Issue #302
Featured: Use Firefox for accessibility testing
“Firefox has become one of the best tools for accessibility audits. Let’s go over Firefox’s accessibility features that you can use today.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Tech journalism’s accessibility problem (article – theverge.com)
- What does X% of issues mean? (blog post – adrianroselli.com)
- Welcome to the dark side (blog post - yatil.net)
- Abbreviations can be problematic (blog post - tempertemper.net)
- Subheadings, subtitles, alternative titles and taglines in HTML (blog post - tpgi.com)
- Accessibility roles and hiring survey (survey - docs.google.com)
- Research insight: Accessibility of images (blog post - tetralogical.com)
- With :focus-visible, you can have focus styles when it makes sense (blog post - hidde.blog)
- Where’s the fun in accessibility? (blog post - uxdesign.cc)
New to A11y?
While not focused on accessibility, Kitty Giraudel has some advice around asking for help. A decade-plus into this this field, and it’s a good reminder for me too. Not a day goes by where I’m not asking for help because I’m in new territory or unsure of something. The tips around being explicit and patient are the ones I forget the easiest.
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