Issue #455
Featured: Tabindex: What it is, how it works, and when to use it
“Just because tabindex can add, rearrange, and remove focus, doesn’t mean it should. This is where the first rule of ARIA, don’t use ARIA, comes into play with tabindex.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- PDF strategy in improving accessibility (blog post - dennisdeacon.com)
- A11y 101: 2.1.1 Keyboard (blog post - tarnoff.info)
- Tying accessibility to business objectives (blog post - buttondown.com/access-ability)
- Henny Swan - Director at Tetralogical (podcast – the-digital-accessibility-podcast.captivate.fm)
- Accessible social media: Alt text (blog post – openaccess.nz)
- What to say when you don’t know the accessibility answer (blog post – digitalaccesstraining.com)
- ADA Title II: What the new digital accessibility rule means for public entities (blog post – a11y.is)
- Check / uncheck all in a table (blog post - adrianroselli.com)
- Hierarchy in tables (blog post - tempertemper.net)
- 14 logic-driven UI design tips to improve any interface (blog post - scribe.rip)
- Robust roles on Android (blog post - tpgi.com)
- Disabled Amazon workers in corporate jobs allege ‘systemic discrimination’ (article - theguardian.com)
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New to A11y
Michael Beck writes a short post about designing for cognitive disabilities that doesn’t cover anything in great depth, but gives you the basics. I often think about approaching this topic as all about your content. It matters a lot here.
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