Mark Robbins
@goodemailcode.com
Email, accessibility, CSS and all that sort of stuff.
Working on cool email stuff at Customer.io
Admin at @emailmarkup.org
Views are largely stolen and passed off as my own.
#EmailGeek
Working on cool email stuff at Customer.io
Admin at @emailmarkup.org
Views are largely stolen and passed off as my own.
#EmailGeek
So much music seems to be disappearing from Napster :( so thinking about trying Qobuz. Anyone used it? Any pro's, cons, thoughts.
I know like Napster, Qobuz seem to pay artists better than the others so that's good.
Any others worth looking at?
I know like Napster, Qobuz seem to pay artists better than the others so that's good.
Any others worth looking at?
December 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
So much music seems to be disappearing from Napster :( so thinking about trying Qobuz. Anyone used it? Any pro's, cons, thoughts.
I know like Napster, Qobuz seem to pay artists better than the others so that's good.
Any others worth looking at?
I know like Napster, Qobuz seem to pay artists better than the others so that's good.
Any others worth looking at?
I do like this new colour format it's great for web. But I still use the old one 😢
"Fun" fact for the day. If you use the white space syntax in Gmail, not only will it ignore it but it will also remove all the other styles in an inline style attribute, or remove an entire embedded <style> block.
"Fun" fact for the day. If you use the white space syntax in Gmail, not only will it ignore it but it will also remove all the other styles in an inline style attribute, or remove an entire embedded <style> block.
A few months ago, I said something about AI using the legacy color syntax, and it turns out *a lot* of people still use it too.
That inspired two articles on @piccalil.li, and now this video as well.
youtu.be/Uynb7Ci8JMg
(articles: piccalil.li/blog/a-pragm... & piccalil.li/blog/a-pragm...)
That inspired two articles on @piccalil.li, and now this video as well.
youtu.be/Uynb7Ci8JMg
(articles: piccalil.li/blog/a-pragm... & piccalil.li/blog/a-pragm...)
Stop using the legacy color syntax
YouTube video by Kevin Powell
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I do like this new colour format it's great for web. But I still use the old one 😢
"Fun" fact for the day. If you use the white space syntax in Gmail, not only will it ignore it but it will also remove all the other styles in an inline style attribute, or remove an entire embedded <style> block.
"Fun" fact for the day. If you use the white space syntax in Gmail, not only will it ignore it but it will also remove all the other styles in an inline style attribute, or remove an entire embedded <style> block.
The Email Markup Database is live!
Did you know that ~20% of emails collected still use the element but only 0.5% of emails use .
Well you do know, and there is loads more exciting information to find as you dig in database.emailmarkup.org
Did you know that ~20% of emails collected still use the
Well you do know, and there is loads more exciting information to find as you dig in database.emailmarkup.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Email Markup Database is live!
Did you know that ~20% of emails collected still use the element but only 0.5% of emails use .
Well you do know, and there is loads more exciting information to find as you dig in database.emailmarkup.org
Did you know that ~20% of emails collected still use the
Well you do know, and there is loads more exciting information to find as you dig in database.emailmarkup.org
Reposted by Mark Robbins
This week features Alison Gootee, @laurenemailgeek.bsky.social, @tehazlewood.bsky.social, @goodemailcode.com, Really Good Emails, @jessehanley.bsky.social, Bento, Email Expert, @infobip.bsky.social, @growthinreverse.com, Word To The Wise, @valimail.com, Inbox Collective, Email Labs™, and many more!
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This week features Alison Gootee, @laurenemailgeek.bsky.social, @tehazlewood.bsky.social, @goodemailcode.com, Really Good Emails, @jessehanley.bsky.social, Bento, Email Expert, @infobip.bsky.social, @growthinreverse.com, Word To The Wise, @valimail.com, Inbox Collective, Email Labs™, and many more!
Reposted by Mark Robbins
🔗 All About Email, Issue 207 is out now! This week - CTA buttons vs links and email link strategy! Learn about accessible, meaningful links and how to use fewer, more intentional links to improve usability.
Feel free to read the full newsletter below. 👇
Feel free to read the full newsletter below. 👇
Issue #207 All About Email
CTA buttons vs links and email link strategy! Learn about accessible, meaningful links and how to use fewer, more intentional links to improve usability.
newsletter.allabout.email
September 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🔗 All About Email, Issue 207 is out now! This week - CTA buttons vs links and email link strategy! Learn about accessible, meaningful links and how to use fewer, more intentional links to improve usability.
