Ok how about a new UI guideline:

You can have a menubar or a toolbar with six redundant buttons just taking up space, but not both.

#KDE #Qt #Qt6 #UI #UX

It’s an Airacast reboot! We return to our monthly format with some Aira history and deep thought about technology, discrimination, AI and life with Mike Hinson.

So many explorers tell us that Mike motivated them to try the service. Now we look back over 10 years and forward to what AI brings us. Jenine also reviews how to find Access Network offers and use Aira for free!

Podcast link: pnc.st/s/airacast/e7642d52/may…

You can contact Mike at speaker@michaelhingson.com.
Visit his web site, michaelhingson.com.
Catch his podcast, Unstoppable Mindset, in your podcast app of choice.

Comments about the podcast? Email us at airacast@aira.io.

May, 2025 Airacast Reboot

Episode Notes It’s an Airacast reboot! We return to our monthly format with some Aira history and deep thought about technology, discrimination, AI and life with Mike Hinson. So many explorers tell us that Mike motivated them to try the service.

^pnc.st

The web platform has been missing an imperative way to let users of assistive technology know that something has changed on the page, when no DOM changes occurred.

The Aria Notify API aims to bridge that gap. Try it out and let us know what you think!
blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/20…

Creating a more accessible web with Aria Notify

We're excited to announce the availability, as a developer and origin trial, of ARIA Notify, a new API that's designed to make web content

^{Microsoft Edge Blog}

I really want to like Linux, but there's one bug that's absolutely killing it for me and making me want to switch back to Windows. If I'm typing in VS Code and an autocomplete pops up, Orca is yanked out of focus mode even if I have it set to sticky. So let's say I'm quickly typing .clone() in some Rust code. I type ., this pops up the autocomplete, I get c in before the mode switches...then it switches. So Orca then tries to go to the next (l)ist, next large (o)bject, n gets passed through to the document because there's no structural nav command...by the time I realize we're well and thoroughly off to clusterfuck city, my document contains .cn and focus is gods know where. This can happen multiple times per line if I'm unlucky. It happens less now that I've disabled Copilot for unrelated reasons, but I'm having to be much more intentional about typing code very quickly to minimize this happening.

Is there a workaround for this? If Windows didn't feel like an absolute hostile landscape of "we're going to treat this computer and the data on it like it isn't yours whether you like it or not," I'd still be there.

Tell me not to use VS Code and I'll block you. Sorry, absolutely not in the mood. Also don't want to disable autocomplete.

If you've ever wondered how we prioritize the front and backend features on our development roadmap - and how we're going to improve on delivering our highest priority items - the latest State of the Thunder has answers!

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Development

tilvids.com/w/jsVqzoZxAgibPWvm…

Great news for the wafrn app !!

As a culmination of the big journey of the past weeks, the Wafrn App is now listed in the official @unifiedpush documentation as one of the apps that support UnifiedPush

Check it at unifiedpush.org/users/apps/

#WafrnDev #FediDev #UnifiedPush #Degoogle #FreeServices

New Blog Post:

Rust's Error Messages are Great

Examples of some of the best parts of #rust error messages. (You don't need to know rust to understand them.)

alanwsmith.com/en/2w/dt/w8/ce/

[cc: @mahryekuh who inspired this post by asking if there were error messages I liked.]

Rust's Error Messages are Great

a post from alan w. smith

^{www.alanwsmith.com}

Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?

Check out the End of 10 initiative to learn more! If you know anyone else who might find this useful, share it with them!

endof10.org

The May 2025 update for the BT Speak offers an even more versatile clipboard.
First, you can cut, copy and paste across applications in both desktop mode as well as in traditional mode.
For example, you can copy a block of text from Thunderbird or LibreOffice and paste that text into our editor.
Not only that but the paste operation honors your Braille translation setting. As an example, you could write a document in our editor in Grade 2 or UEB, copy that document to the clipboard and paste it in a LibreOffice document as plain text. The reverse is also true: copy a block of text from a Web browser and paste it into a Grade 2 file and the text will be pasted in Grade 2 Braille.
Call us or visit our Web site for more information.

(772) 214-1616 (United States)

+44 1642 929747 (UK)

blazietech.com/may-2025-update

Me in 2019:
“A Model for WordPress Accessibility”
adrianroselli.com/2019/05/a-mo…

Mullenweg in 2025:
A plug-in, off-loaded to the community to build and maintain!
therepository.email/canonical-…

#accessibility #a11y

Canonical Plugin Proposal for Accessibility Prompts Concerns from Contributors and Experts - The Repository

WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg has suggested that accessibility improvements could be developed as a canonical plugin to help contributors respond more quickly to the needs of users who rely on assistive technologies.

^{Rae Morey (The Repository)}

Smart input is a new BT Speak feature that lets you use natural language to type keystrokes and commands when you're in desktop mode. For example, if you want to close a program or save a document, just type "Close" or "save" and the command is sent. You can also type keystrokes, such as control a or alt+f4.

blazietech.com/may-2025-update #BTSpeak #blind

Please boost! #FediHire

I'm looking for my next role as a program manager, team lead, or senior developer.

- 20+ years in open source
- 6 years experience in web dev with #Python, #Django, HTML, bootstrap
- 7 years experience in C, Linux kernel, embedded systems

My passions lie at the intersection of open source software development and creating welcoming spaces for people to learn and grow.

I'm currently the program manager for a technical internship program. I work remotely with a team of 4 people in New York, Brazil, and Nigeria.

Looking for a fully remote role. I'm open to relocation outside the USA.

Resume here: sage.thesharps.us/hire-me/

DM me or send an email to sage at thesharps dot us

The May 2025 update for the BT Speak is now live!!
Features include:
a more versatile clipboard that extends across traditional and desktop mode and which even back and forward translates what gets pasted, depending on the Braille table being used

More standard commands in the editor, such as ctrl+c for copy, ctrl+v for paste, etc.

an NFB Newsline app

Help files and the welcome screen now allow for headings and links, making them more interactive

and more!!

blazietech.com/may-2025-update

DG

Why does the #AISlop problem exist at #hackerone (and likely other bug bounty platforms)?

Because apparently it works: hackerone.com/evilginx/hacktiv…

It seems that some projects pay bounties for such AI Slop reports.

"Mir reicht's": #Curl-Entwickler spricht Machtwort gegen "KI-Schrott"

golem.de/news/mir-reicht-s-cur…

> Entwickler @bagder zeigt sich frustriert über durch KI generierte Bug-Reports. Reporter werden künftig einem Intelligenztest unterzogen.

Btw., #Golem garniert den Artikel mit einem KI generierten Bild 🤷

Aber das mit den Intelligenztest finde ich gut. Die Frage ist, ob man mit Captchas gegen LLMs ankommt.

#AI #LLM

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For over one year I've been harassed, threatened, doxxed, misgendered and abused by Luna the Foxgirl, author of Inochi2D.

Due to her attacks and manipulation of others, I no longer feel safe contributing to Linux GPU drivers, and I will be retiring my current model.

asahilina.net/luna-abuse/