Accessibility matters—see which cities are setting the standard for inclusive travel.CaLea Johnson (Mental Floss)
TL;DR: Unless you have user testing results saying otherwise, maybe put a check-all checkbox outside the table.Adrian Roselli
Special offers for the ACB & NFB 2025 convention (Valid from Jul 6th to July 13, 2025). Available to customers in the US while supplies last! Bundles with Turtleback leather luxury carrying casesOrbit Research
We are excited to be a part of #NFB25 next week and to announce our new partnership with @nationsblind!
First time members can join Bookshare for 30% off our annual membership, and existing members can renew for 20% off. You can sign up and renew at our booth D14. See you at the convention next week!
#A11y #NFB #VI #Accessibility
“Check / Uncheck all in a Table”
adrianroselli.com/2025/07/chec…
TL;DR: Unless you have user testing results saying otherwise, maybe put a check-all checkbox outside the table.
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#UX #HTML #accessibility #a11y
Interview with Lola Odelola @lolaodelola
"Lola Odelola is a force to be reckoned with. Which is why TetraLogical are delighted to sponsor her work on the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG)"
#ARIA #AT #a11y #WebStandards
tetralogical.com/blog/2025/07/…
Lola Odelola is a force to be reckoned with. Which is why TetraLogical are delighted to sponsor her work on the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG).TetraLogical
Continuing our volunteer effort to make GNOME Calendar fully accessible with a keyboard (see thread for context), we fixed a major bug that was causing the focus to disappear into the abyss when the user tried to tab into the month view in merge request !576. This means, as of this commit, events should now be completely functional and accessible within the month view. Additionally, the merge request changes the keyboard and focus behavior within the month view: Events can only be cycled using arrow buttons, the focus can't escape the month view with arrow buttons, and entering/exiting the month view can only be done with tab. These improvements will be available on GNOME 49.
#GNOME #Accessibility #a11y #GNOMECalendar #Calendar #FOSS #FreeSoftware #Linux
Happy Disability Pride Month everybody :)
During the past few weeks, there's been an overwhelming amount of progress with accessibility on GNOME Calendar:
• Events in the agenda view will convey to screen readers of their respective titles and descriptions.
Accessibility on Calendar has progressed to the point where I believe it's safe to say that, as of GNOME 49, Calendar will be usable exclusively with a keyboard, without significant usability friction!
There's still a lot of work to be done in regards to screen readers, for example conveying time appropriately and event descriptions. But really, just 6 months ago, we went from having absolutely no idea where to even begin with accessibility in Calendar — which has been an ongoing issue for literally a decade — to having something workable exclusively with a keyboard and screen reader! :3
Huge thanks to @nekohayo for coordinating the accessibility initiative, especially with keeping the accessibility meta issue updated; Georges Stavracas for single-handedly maintaining GNOME Calendar and reviewing all my merge requests; and @tyrylu for sharing feedback in regards to usability.
All my work so far has been unpaid and voluntary; hundreds of hours were put into developing and testing all the accessibility-related merge requests. I would really appreciate if you could spare a little bit of money to support my work, thank you 🩷
• ko-fi.com/theevilskeleton
• github.com/sponsors/TheEvilSke…
#Accessibility #a11y #DisabilityPrideMonth #GNOME #GNOMECalendar #GTK #GTK4 #Libadwaita #FreeSoftware #FOSS #OpenSource
Serious #accessibility question:
If I want to mark positive and negative outcomes in color, the "obvious" choice is of course to do that in green and red and have some form of textual fallback.
Now, Im of couse not getting rid of that fallback, but since there is usually a reason to mark things in color (it's much more obvious if you can see it!), so it would be nice to have a combination that is accessible to at least more people (nothing will work for everyone, it's about reaching 95% or 99%[1]), while still being intuitive for everyone else.
I've played around with green and orange before (yellow doesn't work, because it is super bright and I want to support both light and dark mode.)
Anyone any good ideas?
#a11y
Does the feature meet the standards for #accessibility? Is the documentation complete? No? THEN DON’T RELEASE THE FEATURE. Make these things release blockers, it’s literally that simple.
