Issue #440
Featured: Popping preconceived popover ponderings
“But I decided to finally get this post in a publishable state because I still see people asking questions about popover. Like, what is it? How does it differ from a dialog (modal or non)? Why doesn’t it do this one thing that I need it to? I’m not going to answer every question about popover. But I should get back into the habit of writing this stuff down once and pointing people to it, rather than providing repetitive one-off answers whenever I happen across someone asking about it.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Are you ready for the European Accessibility Act? (webinar - abilitynet.org.uk)
- Android 16’s transition to adaptive apps: A major victory for accessibility (blog post - accesstime.co)
- Designing accessible website navigation: Best practices for inclusive UX (blog post - accessarmada.com)
- Accessibility beyond compliance: a driver for innovation and UX (blog post - tangible.is)
- Implementing aria-describedby for web accessibility (blog post – a11y-collective.com)
- Common dataviz accessibility issues with Sarah L. Fossheim (video/talk – youtube.com)
- What “sending education back to the states” looks like for disabled students (blog post – buttondown.com/access-ability)
- Tactile indicators for installing and connecting devices (blog post – erikkroes.nl)
- WAI a day (blog post – yatil.net)
- Don’t use fake bold or italic in social media (blog post - adrianroselli.com)
- AI and accessibility: The good, the bad, and the bollocks (video/talk - youtube.com)
- aria-label requires a valid role (blog post - gomakethings.com)
- TireRack’s clever, conversion-boosting UX (blog post - adamsilver.io)
- Riding the digital accessibility roller coaster: Strategies to stay grounded in times of change (event - a11ytalks.com)
- Myth: Automated tools can ensure full accessibility compliance (blog post - a11yproject.com)
- A11y 101: 1.4.1 Use of Color (blog post - tarnoff.info)
- An aura of accessibility (blog post - tpgi.com)
- Ten years of “js;dr” (blog post - tantek.com)
- How button groups should work for keyboard users (blog post - tempertemper.net)
- An office known for enforcing special education is now focused on Trump’s political priorities (article - apnews.com)
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New to A11y
Laura Kalbag created a useful accessible design checklist that might come in handy if you’re new to accessibility. I’m not a fan of checklists, except when you’re new to an discipline or the process has a ton of details. When you’re new to accessibility, you can get overwhelmed because you don’t know where to start. Laura makes that easier.
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