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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you @tetralogical.com for the great article on misconceptions about screen readers! 👍
tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10...

Just at the right time for me to argue on a current #a11y issue in TinyMCE that most likely was caused by one of those: 👇
github.com/tinymce/tiny...

Common misconceptions about screen readers - TetraLogical

Screen readers are familiar to many in digital, but how they work in practice can be less clear. In this post, we shed some light on the topic.

tetralogical.com

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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 1d

This article confirms my observations. Most developers hired by us (university, technical college, years of experience) have never heard of #a11y. Lack of knowledge and awareness is primarily an academic problem! 🧐

Serene impressively demonstrates how you can still start a career in this field. 👇

deconspray @deconspray.bsky.social · 2d

“I completed an IT degree. What’s accessibility?”

Powerful reflection from Serene Mishteler on why accessibility still isn’t part of most tech education & why that needs to change.

intopia.digital/articles/i-c...

#DigitalAccessibility #InclusiveDesign #A11y #TechEducation #UX #WebAccessibility

I completed an IT degree… What’s accessibility? - Intopia

Accessibility still hasn’t found its place in the ‘formal curriculum requirements’ of most institutions. So how do you learn about it?

intopia.digital

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firefoxdevtools.bsky.social @firefoxdevtools.bsky.social · 5d

As an experiment, we (the Firefox team) wanted to try a new way to get feedback on which Interop proposals matter most.

So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.

interop-rank.jakearchibald.com

Interop Feature Ranking

Rank the web platform features you care most about

interop-rank.jakearchibald.com

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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 5d

Super useful! 👇

TetraLogical @tetralogical.com · 6d

We've created a tool called the "Screen reader support look up tables" designed to help people quickly check how screen readers interpret HTML elements and attributes across multiple combinations of browser and screen reader.

HTML/SR Support lookup

tetralogical.github.io

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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 5d

Woohoo, thanx!

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 6d

We’ve archived 1 trillion web pages via the Wayback Machine. Help us preserve 1 trillion more with P2P fundraising: donate.archive.org/1T

#Wayback1T

Graphic with pixelated, 3D-styled webpage icons radiating outward from a bright point. Center text reads: "Fundraise with us! Celebrating 1 Trillion Webpages Archived."

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Steve Faulkner @stevefaulkner.bsky.social · 8d

👁️‍🗨️ WCAG’s Longevity by Eric Eggert

"There are several reasons why WCAG 2 is such a long-living standard. The main reasons, in my opinion, are the very solid foundation it is built on, the accumulation of experience with the standard in practice"

#WCAG #a11y #standards

yatil.net/blog/wcags-l...

WCAG’s Longevity · Eric Eggert

It’s no secret: I like the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Not only do they give us the four base principles of accessibility …

yatil.net

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Todd @toddl.dev · 8d

I am immensely grateful that we almost hit the 40% raised mark I was hoping for after the first week. There is more work to get this goal reached. I won't stop now so I once again ask for any and all shares and donations, no matter how small. Every little bit helps. gofund.me/24c249d90

Donate to Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund, organized by Todd Libby

My name is Todd Libby, and I am starting this on the behalf of my pa… Todd Libby needs your support for Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund

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Steve Faulkner @stevefaulkner.bsky.social · 18d

New Shirt

"for the discerning accessibility advocate and anti-fascist"

#a11y #antifascist

www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

navy blue t-shirt. Big A in red overlaying a circle, next to the A "11y" line below "ntifa"

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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 12d

"Again and again, accessibility as a topic in web standards is treated as simultaneously too trivial for specialists' technical opinions to be given weight, but also too difficult to get right without a specialist volunteering to tackle the tricky details." alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...

A threat model for accessibility on the web - Alice

A explanation of the primary threat to accessibility on the web, and a call to action for the web standards community

alice.boxhall.au

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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 12d

Shitty prompt of today:

Find a video element with Cypress and Testing Library.

Shitty answers of today (GPT4, GPT5):

cy.findByRole('video');

Don't! De rien...

