Datawrapper
How to pick more beautiful colors
11+ min · · Choosing good colors for your charts is hard. This article tries to make it easier. · Shared by 513, including Claudio Noguera, Stephanie A Kowalski, Toni Juan, Josh Blaha, Jacob du Toit, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Luminous Kaleidoscope, Mike Taylor, Xihong Lin, CSS Weekly, Jessel Sookha, Neil Hart 💙, Nrupal Akolkar, Lisa Charlotte Muth, Stef Walter, Evan (he/him), Scott Jenson left for Mastodon
Bloomberg
The Forgotten History of How Accessible Design Reshaped the Streets
6 min · · Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg. · Shared by 164, including Alice Wong 王美華, mastodon.social/@renestalder
bighack.org
5 most annoying website features I face as a blind person every single day
3 min · · For blind and visually impaired people like me, accessibility is the difference between us being able to use a website and clicking off it. How screen readers work Screen readers allow blind and… · Shared by 135, including Matthew Turland, Dennis Lembrée, Real Python, Stef Walter, PacielloGroup, Alistair Duggin, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Marius Bleuer, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Web Axe, Benoist Lawniczak, Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, Bruce Lawson, Jonathan Hassell, Jane Friedman
a11yresources.webflow.io
A growing list of accessibility tools and resources
· Shared by 108, including Tamara Sredojevic, Nick Floro, Benoist Lawniczak, Evan (he/him), Stef Walter, Chris Peterson, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Jonathan Kogan, Oscar MacDonald, Katja Evertz, Hannah Milan, 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯 💡, Victor Tolosa, philipptemmel, Mike Taylor
A List Apart
Standards for Writing Accessibly
5 min · · In this excerpt from Writing is Designing, Michael J. Metts and Andy Welfle discuss critical accessibility considerations for content authors, including reading order, references to additional cont… · Shared by 106, including PacielloGroup, Matthias Kahr, Fabricio Teixeira, Evan (he/him), Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Gabriele, Dennis Lembrée, Oscar MacDonald, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Casey Smith, zeldman, Katja Evertz, Jonathan Hassell, Brain Traffic
joshwcomeau.com
Hands-Free Coding
10 min · · Earlier this year, I developed Cubital Tunnel Syndrome, a repetitive-strain injury, in both of my elbows. As a result, I pretty much can't… · Shared by 103, including Mattia Fregola 🤔, Yoav Ganbar (🥑 Builder.io/Qwik), David Hellmann, Alistair Duggin, mastodon.social/@renestalder, slumos, henrik, Evan (he/him), Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Nils Hitze
truthonthemarket.com
GDPR After One Year: Costs and Unintended Consequences
5 min · · GDPR is officially one year old. How have the first 12 months gone? As you can see from the mix of data and anecdotes below, it appears that compliance costs have been astronomical; individual “data… · Shared by 100, including mastodon.social/@renestalder, Leo Polovets, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Clemens, BrendanEich, Jonathan Kogan, bouiboui, Thomas Power, Yvette Dubel
Léonie @tink@front-end.social
How screen readers navigate data tables
5 min · · When a table is created using the appropriate HTML elements (or ARIA roles) screen readers can inform users about the characteristics of the table, and users have access to keyboard commands… · Shared by 90, including Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Evan (he/him), PacielloGroup, Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Web Axe, front-end.social/@heydon, Bruce Lawson, Billy Gregory, Eric Bailey, Hannah Milan, Karl Groves (he/him), Sara Soueidan, Alistair Duggin
matuzo.at
Building the most inaccessible site possible with a perfect Lighthouse score
9 min · · An experiment that proves that automatic accessibility testing is only a first step and that manual testing is vital. · Shared by 81, including Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, Bruno Skvorc 🦞 | bruno.eth, Dennis Lembrée, Karl Groves (he/him), Web Axe, Benoist Lawniczak, Design Shack, Brad Frost, mastodon.social/@renestalder, zeldman
a11ysupport.io
Accessibility Support
12+ min · · Notice: This is a work in progress. Please submit feedback or suggestions.This a community driven effort. Please run some tests to help keep this project going and to learn about assistive… · Shared by 80, including Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Esther Schindler, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, Michael Zumstein, PacielloGroup, front-end.social/@heydon, Easy Chirp, Rachel Andrew, Alistair Duggin, Benoist Lawniczak, patrick h. lauke (redux) "Big Dog" #toryScum #cis, henrik, Léonie @tink@front-end.social, Web Axe, Eric Bailey, Marius Bleuer, Dennis Lembrée, Stef Walter, Marcy Sutton Todd
sonic-pi.net
Sonic Pi - The Live Coding Music Synth for Everyone
11+ min · · Sonic Pi is a new kind of instrument for a new generation of musicians. It is simple to learn, powerful enough for live performances and free to download. · Shared by 78, including Joscha Bach, Kim Schläpfer, Andreas Von Gunten, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Matt, Francis DB, Oscar MacDonald, Confluent, luis antónio santos, Duncan Geere has left 🔰, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Jesús Torres 👩💻
Léonie @tink@front-end.social
The difference between keyboard and screen reader navigation
2 min · · People often include screen reader users in the much larger group of keyboard-only users. Whilst this is correct (most screen reader users don’t use a mouse), it also creates a false impression of the… · Shared by 77, including Nick Floro, patrick h. lauke (redux) "Big Dog" #toryScum #cis, Casey Smith, Benoist Lawniczak, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, AXSChat, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Eric Bailey, Web Axe, Karl Groves (he/him), Ethan Marcotte, Ian Pouncey, mastodon.social/@renestalder, PacielloGroup
UX Collective
A guide to understanding what makes a typeface accessible
19+ min · · And how to make more informed design decisions. · Shared by 75, including Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, Easy Chirp, Tregg 🤘, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Web Axe, PacielloGroup, Dennis Lembrée
adamsilver.io
The trouble with mailto email links and what to do instead by Adam Silver
3 min · · Mailto links are everywhere and yet browsers and operating systems don’t make them easy to use. Learn why that is and what we did about it when we launched Frankly, a joint venture helping teams… · Shared by 69, including David Hellmann, Antonio Ramos, Chris {he, they} , Matthias Lampe, Caroline Jarrett, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe
Los Angeles Times
Supreme Court allows blind people to sue retailers if their websites are not accessible
1 min · · Supreme Court allows blind people to sue retailers if their web sites are not accessible. · Shared by 63, including CarloZen, Patrick Neeman, Loughlin O'Nolan, Paul J. Adam, Alice Wong 王美華, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange
blog.chromium.org
Giving users and developers more control over focus
8 min · · Chrome 86 introduces two new features that improve both the user and developer experience when it comes to working with focus The :focus-v... · Shared by 59, including Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, mastodon.social/@renestalder, PacielloGroup, Eric Bailey, Rob Dodson, Bruce Lawson, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe