!

Steve lining us up at #SotB2026. ...

2026-03-01T08:12:53Z

Steve lining us up at #SotB2026.
https://bsky.app/profile/stevefaulkner.bsky.social/post/3mfwipbaupk2p

Yes and yes. Including corps.

2026-02-24T19:26:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…5pdg
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Yes and yes. Including corps.

But… “pigskin”? Isn’t that a term they use?

2026-02-09T00:40:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…q9lf
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But… “pigskin”? Isn’t that a term they use?

FUCK

2026-02-09T00:40:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…xpd2
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FUCK

As is my tradition, I honor the pig that gave its life for the ...

2026-02-09T00:33:45Z

As is my tradition, I honor the pig that gave its life for the ball on Super Ball Sunday by enjoying a pork loin roast. #SuperBowl

Oh, yeah, they could use another ‘D’ as a tail. But then I ...

2025-12-31T13:48:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…yhz0
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Oh, yeah, they could use another ‘D’ as a tail. But then I suppose it would look like the AInus has a butt plug in it or something.

Sara Joy :happy_pepper: (npub1jpy…yfwv)

YES! It’s weird the core letter of the brand is at the bottom. ...

2025-12-31T13:45:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…hu3q
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YES! It’s weird the core letter of the brand is at the bottom. Like, there’s nothing wrong with being a bottom, I just didn’t expect it.

I just noticed Deque changed its logo from the combined ‘D’ ...

2025-12-31T13:34:05Z

I just noticed Deque changed its logo from the combined ‘D’ and ‘Q’ letterform (visually representing the pronunciation) to the ‘AI’ anus (or “AInus”) of the big LLM purveyors.

I bet this was for Deque’s 100% WCAG ‘AI’ coverage, which must be getting released today to honor its March promise.

Twenty-four. There are now 24 advents. All of you wiseacres ...

2025-12-05T21:12:18Z

Twenty-four. There are now 24 advents. All of you wiseacres suggesting I was one calendar away from an advent of advents can stuff it.
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/12/web-design-dev-advent-calendars-for-2025.html

Still not making a damn advent of advents tho.

PascaLLM’s wAIger. Hmm… Matt’s might also work and even ...

2025-12-04T16:18:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…kgg0
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PascaLLM’s wAIger. Hmm…

Matt’s might also work and even leans on homoglyphs in terrible fonts:
https://mstdn.social/@mattmay/115662180174488686

PascAI’s wager.
nostr:note1pg6vpfmyp8yvvtsfgglw9qywlavuln0n487qk5v8ttj7mnucuh4q7s4lwg

My work days feel more and more like people outwardly employing ...

2025-12-04T16:00:57Z

My work days feel more and more like people outwardly employing Pascal’s Wager when talking about genAI, LLMs, agentic whatever fake-AI silliness. Saying the words for their bosses but not feeling it otherwise.

PAIscal’s Wager? Pascal’s wAIger? PascaLLM’s wager?

424-word hot take: “You Can’t Make Something Accessible to ...

2025-12-02T20:38:42Z

424-word hot take: “You Can’t Make Something Accessible to Everyone”
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/12/you-cant-make-something-accessible-to-everyone.html

#accessibility #a11y

If it bit me would I get all the powers of a banana?

2025-12-02T14:29:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…vpcl
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If it bit me would I get all the powers of a banana?

Apparently I have 1 skill rank in “Peeling bananas” and I ...

2025-12-02T13:53:18Z

Apparently I have 1 skill rank in “Peeling bananas” and I also rolled a 1.

Oof, so dealing with you all day. Pass along my condolences.

2025-11-20T16:30:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…gfgv
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Oof, so dealing with you *all day*. Pass along my condolences.

Is the lady a co-worker / peer, or simply collateral damage?

2025-11-20T14:50:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…y6ls
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Is the lady a co-worker / peer, or simply collateral damage?

You’re a superstar. Though I think we both know you could have ...

2025-11-20T14:24:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…qv8c
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You’re a superstar. Though I think we both know you could have donated more, given the qualifier.

Many digital accessibility practitioners are used to searching ...

2025-11-20T04:49:34Z

Many digital accessibility practitioners are used to searching for stuff about NVDA and getting results for Nvidia instead, but today I see Nvidia’s earnings tending and I glance at it and think, “Whoah, when did NV Access get such a big donation?”

I assume a Twitter migration happened, partly owing to ...

2025-11-15T13:00:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…apve
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I assume a Twitter migration happened, partly owing to America’s worst politicians showing up there.

https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/115534720784069259

2025-11-12T11:26:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…kvcy
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https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/115534720784069259

I was trying to find last night when that page was updated — ...

2025-11-11T18:27:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…zcvn
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I was trying to find last night when that page was updated — but no archive history, no repo. Any of you have any idea?

I have a ten-year-old post about typefaces for dyslexia to which ...

2025-10-21T15:27:14Z

I have a ten-year-old post about typefaces for dyslexia to which I’ve added two 2016 links:
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5629233/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27194598/

Via thread:
https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/115293916964193528

My post:
https://adrianroselli.com/2015/03/typefaces-for-dyslexia.html#Update15

#accessibility #a11y

Months ago (pre-Trump) I said the TikTok law would result in ...

2025-09-26T17:20:54Z

Months ago (pre-Trump) I said the TikTok law would result in Trump weaponizing it if he got re-elected. Now with Ellison, Murdoch, and Dell (cowards and fascist enablers) it seems certain.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/trump-jokes-he-would-make-tiktok-algorithm-100-maga-248357957601

Yeah. Fair. But that also implies some consultants (this one) ...

2025-09-23T01:43:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…jqmy
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Yeah. Fair. But that also implies some consultants (this one) have the money to sponsor anything other than… well, the events I sponsor.

I… is that… am I just waving at them?

2025-09-23T00:49:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…r8v7
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I… is that… am I just waving at them?

So do I resubmit my last few unaccepted CSUNATC presentation ...

2025-09-23T00:18:05Z

So do I resubmit my last few unaccepted CSUNATC presentation ideas just to see if one sticks? Or do I make myself a Mexican sundae?

Genuinely surprised the DoJ is following through on this given ...

2025-09-15T14:03:05Z

Genuinely surprised the DoJ is following through on this given its new effort to marginalize disabled people.

“US sues Uber, alleges discrimination against disabled riders”
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/us-sues-uber-alleges-discrimination-against-disabled-riders-2025-09-11/

DoJ release:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-uber-denying-rides-passengers-service-dogs-wheelchairs

#accessibility

“Are hotel rooms accessible for people who use wheelchairs? NPR ...

2025-09-12T01:55:29Z

“Are hotel rooms accessible for people who use wheelchairs? NPR wants to hear from you”
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/11/g-s1-86969/hotel-safety-wheelchair-mobility

It’s a form embedded in an iframe, so you have to scroll down to scroll down. 22 questions, all text fields (longer fields to share your experiences).

#accessibility

“What is Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act? And How Can We ...

2025-09-02T14:28:50Z

“What is Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act? And How Can We Defend it?”
https://dredf.org/what-is-section-503-of-the-rehabilitation-act-and-how-can-we-defend-it/

“Comments Needed to Stop Republican Attack on Section 503”
https://www.lflegal.com/2025/08/comments-needed-to-stop-republican-attack-on-section-503/

Where you can comment:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12233/modifications-to-the-regulations-implementing-section-503-of-the-rehabilitation-act-of-1973-as#open-comment

Due TODAY. I’ve left mine.

#accessibility

It’s weird that people continue to trust and media continues to ...

2025-08-31T14:57:13Z

It’s weird that people continue to trust and media continues to fawn over such a demonstrably amoral company.

“Meta might be secretly scanning your phone's camera roll - how to check and turn it off”
https://www.zdnet.com/article/meta-might-be-secretly-scanning-your-phones-camera-roll-how-to-check-and-turn-it-off/

“Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission”
https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-created-flirty-chatbots-taylor-swift-other-celebrities-without-permission-2025-08-29/

At least get your kids and parents off it.

Oops, ‘per diem’ is not Limburgan after all (Limburgan? ...

2025-07-24T19:14:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…dqfv
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Oops, ‘per diem’ is not Limburgan after all (Limburgan? Limburgish?). So this instead:

```
per diem
```

Bit of a typo `faux pas` on my part.

No. ``` I would like a <span ...

2025-07-24T18:18:41Z

No.

```

I would like a cappuccino and a croissant, and hopefully it comes in under my per diem for my expenses.

```

If it’s LinkedIn, it’s a lie. ...