Feel free to read the full newsletter below. 👇
Feel free to read the full newsletter below. 👇
Government communications are often required by law to be accessible.
Yet 100% of the emails we tested failed basic automated accessibility tests.
#A11y
Yet 100% of the emails we tested failed basic automated accessibility tests.
#A11y
Every government email message in our dataset failed to comply with accessibility requirements.
This creates significant barriers for users who rely on assistive technologies. Governments have a responsibility to ensure communications, including email, are accessible to as many people as possible.
This creates significant barriers for users who rely on assistive technologies. Governments have a responsibility to ensure communications, including email, are accessible to as many people as possible.
May 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Government communications are often required by law to be accessible.
Yet 100% of the emails we tested failed basic automated accessibility tests.
#A11y
Yet 100% of the emails we tested failed basic automated accessibility tests.
#A11y
Following on from the @emailmarkup.org Accessibility Report yesterday.
If you support the work we're doing to make email markup more accessible, more consistent and all round better. Please add your name to the list.
emailmarkup.org/en/supporters/
#EmailGeeks
If you support the work we're doing to make email markup more accessible, more consistent and all round better. Please add your name to the list.
emailmarkup.org/en/supporters/
#EmailGeeks
Supporters | Email Markup Consortium
Supporters of the Email Markup Consortium
emailmarkup.org
May 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Following on from the @emailmarkup.org Accessibility Report yesterday.
If you support the work we're doing to make email markup more accessible, more consistent and all round better. Please add your name to the list.
emailmarkup.org/en/supporters/
#EmailGeeks
If you support the work we're doing to make email markup more accessible, more consistent and all round better. Please add your name to the list.
emailmarkup.org/en/supporters/
#EmailGeeks
We've just put our the latest Email Accessibility Report.
There has been some improvement from previous years, but the results are still pretty dire.
So today on #GAAD please take a moment to look at fixing at least one thing in your emails.
There has been some improvement from previous years, but the results are still pretty dire.
So today on #GAAD please take a moment to look at fixing at least one thing in your emails.
It's that time of year again. To celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day we've released our annual email accessibility report.
Unfortunately less than 0.01% of emails passed all automated test, so this is a call to action to do better.
emailmarkup.org/en/reports/a...
#GAAD #EmailGeeks #A11y
Unfortunately less than 0.01% of emails passed all automated test, so this is a call to action to do better.
emailmarkup.org/en/reports/a...
#GAAD #EmailGeeks #A11y
Accessibility Report 2025 | Email Markup Consortium
Email Markup Consortium Accessibility Report - 2025
emailmarkup.org
May 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We've just put our the latest Email Accessibility Report.
There has been some improvement from previous years, but the results are still pretty dire.
So today on #GAAD please take a moment to look at fixing at least one thing in your emails.
There has been some improvement from previous years, but the results are still pretty dire.
So today on #GAAD please take a moment to look at fixing at least one thing in your emails.
Reposted by Mark Robbins
We're looking for an Associate Accessibility Specialist to join the @TetraLogical.com team:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
Also here if Linkedin is not your thing:
misc.tetralogical.com/careers/2025...
Closing date is Wednesday 21 May.
#accessibility #a11y #UK
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
Also here if Linkedin is not your thing:
misc.tetralogical.com/careers/2025...
Closing date is Wednesday 21 May.
#accessibility #a11y #UK
TetraLogical hiring Associate Accessibility Specialist in United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 8:09:04 AM. TetraLogical is looking for an Associate Accessibility Specialist to join our team and help us…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
www.linkedin.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We're looking for an Associate Accessibility Specialist to join the @TetraLogical.com team:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
Also here if Linkedin is not your thing:
misc.tetralogical.com/careers/2025...
Closing date is Wednesday 21 May.
#accessibility #a11y #UK
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
Also here if Linkedin is not your thing:
misc.tetralogical.com/careers/2025...
Closing date is Wednesday 21 May.
#accessibility #a11y #UK
Fun email bug of the day #EmailGeeks.
Superhuman will flatten all font sizes, if a #CSS border property doesn't appear inside an email.
This is the best bug I've seen in a while.
github.com/hteumeuleu/e...
Superhuman will flatten all font sizes, if a #CSS border property doesn't appear inside an email.
This is the best bug I've seen in a while.
github.com/hteumeuleu/e...
May 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Fun email bug of the day #EmailGeeks.
Superhuman will flatten all font sizes, if a #CSS border property doesn't appear inside an email.