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Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 12d

If you really do (seriously, really do) need to create a PDF, Steve has your back to help you make sure you make that PDF accessible without having to fork out for Adobe Acrobat Pro.

piccalil.li/blog/a-guide...

A guide to creating accessible PDFs using free tools

If you really do (seriously, really do) need to create a PDF, Steve has your back to help you make sure you make that PDF accessible without having to fork out for Adobe Acrobat Pro.

piccalil.li

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Todd @toddl.dev · 13d

Day 2 of posting this with hopes we can cross that line in 30 days.

My partner is in need of some medical assistance and future surgery and treatments.

We are 6% of the way there. More details and you can donate if you can here. gofund.me/231d524bb

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Donate to Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund, organized by Todd Libby

My name is Todd Libby, and I am starting this on the behalf of my pa… Todd Libby needs your support for Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund

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Steve Faulkner @stevefaulkner.bsky.social · 16d

👉🏽 Screen reader HTML lookup app & support tables
Updated 28 September 2025
- new test and notes added

#HTML #screenReaders #Webstandards

tetralogical.github.io/screen-reade...

HTML/SR Support lookup

tetralogical.github.io

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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 20d

Searching for an accessible third party npm library?

Maybe have a first look via this 🧐:
isitaccessible.dev

It checks the lib for open #a11y issues and returns a score considering closed issues. 😎

Is it accessible?

Check if that npm package you’re about to install has accessibility issues

isitaccessible.dev

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Adrian Roselli @aardrian.bsky.social · 20d

If you have questions for any of the id24 speakers, post them with the #id24 hashtag and the moderators will throw them at the speaker(s) toward the end of their session.

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Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · 20d

@inclusivedesign24.bsky.social is live!

inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

inclusivedesign24.org

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Karl Groves @karlgroves.bsky.social · 28d

I got tired of not finding an accessible cookie banner. So, I made one:

www.npmjs.com/package/@afi...

@afixt/accessible-cookie-banner

A customizable, WCAG-conformant cookie consent banner with GDPR, CCPA compliance. Latest version: 1.0.0, last published: 4 minutes ago. Start using @afixt/accessible-cookie-banner in your project by r...

www.npmjs.com

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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 26d

Focus rings! Plural! I wrote for @piccalil.li about how to create a branded double ring focus effect that is dynamically generated based on the interactive element's text color. piccalil.li/blog/taking-...

Taking a shot at the double focus ring problem using modern CSS

A double focus ring is really useful in general but especially so with complex, themed systems. Eric Bailey shows us how to develop a really smart system, using modern CSS.

piccalil.li

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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · Jul 21

Haha excellent, made my day!
I remember back in those days there was a company recruiting folks with the claim "Do you dream in HTML?"
Don't remember who that was, though.

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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · Jul 10

To my HTML bubble: does anybody know the exact reason, why there is no readonly on an <input type="checkbox">? 🤔

I see some usecases that would require being able to see, what was selected, but not be able to change that selection at the same time.

Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · Jul 2

"The State of Digital Accessibility in Europe"

Spoiler: it's pretty shitty... 🫠

www.digitaltrustindex.eu

Digital Trust Index 2025

93% of European websites fail accessibility requirements. Discover the results of the Digital Trust Index 2025.

www.digitaltrustindex.eu

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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social · Jun 27

It's the eve of the European #Accessibility Act! Here's my article -- Dreams and Gratitutde for the #EAA #disability #EU www.lflegal.com/2025/06/euro...

The European Accessibility Act: Dreams and Gratitude

Tomorrow, June 28, 2025 is the implementation date for the European Accessibility Act and the laws of 27 EU member states making it a reality. These laws are poised to fundamentally advance digital ac...

www.lflegal.com

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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · Jun 16

ARIA! It exists and on a long enough timeline you'll need to use it. Here's how to get into the right headspace to do so! #a11y www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/what...

What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting Into ARIA — Smashing Magazine

[Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/aria/) is an inevitability when working on web accessibility. That said, it’s everyone’s first time learning ...

www.smashingmagazine.com

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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · May 20

Haha! Excellent

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