gov.uk’s guidance on testing with assistive tech, what to use

Modify your editor while it is running by executing ClojureScript code via the Joyride REPL and/or run scripts via keyboard shortcuts you choose. The Visual Studio Code API, as well as the APIs of its extensions, are at your command! Joyride makes VS Code scriptable in a very similar way to how how Emacs users can hack their editor. Complete with Interactive Programming.

In other words: if you introduce the solution (in this case, a new kind of math) before introducing the kind of problems that it’s meant to solve, the solution is likely to come across as pointless and arbitrary. But if you first let students try to tackle these problems with the math they already understand, they’re likely to come away with a kind of intellectual “headache” – and, therefore, to better understand the purpose of the “aspirin” you’re trying to sell.

Your job title says “software engineer”, but you seem to spend most of your time in meetings. You’d like to have time to code, but nobody else is onboarding the junior engineers, updating the roadmap, talking to the users, noticing the things that got dropped, asking questions on design documents, and making sure that everyone’s going roughly in the same direction. If you stop doing those things, the team won’t be as successful. But now someone’s suggesting that you might be happier in a less technical role. If this describes you, congratulations: you’re the glue. If it’s not, have you thought about who is filling this role on your team?

This review of web Shadow DOM functionality also works as a nice, relatively high-level overview of how the Shadow DOM is used.

Building proper UI Web Components can be quite a task though, especially if you want them to be accessible. Here are some pointers on what to look out for.

A tool for finding memory leaks in web apps

This is about designing forms that everyone can use and complete as quickly as possible. Because nobody actually wants to use your form. They just want the outcome of having used it.

A prototyping toolkit using Visual Studio Code aimed at designers. Only HTML knowledge required.

Summary: AI is introducing the third user-interface paradigm in computing history, shifting to a new interaction mechanism where users tell the computer what they want, not how to do it — thus reversing the locus of control.

…me, salty Kuhn fan will add that “this is not a paradigm shift, it is just a new thing.”

It’s also important for journalists to ask what metric the company is using to evaluate the model—and whether that is the right one to use. A useful question to consider is whether a false positive or false negative is worse. For example, in a cancer screening tool, a false positive may result in people getting an unnecessary test, while a false negative might result in missing a tumor in its early stage when it is treatable. 

What is evident across all methods of analysis however is that larger file size = more data transferred = more CO2 emitted. This is particularly evident when PDFs use large amounts of visual content, such as decorative graphics and high-resolution images or diagrams.Consider inclusion beyond disability. Light, mobile-friendly web pages are critical for users who experience data poverty or have intermittent connections in remote locations. Loading speed has a major impact on the user experience of any online activity, including government services and information.

We’ve found some of the best ways to get people engaged in accessibility are by hosting events that highlight usability impact, providing lightweight tools that point out easy-to-fix bugs, and celebrating the work of successful projects.

When we talk about disability visibility, we’re acknowledging that many hidden disabilities, like chronic pain and cognitive conditions, need awareness and accommodation too. But even those with visible disabilities have largely been made invisible from our society due to a variety of access barriers that serve to keep disability hidden, even when an estimated one in four people in the United States experiences disability.

Learn how you can make spatial computing apps that work well for everyone

It is clear that the current practices for digital accessibility are not working. The Department of Justice and the General Services Administration Section 508 Report to Congress and the President confirms this. From this we know that in the last decade, agencies have not made measurable progress toward Section 508.

Everything we’ve discussed today has mostly catered to the screen reader user experience. And while addressing issues for screen readers does help to remove barriers for other assistive technologies, such as keyboard-only and voice dictations users, it shouldn’t be the only focus.

This guidance is for web and digital professionals who want to make sure that their service is optimised for users who have anxiety or panic disorders.Anxiety is a feeling of unease, such as worry or fear, that can be mild or severe. Some people find it hard to control their worries. Their feelings of anxiety are more constant and can often affect their daily lives.

One of the key obstacles that the GDS team is currently tackling is the lack of consistency in government when it comes to what a good form looks like. The team is currently exploring ways that they can give civil servants the tools they need to enable best practice and make it easy to create online, accessible forms. One area that GDS is currently looking to support best practice is autofill - a function that will allow the end user to move on to the next question as quickly and seamlessly as possible.

This page provides an overview with examples of how to write a federal government resume, which have content and formatting that differ from most private sector resumes.