This is the best bug I've seen in a while.
github.com/hteumeuleu/e...
Superhuman will flatten all font sizes, if a #CSS border property doesn't appear inside an email.
This is the best bug I've seen in a while.
github.com/hteumeuleu/e...
Reposted by Mark Robbins
It's British Sign Language (BSL) Awareness day! BSL is a visual language used by over 150,000 people in the UK.
Explore our range of accessibility videos, all with BSL.
Quick Accessibility Tests: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2PS...
Browsing with Assistive Technology: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcNW...
Explore our range of accessibility videos, all with BSL.
Quick Accessibility Tests: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2PS...
Browsing with Assistive Technology: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcNW...
Quick accessibility test: Keyboard support (British Sign Language version)
YouTube video by TetraLogical
www.youtube.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It's British Sign Language (BSL) Awareness day! BSL is a visual language used by over 150,000 people in the UK.
Explore our range of accessibility videos, all with BSL.
Quick Accessibility Tests: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2PS...
Browsing with Assistive Technology: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcNW...
Explore our range of accessibility videos, all with BSL.
Quick Accessibility Tests: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2PS...
Browsing with Assistive Technology: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcNW...
Reposted by Mark Robbins
🏳️⚧️ NEW 🏳️⚧️
We believe the Supreme Court – which disgracefully refused to hear from trans people before its decision last week – has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act.
So we’re readying a challenge – join us:
goodlaw.social/xpme
We believe the Supreme Court – which disgracefully refused to hear from trans people before its decision last week – has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act.
So we’re readying a challenge – join us:
goodlaw.social/xpme
Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
goodlaw.social
April 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🏳️⚧️ NEW 🏳️⚧️
We believe the Supreme Court – which disgracefully refused to hear from trans people before its decision last week – has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act.
So we’re readying a challenge – join us:
goodlaw.social/xpme
We believe the Supreme Court – which disgracefully refused to hear from trans people before its decision last week – has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act.
So we’re readying a challenge – join us:
goodlaw.social/xpme
Reposted by Mark Robbins
UK folks - the @goodlawproject.bsky.social is fundraising to challenge the Supreme Court's recent judgement goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
goodlawproject.org
April 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
UK folks - the @goodlawproject.bsky.social is fundraising to challenge the Supreme Court's recent judgement goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
Fun look at the evolution of email over the year. Oh and look, I'm quoted in it a few times, so it must be good #EmailGeeks
stripo.email/blog/email-m...
stripo.email/blog/email-m...
“Dear Diary…”: How email marketing found itself — one pixel at a time — Stripo.email
From the first marketing emails to today’s advanced strategies. Learn what changed, how it evolved, and how it shaped user experience as we know it today.
stripo.email
April 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Fun look at the evolution of email over the year. Oh and look, I'm quoted in it a few times, so it must be good #EmailGeeks
stripo.email/blog/email-m...
stripo.email/blog/email-m...
Reposted by Mark Robbins
FWIW: chng.it/MxpXD4MDxX
Sign the Petition
Overturn the UK's New Legal Definition of a Woman
chng.it
April 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
FWIW: chng.it/MxpXD4MDxX
I know this has been shared a lot already but if you've not seen it yet, it's well worth watching
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
This is what a digital coup looks like
“We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she decries the rise of the “bro...
www.ted.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I know this has been shared a lot already but if you've not seen it yet, it's well worth watching
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
Playing around with #CSS Overflow Module Level 5. I built out a CSS only hotspot email. This works in (some) email clients such as @notion.com Mail. When viewed in Chrome 135.
It's early days but I'm loving these new CSS features, so much potential 😃
parcel.io/e/461478b7-f... #EmailGeeks
It's early days but I'm loving these new CSS features, so much potential 😃
parcel.io/e/461478b7-f... #EmailGeeks
April 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Playing around with #CSS Overflow Module Level 5. I built out a CSS only hotspot email. This works in (some) email clients such as @notion.com Mail. When viewed in Chrome 135.
It's early days but I'm loving these new CSS features, so much potential 😃
parcel.io/e/461478b7-f... #EmailGeeks
It's early days but I'm loving these new CSS features, so much potential 😃
parcel.io/e/461478b7-f... #EmailGeeks
Get involved with @emailmarkup.org discussions. Help us with working towards improving the state of email markup #EmailGeeks
How should a web app allow third-party HTML to make use of the CSS prefers-color-scheme media feature?
Mark Robbins (@goodemailcode.com) has some good ideas utilising modern CSS features. Join the discussion on GitHub:
github.com/email-markup...
