Riffing on Rachel’s talk at Patterns Day:
At the Patterns Day conference last month, Rachel Andrew mentioned something interesting about patterns. She said that working with reusable interface components, where each one has its own page, made her realise that those work quite well as isolated test cases. I feel this also goes for some accessibility tests: there is a number of criteria where isolation aids testing.
Hidde specifically singles out these patterns:
I like the idea of adding this to personal websites:
Mastodon shows an “Alt” button in the bottom right of images that have associated alt text. This button, when clicked, shows the alt text the author has written for the image.
I heard you like divs…
Every problem at every company I’ve ever worked at eventually boils down to “please dear god can we just hire people who know how to write HTML and CSS.”
Manu’s book is available to pre-order now. I’ve had a sneak peek and I highly recommend it!
You’ll learn how to build common patterns written accessibly in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You’ll also start to understand how good and bad practices affect people, especially those with disabilities.
This is good advice:
Write alternative text as if you’re describing the image to a friend.
Here’s how I interpret the top-level guidance in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
When it comes to sustainable web design, the hard work is invisible.
Business, sustainability, and inclusivity.
Can you have too much semantics?
Aiming for originality and creativity in alt text.