2025-07-18T02:29:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…hest
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If it’s LinkedIn, it’s a lie.
https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/114711203281675116

The first image is the default state of the Sitemorse ARTY page. ...

2025-07-15T13:28:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…femd
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The first image is the default state of the Sitemorse ARTY page.

The second is with the ARTY ADHD feature activated. It desaturates and darkens the page, providing a non-darkened horizontal bar which follows your mouse pointer.

That’s the entirety of the ADHD feature.

The LinkedIn post from AAAnow (“The Digital Confidence ...

2025-07-14T14:07:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…mfkp
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The LinkedIn post from AAAnow (“The Digital Confidence Company”), where it fails to mention its own overlay, is still gathering feedback 10 days after it went up:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-accessibility-widgets-still-deserve-place-aaanow-uah4e/

It has no web site nor blog, so you can only participate there.

There is yet another accessibility overlay vendor out there, ...

2025-07-14T13:49:50Z

There is yet another accessibility overlay vendor out there, though it makes no conformance guarantees. Nor security or privacy guarantees.

“#ARTY Could Get You Sued”
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/07/arty-could-get-you-sued.html

#accessibility #a11y #overlay

The day before the floods, Texas Observer laid out the stark ...

2025-07-12T20:52:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…vth7
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The day before the floods, Texas Observer laid out the stark reality of Texas’ denial and Trumps cuts:
https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-texas-doge-cuts-disaster-aid/

But instead of connecting the dots, people are threatening a political cartoonist for maybe insulting dear leader:
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/11/buffalo-cartoon-flood-threats-00448272

Looks like a lot of incompetence from Texas officials may have ...

2025-07-12T20:40:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…kexs
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Looks like a lot of incompetence from Texas officials may have resulted in many / most deaths:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/texas-flood-local-response.html

Because they don’t learn lessons:
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene

And Noem purged FEMA call centers the day after the flood while otherwise dodging accountability:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/climate/fema-missed-calls-texas-floods.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Vk8.r96a.4fjLaR8OXWTV&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Arbitrary and capricious.

Noem delays FEMA flood response (including search & rescue) ...

2025-07-10T11:45:41Z

Noem delays FEMA flood response (including search & rescue) in Texas by three days:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/politics/fema-texas-flood-noem

Noem is using that slow response as an excuse to cut FEMA:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5393277-noem-fema-elimination-texas-flooding/

This is what the administration does — defunds orgs, blames them for it, justifies to end or privatize them.

Yeah, I had planned not to write any more of these since I had ...

2025-07-08T14:53:02Z

Yeah, I had planned not to write any more of these since I had already gone after the big players. But this one poked me.

“#Accesstive Will Get You Sued”
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/07/accesstive-will-get-you-sued.html

#overlay #accessibility #a11y

Welp, adding an overlay increases risk, so…

2025-06-30T15:41:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…y2k3
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Welp, adding an overlay increases risk, so…

Welp, those fines will probably still land given all the existing ...

2025-06-30T14:37:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…j4jh
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Welp, those fines will probably still land given all the existing evidence overlays don’t work. Failure of due diligence is not an excuse, IIRC.

I had an architecture class where the professor spent an entire ...

2025-06-30T14:33:11Z

I had an architecture class where the professor spent an entire class discussing doorknobs. It was one of my favorite classes.

So the headline was all I needed to click this link:

“On the Architectural Hostility of Doorknobs”
https://sightlessscribbles.com/writing/nonfiction/20250626/

#accessibility

There is plenty of dated (pun) info out there (eg: ...

2025-06-18T22:11:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…cljg
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There is plenty of dated (pun) info out there (eg: https://gist.github.com/RobertAKARobin/850a408e04d5414e67d308a2b5847378). Many posts identify the problems, making it straightforward (if time consuming) to test. My suggestion is to try and then share what you find (as comments on existing posts, your own post, bug reports, etc). Not terribly helpful, but it’s the approach I take

You may think that digital accessibility is unrelated, but I ...

2025-06-11T16:05:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…ncx2
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You may think that digital accessibility is unrelated, but I assure you that every successful effort to chip away at rights and protections will be followed by another.

Don’t wait until it affects you personally. Speak up. This is low-risk, so do it while you can.

#a11y #accessibility

Remember, Trump’s DoE is trying to roll back accessibility ...