Disabled people and allies: We want accessibility in our software!
Developers: It's too hard, too expensive, *whine* (repeat for decades)
Most people I know: We don't want AI in our software!
Developers: We've gone to record lengths to shove AI into everything in less than a year. #a11y #Accessibility #AISucks
WebAIM published results (opens in new window) of their seventh automated accessibility evaluation of the home pages for the top one million web sites across the globe.Bogdan Cerovac (Bogdan on Digital Accessibility (A11y))
Braille Keyboard lets you type in braille across any app on your iPhone. With a fully integrated custom keyboard, you can input braille characters directly into messages, documents, or anywhere the standard iOS keyboard appears.App Store
Disability advocates are suing after the Trump White House abruptly stopped including sign language interpreters at press briefings and other events.Shaun Heasley (Disability Scoop)
One of Forbes’ renowned 100 lists has just recognised NV Access as a global leader in accessibility.
Forbes’ first-ever Accessibility 100 highlights the biggest innovators & impact-makers in the field of accessibility.
“It’s an honour to be recognised alongside the world’s best innovative organisations advancing accessibility” said NV Access Co-Founder, Mick Curran.
The Forbes Accessibility 100 List is at: forbes.com/lists/accessibility…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #A11y #Forbes #Top100 #BestOf2025
Do the WCAG
It’s a kick ass tune at any speed
Three strips of intersecting yellow and black “warning” tape. Accessibility isn’t an extra feature or a nice-to-have add-on. It’s a foundational requirement...Access * Ability
[Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/aria/) is an inevitability when working on web accessibility. That said, it’s everyone’s first time learning about ARIA at some point.Smashing Magazine
New York State is hiring for two roles in accessibility
ny.gov/new-york-state-digital-…
#a11y #accessibility #newyork #statejobs #GetFediHired #Jobs #government #PublicInterestTech
From voting booths to accessible technology, these are the biggest impact-makers in law and policy affecting the rights of people with disabilities.Forbes
If you’ve paid attention to my ramblings over the last decade-plus, then you’ve heard me to talk about selfish accessibility.
It’s nice to see others embrace it.
“Selfish reasons for building accessible UIs”
nolanlawson.com/2025/06/16/sel…
All web developers know, at some level, that accessibility is important. But when push comes to shove, it can be hard to prioritize it above a bazillion other concerns when you’re trying to c…Read the Tea Leaves
You may think that digital accessibility is unrelated, but I assure you that every successful effort to chip away at rights and protections will be followed by another.
Don’t wait until it affects you personally. Speak up. This is low-risk, so do it while you can.
Allison interviews Celeste D’Costa from Imaginable Solutions about their Guided Hands assistive device for people with limited hand mobility. The device enables anyone with limited fine motor skills to write, paint, draw, and access technology.Steve Sheridan (Podfeet Podcasts)
About the Open Source Accessibility Summit The Open Source Accessibility Summit will be a one-day in-person event that brings together members of the disability, accessibility, and open source communities to define a roadmap for improving the accessi…All Things Open
UNCONFIRMED (nobody) in Chat Core - General. Last updated 2025-06-14.bugzilla.mozilla.org
The Trump administration is quietly working to fast-track changes to a key disability rights law by circumventing typical procedures, advocates are warning.Michelle Diament (Disability Scoop)
Incidentally, the company unleashing a new wave of contrast problems on the web (see today’s Codepen Spark for liquid glass copycats) is also the company that seems uninterested in supporting `prefers-reduced-transparency`:
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do…
#CSS #Safari #accessibility #a11y
The prefers-reduced-transparency CSS media feature is used to detect if a user has enabled a setting on their device to reduce the transparent or translucent layer effects used on the device.MDN Web Docs
⚠️ JAWS bug and no apparent support with NVDA when aria-label/labelledby used on table headers
github.com/FreedomScientific/s…
Summary Navigate to https://stackblitz.com/edit/stackblitz-starters-bsnuekeb?file=index.html or run locally. Tab to the two buttons in the table'sGitHub
