Issue #121
Featured: The ethics of web performance
Tim Kadlec says, “The web’s growth is being pushed forward primarily by low-cost, underpowered Android devices that frequently struggle with today’s web.”
Read The ethics of web performance.
News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Reader mode: The button to beat (blog post – css-tricks.com)
- Short note on scoping mechanisms (blog post – developer.paciellogroup.com)
- If it’s interactive, it needs a focus style (video – youtube.com)
- Technica11y - January 2019 - Jared Smith (video – youtube.com)
- Creating accessible SVGs (blog post – deque.com)
- Conversations with robots: Voice, smart agents and the case for structured content (blog post – alistapart.com)
- Design accessible maps (blog post – phase.com)
- Instagram – You’ve been axessified! (blog post – axesslab.com)
- 2018 ADA web accessibility lawsuit recap report (blog post – blog.usablenet.com)
- Tap to dismiss (blog post – medium.com/tap-to-dismiss)
New to A11y
Nicolas Steenhout says, “An image, they say, is worth a thousand words. Unless you can’t perceive images.” So he’s written an alt text primer on Knowbility’s blog. If the Web is just words and pictures, let’s get the pictures right, shall we?
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