Tagged “Accessibility”

1. On inclusive personas and inclusive user research Published July 31, 2025 for ericwbailey.website.
2. Newsletters that regularly hit my inbox these days Published July 14, 2025 for ericwbailey.website.
3. You MUST listen to RFC 2119 Published June 30, 2025 for ericwbailey.website.
4. Harm reduction principles for digital accessibility practitioners Published March 6, 2025 for ericwbailey.website.
5. Evaluating overlay-adjacent accessibility products Published February 14, 2025 for ericwbailey.website.
6. Heading elements have been added to Project board views to improve screen reader page navigation Published September 23, 2024 for GitHub.
7. Accessibility preference settings, information architecture, and internalized ableism Published September 17, 2024 for ericwbailey.website.
8. a11y-syntax-highlighting has been updated Published September 9, 2024 for ericwbailey.website.
9. Basic keyboard shortcut support for focused links Published August 21, 2024 for ericwbailey.website.
10. Getting To The Bottom Of Minimum WCAG-Conformant Interactive Element Size Published July 19, 2024 for Smashing Magazine.
11. Dungeons & Dragons taught me how to write alt text Published July 16, 2024 for ericwbailey.website.
12. Multipage Version Zine, Issue 1 Published May 25, 2024 for ericwbailey.website.
13. contrast-color() is a good thing, but also solving the problem at the wrong layer Published May 21, 2024 for ericwbailey.website.
14. Thoughts on embedding alternative text metadata into images Published March 12, 2024 for ericwbailey.website.
15. On Jakob Nielsen, AI hype, and accessibility Published March 5, 2024 for ericwbailey.website.
16. Accessibility annotation kits only annotate Published November 13, 2023 for ericwbailey.website.
17. GitHub now has a setting to underline links Published October 2, 2023 for ericwbailey.website.
18. Equivalent experience can cut both ways Published September 5, 2023 for ericwbailey.website.
19. The five types of people who produce inaccessible code Published June 16, 2023 for ericwbailey.website.
20. display: contents considered harmful Published May 25, 2023 for ericwbailey.website.
21. Global Accessibility Anger Day Published May 18, 2023 for ericwbailey.website.
22. Don’t use custom CSS scrollbars Published May 3, 2023 for ericwbailey.website.
23. Sabbath mode and assistive technology features Published March 27, 2023 for ericwbailey.website.
24. aria-label is a code smell Published October 31, 2022 for ericwbailey.website.
25. Yes, accessibility is also a backend concern Published September 29, 2022 for ericwbailey.website.
26. Visit for a surprise Published September 1, 2022 for ericwbailey.website.
27. Voice Control Usability Considerations For Partially Visually Hidden Link Names Published June 24, 2022 for Smashing Magazine.
28. It needs to map back to a role Published March 14, 2022 for ericwbailey.website.
29. Comic Sans is a good typeface, actually Published February 22, 2022 for ericwbailey.website.
30. Windows High Contrast Mode, Forced Colors Mode And CSS Custom Properties Published February 21, 2022 for Smashing Magazine.
31. “Evergreen” Does Not Mean Immediately Available Published February 1, 2022 for CSS-Tricks.
32. I’ve had enough! When access friction becomes an access barrier Published January 19, 2022 for Fable.
33. The endless search for “here” in the unhelpful “click here” button Published November 11, 2021 for Stark.
34. Improving The Accessibility Of Your Markdown Published September 28, 2021 for Smashing Magazine.
35. thoughtbot.com, dark mode, and other user preferences Published September 7, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
36. accessiBe and the false David vs. Goliath narrative Published July 22, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
37. A bad accessibility trend I’ve noticed Published July 14, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
38. Your Image Is Probably Not Decorative Published June 17, 2021 for Smashing Magazine.
39. Don’t use custom CSS mouse cursors Published May 18, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
40. How I grew The A11Y Project to 10k followers on Twitter Published May 5, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
41. Add punctuation to your alt text Published April 20, 2021 for thoughtbot.
42. Mobile Accessibility: How to Build Apps that Work for All Users Published April 6, 2021 for Shopify Partners.
43. Should I use an accessibility overlay Published March 8, 2021 for The A11Y Project.
44. An Introduction to macOS Voice Control Published March 2, 2021 for thoughtbot.
45. Implicit cultural norms and accessible social media Published February 22, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
46. Accessibility auditing and ego Published February 9, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
47. How-to: Use the tabindex attribute Published January 28, 2021 for The A11Y Project.
48. An introduction to macOS Head Pointer Published January 26, 2021 for thoughtbot.
49. Representation Matters Published December 15, 2020 for CSS-Tricks.
50. Focus Management and Inert Published October 19, 2020 for CSS-Tricks.
51. a11y is web accessibility Published August 10, 2020 for ericwbailey.website.
52. Mug handles Published August 6, 2020 for ericwbailey.website.
53. Improving the usability and accessibility of a healthcare website by being mindful of reading level Published August 6, 2020 for thoughtbot.
54. Equivalent Experiences: Thinking Equivalently Published June 5, 2020 for Smashing Magazine.
55. Equivalent Experiences: What Are They? Published May 27, 2020 for Smashing Magazine.
56. Myth: ARIA Has Perfect Support Published May 13, 2020 for The A11Y Project.
57. Operating System and Browser Accessibility Display Modes Published January 23, 2020 for The A11Y Project.
58. Truths about digital accessibility Published July 29, 2019 for ericwbailey.website.
59. ARIA is Spackle, Not Rebar Published May 20, 2019 for CSS-Tricks.
60. Universal Design: 11 Practical Tips to Make Your Sites and Apps More Accessible Published May 15, 2019 for Shopify Partners.
61. Lighthouse Published May 14, 2019 for ericwbailey.website.
62. Fighting uphill Published May 3, 2019 for ericwbailey.website.
63. An Introduction to the Reduced Motion Media Query Published April 24, 2019 for CSS-Tricks.
64. Paint the Picture, Not the Frame: How Browsers Provide Everything Users Need Published February 7, 2019 for A List Apart.
65. Web components still need to be accessible Published December 20, 2018 for 24 Accessibility.
66. Quick test: Large touch targets Published November 21, 2018 for The A11Y Project.
67. The Importance of Heading Levels for Assistive Technology Published October 22, 2018 for Envato Tuts+.
68. The Importance Of Manual Accessibility Testing Published September 12, 2018 for Smashing Magazine.
69. Don't Use The Placeholder Attribute Published June 20, 2018 for Smashing Magazine.
70. Focusing on Focus Styles Published March 29, 2018 for CSS-Tricks.
71. How to build a cloud-hosted accessibility testing Windows computer using Amazon WorkSpaces Published December 17, 2017 for 24 Accessibility.
72. How accessible is your website for the disabled? Consider doing an audit to find out Published November 14, 2017 for Poynter.
73. Consistently Inconsistent: The Pitfalls of Abandoning External Consistency Published November 14, 2017 for Cantina.
74. Let’s Talk About Speech CSS Published July 11, 2017 for CSS-Tricks.
75. Building a better button in CSS Published October 19, 2016 for Cantina.
76. Accessible SVGs in High Contrast Mode Published September 22, 2016 for CSS-Tricks.
77. Instituting a culture of accessibility in your organization: Part 2 Published July 27, 2016 for Cantina.
78. Instituting a culture of accessibility in your organization: Part 1 Published April 5, 2016 for Cantina.

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