Issue #350
Featured: The problem with sticky menus that appear on scroll
Adam Silver has cranked out a handful of helpful, concise posts recently on accessibility and user experience. This week Adam shares tips on sticky menus.
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Can web developers be held liable? (blog post - convergeaccessibility.com)
- aria-hasPopUp less is more (blog post - html5accessibility.com)
- WCAG 2.2 removes 4.1.1 parsing and how axe-core is impacted (blog post - deque.com)
- The problem with input masks and what to do instead (blog post – adamsilver.io)
- Thoughts from “Meet Safari for spatial computing” (blog post – blog.jim-nielsen.com)
New to A11y
I ran into this introduction to HTML-first frontend frameworks recently, and thought you all would find it valuable. Sure, it doesn’t directly address accessibility in the classic sense, but does touch on two topics that cross boundaries with an accessible experience: progressive enhancement and performance. The table comparing the frameworks will help you determine which one you might want to explore first.
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