2025-06-11T16:02:33Z

Remember, Trump’s DoE is trying to roll back accessibility requirements for buildings (Section 504).

Lainey Feingold (npub13pl…gcca) wrote about this and her 9 June update links to a newer comment template:
https://www.lflegal.com/2025/06/energy-department-rollback/#article-updates

All comments due 16 June 2025.

#accessibility

“Where to Put Focus When Opening a Modal Dialog” ...

2025-06-06T17:20:03Z

“Where to Put Focus When Opening a Modal Dialog”
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/06/where-to-put-focus-when-opening-a-modal-dialog.html

TL;DR: blanket statements about where to put focus when opening a modal dialog are wrong, including this one.

#UX #HTML

https://bsky.app/profile/overlaytimeline.com/post/3lpg5cm3vtc2l

2025-05-18T11:30:44Z

https://bsky.app/profile/overlaytimeline.com/post/3lpg5cm3vtc2l

What “more information” do you mean? The page you link points ...

2025-05-15T13:30:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…k46c
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What “more information” do you mean? The page you link points to the WebAIM million, which explains and lets you look up sites:
https://webaim.org/projects/million/

I’ll have a bunch of these 3" / 7.6cm (on the long edge) ...

2025-05-12T19:29:19Z

I’ll have a bunch of these 3" / 7.6cm (on the long edge) vinyl stickers with me at #AccessU. No need to come to my sessions; just find me.

Am not there today. Awaiting my next flight.

This one is in my updated links: ...

2025-05-10T14:35:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…t07v
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This one is in my updated links:
https://bsky.app/profile/kevinpowell.co/post/3loqhep3ckk2a

That’s an audience of nearly 1 million hearing that Figma Sites is pants.

If you know other places writing / videoing / podcasting / astral-projecting, then let me know.

I’ve added a couple dozen links (to posts, articles, videos, ...

2025-05-08T20:08:29Z

I’ve added a couple dozen links (to posts, articles, videos, examples, Figma responses, etc.) since this morning:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/05/do-not-publish-your-designs-on-the-web-with-figma-sites.html#Updates

It’s nice to know that my reaction to #Figma Sites was not an outlier.

#HTML #CSS #a11y #accessibility

“Do Not Publish Your Designs on the Web with Figma Sites…” ...

2025-05-07T23:27:08Z

“Do Not Publish Your Designs on the Web with Figma Sites…”
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/05/do-not-publish-your-designs-on-the-web-with-figma-sites.html

Figma announced Figma Sites, letting you publish your Figma designs directly to the web like it’s 1997.

#accessibility #a11y

I see #Figma has decided to reincarnate FrontPage, but worse: ...

2025-05-07T20:24:20Z

I see #Figma has decided to reincarnate FrontPage, but worse:
https://www.figma.com/blog/introducing-figma-sites/

Sample 1, with 269 axe issues:
https://www.config.new/

Sample 2, with only 184 axe issues:
https://www.practice-type.com/

No mention of #accessibility in the announcement, so I guess none expected?

Anyway, get ahead of this, folks. We’re going back to 1999!

#a11y

I kept wanting to write a post about CSS carousels and kept not ...

2025-05-07T15:03:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…h30l
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I kept wanting to write a post about CSS carousels and kept not (I blame travel, etc).

Sara has done that:
https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/css-carousels-accessibility/

She clearly did more testing than Google. More free labor. More encoded anti-patterns.

#accessibility #a11y

I appreciate that CSS inert is called out explicitly in this post ...

2025-04-30T22:16:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…m5gt
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I appreciate that CSS inert is called out explicitly in this post and talk:
https://w3c.social/@w3cdevs/114427052463464895

At roughly 5:51 in the video:
https://youtu.be/SYU4fb9sTTs

#accessibility #a11y #CSS

Progress on CSS inert: they’ll talk about it some more (this ...

2025-04-26T00:40:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…hnhk
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Progress on CSS inert: they’ll talk about it some more (this and the following comment):
https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/10711#issuecomment-2831201400

Though not thrilled with the implied justification that if other CSS can be misused that it was fine to add another way without maybe mitigating.

#accessibility #a11y

Ah, I was going to pull down the transcript as I am traveling ...

2025-04-24T14:24:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…rtjt
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Ah, I was going to pull down the transcript as I am traveling today.

FWIW, the thing YouTube calls a transcript is anything but, which has nothing to do with the quality of auto-captions.

