W3C’s web site vendor (Studio24) dropped WordPress from consideration:
w3c.studio24.net/updates/weekno…

WPTavern took issue with it:
wptavern.com/w3c-drops-word…

Studio24 points to Gutenberg:
w3c.studio24.net/updates/on-not…

I have some thoughts… [1/7] [2/7]

WPTavern argues for OSS first to shame, though WP as a whole is not completely OSS (Slack over IRC / MatterMost?).

More importantly, Automattic drove Gutenberg as a business decision, not community decision — Wix / etc. as revenue threats, Automattic assignees as proof.

A few people shared with me the Duet Date Picker because it asserts it is a “WCAG 2.1 compliant date picker”.

I don’t think it is, but I did not have to go too far to find out that, regardless of that claim, its accessibility is…. questionable.

github.com/duetds/date-pi… Someone noted the placeholder is an issue:
github.com/duetds/date-pi…

NVDA arrow key navigation may be wonky:
github.com/duetds/date-pi…

High Contrast Mode issue for keyboard users:
github.com/duetds/date-pi…

No weekday announcement:
github.com/duetds/date-pi…

…

[ Bob empties a truckload of random trash, plus bunches of lumber and cases of duct tape at a build site with architect waiting. ]

Bob: “There, I built it.”

Alice: “That is just… trash?”

Bob: “Ok. Tell me exactly what I need to do to fix it.”

Alice: “Hire builders.” Bob: “I don’t have the budget for builders. I’ll do it myself.”

[ Bob grabs a 2×4, holds it up. ]

Bob: “Ok, where do I put this?”

Alice: “Seriously, hire builders. You cannot do this. It won’t be to code. Or stand up.”

Bob: “No budget. What do I do with the duct tape?”

You may recall my ongoing frustration with iOS and <dl>s:

https://twitter.com/aardrian/status/1278762568191016963

Well, iOS 14 brings some good news!

A standard, unstyled <dl> is now exposed to VoiceOver users as they swipe through a page.

Note the qualifiers I added there. If you add list styles, iOS’s ongoing refusal to convey lists properly once you style them rears its head here.

Using display: list-item or list-style-type: disc shows CSS still affects semantics for VO in iOS 14 (and presumably iPadOS 14, though I did not update).

Behind the curtain of overnight #id24 hosting. Behind the curtain of morning #id24 hosting.

After 24 hours with the Surface Duo I can say that I like the hardware feel and form factor (even if taking screen shots is a pain).

Also really like side-by-side apps (which you can already do on Android), though not yet a fan of the overall Microsoft UI. More time needed. Two images with the Surface Duo in portrait mode. That word “Renraku” is my wallpaper peeking out through the gap between screens. IRL I just see bezel.

I like the massive keyboard that appears, even though I was trying to do this one-handed and it is *just* different enough.

[ party is set upon by a dozen minotaurs ]

Barbarian: [ wades in ] “We’re gonna have a barbecue!”

Cleric: [sees ranger is hurt] “I cast Beacon of Hope.”

Barbarian: “Vegan of Hope!? What!? I turn to kill the cleric!” Ranger: [ casts Hail of Thorns ] “I’m going to tenderize that pork!”

DM: “The barbarian is standing next to the minotaur, so he takes damage. Two points.”

Barbarian: [ dryly ] “Oh no. I’m down to 138 hit points. I might die. I think I need a Vegan of Hope.”

https://twitter.com/US_FDA/status/1297662384060981248

The study (0.36MB PDF):
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Sounds like if you can get enough plasma from recovered people (unknown amount of antibodies in samples), and if you get it to infected people in 3 days, 3-4 more out of 100 should survive. Overall, it seems good. But I worry about unintended consequences:

• Reduction in testing plasma for other disease;
• Reduction in scalable, long-term solutions;
• People mistaking it for a cure;
• Restraining & exsanguinating COVID survivors in our coming vampiric reality.

DM: “It smells like burnt troglodyte and sewer.”

Hobgoblin: “Just like Mom makes!” DM: “You take a long rest in the bard’s Mordenkainen’s Tiny Hut.”

Bard: “Leomund’s.”

DM: “Oh right, sorry. You do *not* make an 8 hour continuous explosion for the party to rest in.”

Bard: “Ok, but can I learn that spell?”

Perfectly normal in a functioning democracy.

• Deactivating mail sorting machines: vice.com/en_us/article/…

• Admission of USPS funds cuts due to election: businessinsider.com/trump-admits-h…

• Evidence of fraud demanded: cnn.com/2020/08/13/pol…

📮🔥 Perfectly normal in a functioning democracy.

