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Under-Engineered Estimated Reading Time Feature

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Published: September 2, 2024 04:13

There are plenty of plug-ins, libraries, and tutorials that will add an “estimated reading time” visual cue to your site. There are also browser extensions for users. Most use JavaScript and CSS to calculate based on word count and viewport position. All…

Semi-Annual Reminder to Learn and Hire for Web Standards

https://adrianroselli.com/2024/09/semi-annual-reminder-to-learn-and-hire-for-web-standards.html

Published: September 1, 2024 05:52

This post is part of RSS Club, rewarding those who still use RSS to read and/or share content. These posts are embargoed from my regular post feed and the socials for an arbitrary period of time. You can see all the RSS-only posts at…

Mountain Chicken!

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Published: August 30, 2024 11:54

I am mis-using closed captions for a gag. The following video has an audio track and four sets of captions (for now?). Each set of captions is in English. Only one set of captions represents the spoken dialog, the other two represent dialog not in the…

Talkin’ Tables — WebAIM Conference 2024

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Published: August 28, 2024 16:00

I spoke at the 2024 Web Accessibility in Mind Conference (in partnership with PopeTech). As soon as the video is available I will embed it. This post is a stub to hold the links during my talk and will be updated sometime within a few days after my talk…

Before Filing that Keyboard Bug…

https://adrianroselli.com/2024/08/before-filing-that-keyboard-bug.html

Published: August 14, 2024 16:22

This post is part of RSS Club, rewarding those who still use RSS to read and/or share content. These posts are embargoed from my regular post feed and the socials for an arbitrary period of time. You can see all the RSS-only posts at…

Things to Do Before Asking “Is This Accessible?”

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Published: August 11, 2024 16:44

It is not uncommon for someone to message, call, email, or carrier pigeon me to ask if something is accessible. They almost invariably want a “yes” or “no.” However, I need to understand what the heck they mean and what the other-heck prompted them to ask.…

AT Is More Than Screen Readers

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Published: August 4, 2024 19:32

A screen reader is a single element of the overall set of assistive technologies. In practice, however, each is often used as a metonym for the other. Well, hello there. It’s nice to see you. If you’re here because I sent you the link, it’s nothing…

Don’t Use Web•dev for Accessibility Info

https://adrianroselli.com/2024/07/dont-use-webdev-for-accessibility-info.html

Published: July 9, 2024 12:36

Web.dev is a site from Google Chrome developer relations that provides content both to evangelize Chrome and to more broadly support the web platform. Rachel Andrew’s monthly “new to the platform” posts are effectively required reading to try to stay…

Feedback on a Pagination Pattern

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Published: July 1, 2024 23:27

This post is part of RSS Club, rewarding those who still use RSS to read and/or share content. These posts are embargoed from my regular post feed and the socials for an arbitrary period of time. You can see all the RSS-only posts at…

Be Careful Using ‘Grid’

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Published: July 1, 2024 13:50

TL;DR: Be careful when using the word grid on its own. Be certain you have chosen the term that accurately describes the pattern you want. If this post looks familiar to you, that is because it is essentially a redress of my 2023 post Be Careful Using…