Anyway, I’ll maybe listen when I’m somewhere with a decent connection. Thanks!

Is there a transcript available?

2025-04-24T14:14:14Z

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Is there a transcript available?

I got these wool dryer balls on a whim because soot sprites are ...

2025-04-18T18:43:45Z

I got these wool dryer balls on a whim because soot sprites are awesome and when I pull my towels out of the dryer I was so grateful to past me for injecting some whimsy into the day.

Yes, that lack of punctuation was intentional.

• US Citizen, • held in jail at ICE request, • despite ...

2025-04-17T22:26:25Z

• US Citizen,
• held in jail at ICE request,
• despite birth certificate proof,
• and traffic misdemeanor dropped,
• under state law that is blocked.

We’ve known Trump / ICE will do this to US citizens. Could be any of us.

• https://georgiarecorder.com/2025/04/17/georgia-born-man-held-for-ice-under-floridas-new-anti-immigration-law/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-born-citizen-detained-ice-immigration-florida-rcna201800

I had to re-read it because I was worried I was belittling them. ...

2025-04-17T18:58:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…hl4h
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I had to re-read it because I was worried I was belittling them. But I suspect you were referring to their use of “scary” and “thorny”. Which clearly got under my skin.

And agreed on the red flag. I find I now check teams to see if there’s a Googler there just so I can be ready for dismissive behavior.

Quite.

2025-04-17T13:14:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…kfq0
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Quite.

Yeah, I moved Piccalilli into my “do not trust” column: ...

2025-04-17T11:58:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…yvah
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Yeah, I moved Piccalilli into my “do not trust” column: https://adrianroselli.com/2017/10/dont-use-aria-menu-roles-for-site-nav.html#Update03 (anchor link).

Or: https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/113636957887728135

So that’s a nice missive, but shrug.

Me, for like a decade: don’t use menus for navigation. Open-UI, ...

2025-04-17T01:06:53Z

Me, for like a decade: don’t use menus for navigation.

Open-UI, for like a week: let’s make a newer menu element that also does navigation.

https://github.com/openui/open-ui/issues/1193

#accessibility #a11y

Relaunched on Threadless! The four principles of WCAG, plus more. ...

2025-04-15T23:23:08Z

Relaunched on Threadless!

The four principles of WCAG, plus more. You can pay money for them!

Available in black or white, set in Neue Helvetica Heavy or Atkinson Hyperlegible. You can choose shirt colors.

Black Helvetica:
https://aardrian.threadless.com/designs/pourpn-neue-helvetica-black-text

#a11y #accessibility

That is almost literally my entire day every day.

2025-04-11T19:53:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…7484
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That is almost literally my entire day every day.

I appreciate you responding, but you were right to just leave it ...

2025-04-11T19:50:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…yuzj
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I appreciate you responding, but you were right to just leave it be.

Absent good, hard data we’re both just… chillin’.

Ok, no leads. Let me try the way that usually gets responses… I ...

2025-04-11T19:44:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…a7yy
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Ok, no leads.

Let me try the way that usually gets responses…

I know that prefers-contrast() is the best and perfect way to make accessible color themes happen in your workflow no matter your stack. It never misses and everybody not using it is doing web development wrong.

Two years later and I’m still nodding my head to “I no longer ...

2025-04-11T14:34:30Z

Two years later and I’m still nodding my head to “I no longer understand prefers-contrast”:
https://kilianvalkhof.com/2023/css-html/i-no-longer-understand-prefers-contrast/

Not getting much help looking at CSSWG issues:
https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20prefers-contrast%20label%3Amediaqueries-5

So, dear lazyweb and owing to deadlines, anyone got a good example / resource?

#CSS

Overall, I’m not a fan of the direction the CSSWG is taking — ...

2025-04-03T23:58:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…4w39
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Overall, I’m not a fan of the direction the CSSWG is taking — it feels like accessibility is not a first principle, but instead designers who get the ear of (or work for) browser makers are.

Such as:
https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/114265346050763629

I may be venting.

I’ve still not made a demo for CSS inert, partly because I’m ...

2025-04-03T23:51:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…rlhc
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I’ve still not made a demo for CSS inert, partly because I’m trying to grok the nuance. But I’m following the issue.

A CSS inert property is risky and the use cases are shaky (IMO).

