Issue #406
Featured: Dungeons & Dragons taught me how to write alt text
“The narrative is shared amongst everyone by talking. The aesthetics of the game exist entirely in each player’s mind, and not communicated via moving little figures around on a map. You can probably guess where this post is going now.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- To equitability and beyond: Embracing equitable design principles (webinar - intopia.digital)
- A practical guide to designing for colorblind people (blog post - namtheartist95.scribe.rip)
- Going with the PDF reflow (blog post - tpgi.com)
- Rian Rietveld on Understanding the European Accessibility Act and its impact on websites) (podcast - wptavern.com)
- Layout and reading order (talk – youtube.com)
- What happens when developers are liable for accessibility, part 2 (blog post - accessarmada.com)
- Appt Accessibility Handbook (resource – appt.org)
- It’s really this thing that gets me (blog post – chriscoyier.net)
- Zoom, zoom, and zoom: The three types of browser (and CSS!) magnification (blog post – oddbird.net)
- I will luddite AI (blog post – robertkingett.com)
- Hotel accessibility class action lawsuit (blog post – equalentry.com)
- To hell with the business case, again (newsletter issue – buttondown.email/practicaltips)
- Beyond basic alt text – Charts, maps, and diagrams (blog post – equidox.com)
- The true cost of not prioritizing accessibility: Avoid risk and maximize product ROI (blog post – productledalliance.com)
- Dialog dilemmas and modal mischief (talk – youtube.com)
- Alternative text in action (blog post – accessibility.blog.gov.uk)
- Further thoughts about Jakob Nielsen’s statement that accessibility has failed (blog post – nicolas-steenhout.com)
New to A11y
Steve Faulkner writes about what ARIA still does not do. I like how Steve breaks down the takeaway to keeping promises with ARIA. It’s a helpful mental model.
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