• Creating a situation where meds do not make it to people in time: abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireS…

• Ignoring bi-partison group of secretaries of state: npr.org/2020/08/14/902…

• Using it as a selfish pawn: news.yahoo.com/trump-poised-f…

📬💩

Thread not to fit in a tool-tip:

https://twitter.com/aardrian/status/1131208016815120384

Also, do not put Sarah near a tool-tip.

https://twitter.com/codingchaos/status/1294334146844622851

Or cake.

Because she will make you eat that poop.

https://twitter.com/codingchaos/status/1294336876078174209

Seriously.

Yesterday I read “Ararat” (1983) by D.M. Thomas. It took forever to track down all four books in the series. After this one, I won’t read the others.

Today I read “Software” (1982) by Rudy Rucker. I am already trying to secure the other two from the series (I have one other). For tomorrow I am debating between starting “The Demolished Man” (1951) by Alfred Bester (I enjoyed “The Stars My Destination” by him) or “Ancillary Justice” (2013) by Anne Leckie (wary of committing to a trilogy).

I also have six more books coming.

Someone has discovered that @Namecheap uses the #accessiBe overlay and confirms it is a problem.

https://twitter.com/sorressean/status/1287797706937835522

That “Accessibility” link in the footer? A <div> with tabindex=0 that tries to launch the #accessiBe overlay.

The #accessiBe script fails. The @Namecheap user not only fails to get #accessiBe’s widget, but is stuck on an inaccessible site.

Great question — what alternatives are there to APG?

https://twitter.com/brucel/status/1283387352212295683

The APG disclosure widget is fine, and @codingchaos’s disclosure nav there is good.

Follow @codingchaos from there to good listbox / combox pattern info: sarahmhigley.com/writing/select…

[1/4] While there, look at her tooltip notes: sarahmhigley.com/writing/toolti…

Pop over to @scottohara’s work on modals (github.com/scottaohara/ac…), PE accordions ( github.com/scottaohara/a1…), and more: github.com/scottaohara/ac…

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https://twitter.com/karlgroves/status/1283113131892498433

I do not have a ProductHunt account to go add the link to my own post, ask questions. The astro-turfing is underway.

#accessiBe is spoofing automated checkers to try to game the scores of sites where it is installed.

As a result, it makes the experience worse, increases page load for users, and lies to testers.

More info:
adrianroselli.com/2020/06/access… To expand on this, #accessiBe appears to specifically target @webaim’s WAVE.

Based on the warning, this is known to WebAIM. Based on very high-level review of #accessiBe’s code, this is intentional.

adrianroselli.com/2020/06/access…

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Executive orders on the Presidential Seal…

1960: en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive…

1959: en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive…

1945: en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive…

Eagle facing the clutch of arrows instead of the olive branch visible here…

1916: en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive…

None specify eagle facing. [2/4]
“[White House Naval Officer George Elsey and Arthur DuBois, Chief of Heraldry for the U.S. Army] suggested turning the eagle’s head away from the arrows toward the olive branch of peace.”
whitehousehistory.org/a-brief-histor…

Lack of response to my request for an accessible PDF makes me feel the Google Access effort here was performative only.

https://twitter.com/aardrian/status/1273723950091177984

You know who cares about your annual report? Not as many as you think. An accessible PDF is fine for that.

You know who cares about your lessons learned from building an accessible support team? Probably a lot of people, including those better served by PLAIN HTML.

If you are not prepared to use your tweet as the transcript of your audio clip, then do not do it.

https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1273313100570284040

And shame on @TwitterA11y for not getting ahead of this and insisting there be some form of captioning. If you are not prepared to use your tweet as the transcript of your audio clip, then do not do it.

https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1273313100570284040

And shame on @TwitterA11y for not getting ahead of this and insisting there be some form of captioning.

Sweet.

https://twitter.com/sstephenson/status/1272608117604397063

Bummer.

https://twitter.com/NickColley/status/1272986177155538946

Accessibility should be built in from the start. MVPs become betas become products. Far easier to build it right than tear it down and start over. When making excuses for no a11y, replace the word with “security”. Challenge the same way. Priorities become clear (or lack of rigor).

Security should be built in from the start. MVPs become betas become products. Far easier to build it right than tear it down and start over.

One thing I have never been shy saying is that the food at @ChefsBuffalo is shit (check my Tweet history).

Now I understand why — the only seasoning they use (besides cheese) is the sour taint of their rotten principles.

https://twitter.com/MitchSSimon/status/1269017944098574337

(Sorry, no alt) Other options:
“Guide to Black-Owned Restaurants Open for Takeout in WNY”
stepoutbuffalo.com/guide-to-black…

If you want good Italian food in Buffalo, I am happy to share. But for now try something from that list above.