Matthias Zöchling
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Matthias Zöchling
@cssence.com
#CSS enthusiast & #A11Y advocate. Makes websites and design systems. Works for https://george-labs.com in Vienna, Austria.
This one slipped under my radar: Providing alt text for pseudo-elements works in all browsers, eventually there’ll be no more need for a fallback:

```
a::after {
/* content: "↗"; 👋 */
content: "↗" / " (opens in new tab)";
}
```

Safari caught up in early 2024, and Firefox not long after.

#CSS
March 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Also, the thumbnail image is not generated by AI (I would never do that). It’s a photo I took twelve years ago in San Francisco. A grafitti artist, unbeknownst to me, sprayed this on a wall. For the thumbnail I drastically reduced the color palette, and then I replaced the remaining colors.

#noAI
November 30, 2024 at 8:01 AM