Mark Robbins (@goodemailcode.com) has some good ideas utilising modern CSS features. Join the discussion on GitHub:
github.com/email-markup...
Dark mode: system vs web app settings · email-markup-consortium email-markup-consortium · Discussion #99
While there is a way in CSS to detect the user's colour scheme preference as set in the Operating System (OS) or the user agent (browser), there is no native CSS way to check the user's preference ...
github.com
December 9, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Get involved with @emailmarkup.org discussions. Help us with working towards improving the state of email markup #EmailGeeks
Reposted by Mark Robbins
It's December 1st, and you know what that means: For the next 24 days, we'll publish articles about HTML by 24 authors. You can read them on the website or subscribe to the RSS channel.
Enjoy!
htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Enjoy!
htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
HTMHell Advent Calendar 2024 - HTMHell
An article, talk, or tool that focuses on HTML every day until Christmas.
htmhell.dev
December 1, 2024 at 8:00 AM
It's December 1st, and you know what that means: For the next 24 days, we'll publish articles about HTML by 24 authors. You can read them on the website or subscribe to the RSS channel.
Enjoy!
htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Enjoy!
htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Reposted by Mark Robbins
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
Browsers are so unified these day, I forget there are sometimes differences. Todays learning strong tags in Firefox are set to `font-weight:bolder` others use `bold` #strongtyles.com/#strong" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">browserdefaultstyles.com/#strong
Email is still the wild west of rendering. Keeping things exciting. Living life on the edge.
Email is still the wild west of rendering. Keeping things exciting. Living life on the edge.
November 29, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Browsers are so unified these day, I forget there are sometimes differences. Todays learning strong tags in Firefox are set to `font-weight:bolder` others use `bold` #strongtyles.com/#strong" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">browserdefaultstyles.com/#strong
Email is still the wild west of rendering. Keeping things exciting. Living life on the edge.
Email is still the wild west of rendering. Keeping things exciting. Living life on the edge.
Reposted by Mark Robbins
Please don’t rely on automated tools to write alt text!
Sure, AI is getting better at being able to recognise what’s in an image, but its context that matters!
See my example, where the same image, in two places, needs different alt text: www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/how-to-...
#accessibility #a11y
Sure, AI is getting better at being able to recognise what’s in an image, but its context that matters!
See my example, where the same image, in two places, needs different alt text: www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/how-to-...
#accessibility #a11y
November 28, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Please don’t rely on automated tools to write alt text!
Sure, AI is getting better at being able to recognise what’s in an image, but its context that matters!
See my example, where the same image, in two places, needs different alt text: www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/how-to-...
#accessibility #a11y
Sure, AI is getting better at being able to recognise what’s in an image, but its context that matters!
See my example, where the same image, in two places, needs different alt text: www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/how-to-...
#accessibility #a11y
Morning #Brighton folks, the weather is shit today so get yourself down to Silver Spur makers market in Knoyle Hall, BN1 6RB (free parking). Be sure to check out Flamingo Rodeo (my partner's stall).
November 23, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Morning #Brighton folks, the weather is shit today so get yourself down to Silver Spur makers market in Knoyle Hall, BN1 6RB (free parking). Be sure to check out Flamingo Rodeo (my partner's stall).
Found a fun #accessibility bug today.
An element containing only an inside a region, inside a document, inside an application. Will take you out of the region when using VoiceOver in Safari.
#EmailGeeks this is happening in Outlook webmail, so watch out for it github.com/hteumeuleu/e...
An element containing only an inside a region, inside a document, inside an application. Will take you out of the region when using VoiceOver in Safari.
#EmailGeeks this is happening in Outlook webmail, so watch out for it github.com/hteumeuleu/e...
An element containing only ` ` in Outlook web, breaks VoiceOver navigation · Issue #142 · hteumeuleu/email-bugs
Email Client Outlook webmail Operating System MacOS 15 Safari 18 Expected Result When using role="application" in the browser it is expected that using role="document" inside that will mean the con...
github.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Found a fun #accessibility bug today.
An element containing only an inside a region, inside a document, inside an application. Will take you out of the region when using VoiceOver in Safari.
#EmailGeeks this is happening in Outlook webmail, so watch out for it github.com/hteumeuleu/e...
An element containing only an inside a region, inside a document, inside an application. Will take you out of the region when using VoiceOver in Safari.
#EmailGeeks this is happening in Outlook webmail, so watch out for it github.com/hteumeuleu/e...