Scott just left good feedback (in addition to the 3 prior comments):
https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/10711#issuecomment-2777119047

#accessibility #a11y #css

Anyway, trying to understand months and weeks of intertwining ...

2025-03-25T14:55:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…ngvz
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Anyway, trying to understand months and weeks of intertwining standards group discussions and use cases and willingness to break the separation of concerns.

I hope to make a demo soon.

In the meantime, in 2013 I showed users printed pages more often than they interacted with carousels:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210613165534/https://webstandardssherpa.com/reviews/tracking-printed-pages/

The more I look into this carousels-via-CSS thing the more it ...

2025-03-25T14:53:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…v79x
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The more I look into this carousels-via-CSS thing the more it worries me.
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/carousels-with-css?hl=en

I’ve found that:
• it is based on the APG carousel, which, ugh;
• it is the impetus for a CSS `inert` property, which, uh oh;
• #a11y pros have raised concerns, which, well yeah.

#accessibility #CSS

Very glad the responses are primarily about accessibility: ...

2025-03-21T19:50:23Z

Very glad the responses are primarily about accessibility:
https://front-end.social/@argyleink/114195746733247849

I feel like instead of addressing the years-long challenges with hammering out a native HTML pattern (see panel / panelset, etc.), some teams just run at a thing.

Kudos Curtis Wilcox (npub1agr…9xth) Thomas Michael Semmler (npub1lpj…5j0h) westbrook (npub1grg…2ql9) Eric Eggert (npub15dl…nlg5)

I wish I had the time to wade in.

Wait, I have to tag how many people? Guess I better get my ...

2025-03-18T14:33:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…ldal
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Wait, I have to tag how many people? Guess I better get my friends to start blogging.

Ben Myers 🦖 (npub1x5j…h42c) Jan Maarten (npub13wl…sa6r) Jim Nielsen (npub1tkt…rygn) Melanie Richards (npub19ra…a2wv) Mia [data-css=poetic] (npub1szd…5a79)

Thinking of adding to my blog posts where the social share ...

2025-03-17T22:16:29Z

Thinking of adding to my blog posts where the social share buttons usually go:

“Don’t share: Twitter, Facebook. Because fuck them and giving them my content for free.”

From @npub13pl…gcca’s CSUNATC, a reminder that if you feel ...

2025-03-13T15:40:45Z

From Lainey Feingold (npub13pl…gcca)’s CSUNATC, a reminder that if you feel like you aren’t able to push back on the illegal actions of this administration:
“Staying the accessibility course is resistance right now.”
#a11y #accessibility

Acknowledgment! You just have to be in the (aptly named) Deque ...

2025-03-08T00:40:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…3ska
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Acknowledgment!

You just have to be in the (aptly named) Deque Discord to see it! And only two days after a direct question!
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/03/be-wary-of-accessibility-guarantees-from-anyone.html#Update03

Deque scrubbed its axe-con talk — with its goal of 100% ...

2025-03-07T16:50:43Z

Deque scrubbed its axe-con talk — with its goal of 100% coverage in automated WCAG testing — from YouTube and its event page with no acknowledgment that I’ve seen.

I captured slides, transcript, and YouTube chat, but not video itself (anchor):
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/03/be-wary-of-accessibility-guarantees-from-anyone.html#Update02

#a11y #accessibility

Holy crap, if I filter out all the CUNATC talks that are vendor ...

2025-03-06T21:00:19Z

Holy crap, if I filter out all the CUNATC talks that are vendor sales pitches or are flagrant efforts to jump on the ‘AI’ hype, there really isn’t a lot.

I look forward to the true value of CSUNATC — hallways chats!

“Be Wary of Accessibility Guarantees from Anyone” ...

2025-03-06T12:56:35Z

“Be Wary of Accessibility Guarantees from Anyone”
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/03/be-wary-of-accessibility-guarantees-from-anyone.html

I updated it a couple days ago with a link to Eric Eggert (npub15dl…nlg5)’s post on same and two LinkedIn discussions (one from Karl Groves (npub1whv…820e)). If you have links to others, let me know.

#a11y #accessibility

I made the thread into a post so you can share it with your ...

2025-03-06T01:21:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…vsun
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I made the thread into a post so you can share it with your social media manager or your mom or whatever:

“Don’t Use Fake Bold or Italic in Social Media”
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/03/dont-use-fake-bold-or-italic-in-social-media.html

#a11y #accessibility

Imagine your local government sends this: ...

2025-03-05T15:17:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…5n0g
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Imagine your local government sends this:

𝑇𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔: 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆. Updates to come in the next hour. Stay calm.

Now imagine the impact on screen reader users.

End of thread.

#a11y #accessibility

I’ve shared 6 screen reader experiences. The takeaway should be ...

2025-03-05T15:16:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…9ck2
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I’ve shared 6 screen reader experiences.

The takeaway should be DO NOT use sites like YayText•com to make fake bold or italic text (whether on Bluesky, LinkedIn, etc.).

If you’re a tester, you may see the speech logs show the characters. These are lies: https://adrianroselli.com/2020/08/speech-viewer-logs-of-lies.html

Now…

TalkBack 15.2 / Chrome 133. Announces the fake bold and fake ...

2025-03-05T14:52:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…s3yt
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TalkBack 15.2 / Chrome 133.

Announces the fake bold and fake italic as if it is regular text. TalkBack started doing this in 2021.

VoiceOver / iPadOS 18.3.1 / Safari Doesn’t announce the fake ...

2025-03-05T14:50:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…m02l
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VoiceOver / iPadOS 18.3.1 / Safari

Doesn’t announce the fake bold nor fake italic.

I’m using default settings. Some users will have different ...

2025-03-04T23:07:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…pq0v
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I’m using default settings. Some users will have different settings, but understand screen reader users have the same range of skill & experience with their kit as everyone else has with their own kit.

Try with your built-in screen reader. Resources: https://adrianroselli.com/2022/11/your-accessibility-claims-are-wrong-unless.html#SRs (anchor link)

Narrator / Windows 11 24H2 / Edge 133. Doesn’t announce the ...

2025-03-04T22:05:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…0d4p
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Narrator / Windows 11 24H2 / Edge 133.

Doesn’t announce the fake bold nor fake italic.

VoiceOver / macOS 15.3.1 / Safari 18.3. Doesn’t announce the ...

2025-03-04T20:43:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…vlkq
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VoiceOver / macOS 15.3.1 / Safari 18.3.

Doesn’t announce the fake bold nor fake italic.

Those two videos account for ~78% of primary screen reader use ...

2025-03-03T22:40:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…zt90
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Those two videos account for ~78% of primary screen reader use (https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey10/#primary) so I’m stopping there for today.

Anyway, this is not new information: https://adrianroselli.com/2018/01/improving-your-tweet-accessibility.html#Unicode

And please don’t reflexively blame screen readers:
https://adrianroselli.com/2021/10/blaming-screen-readers-red-flag.html

#a11y #accessibility

JAWS 2025 / Chrome 133. Announces each fake bold and fake italic ...

2025-03-03T22:22:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…ucv6
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JAWS 2025 / Chrome 133.

Announces each fake bold and fake italic letter individually, including its case and style.

#a11y #accessibility

NVDA 2024.4.2 / Firefox 135. Doesn’t announce the fake bold nor ...

2025-03-03T22:19:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…lygx
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NVDA 2024.4.2 / Firefox 135.

Doesn’t announce the fake bold nor fake italic.

#a11y #accessibility

Please 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 eat the shrimp scampi in the fridge. ...

2025-03-03T21:47:03Z

Please 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 eat the shrimp scampi in the fridge. It is tasty 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

(This is an example I am using to make a recording of how it’s announced by some screen readers. I will eventually reply with those videos.)

Nah, NVDA with Firefox doesn’t even announce the fake-bold. I ...

2025-03-03T21:39:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…n9yl
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Nah, NVDA with Firefox doesn’t even announce the fake-bold.

I get to trot this example out again:
https://adrianroselli.com/2018/01/improving-your-tweet-accessibility.html#Unicode

Please 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 eat the shrimp scampi in the fridge. It is tasty 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

Dave Winer's linkblog in Masto (npub1gtc…jeld)

There are good people at Deque that do damn good work. But Deque ...

2025-02-25T15:41:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…3hqp
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There are good people at Deque that do damn good work. But Deque is a corporation that has a product it regularly over-sells with bold promises. I have been critical of it for years. So there are people at Deque I will trust, but I will not trust Deque.

Nostr notes by Adrian Roselli, pH0

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Oof, so dealing with you all day. Pass along my condolences.