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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Last week in WAI #3 (blog post - html5accessibility.com)
- Focus rings with nested contrast-color()? (blog post - daverupert.com)
- Live region support (blog post - adrianroselli.com)
- Testing methods: Focus not obscured (enhanced) (blog post - dennisdeacon.com)
- How Chrome builds the accessibility tree - start to finish (blog post – maxdesign.com.au)
- Start the new year by running your sprint reviews with zoom and text scaling turned on (blog post – alicia.design)
- Better defaults for popovers (blog post – matuzo.at)
- Accessible visual design (blog post – a11yblog.com)
- Death to scroll fade! (blog post - dbushell.com)
- Times New American: A tale of two fonts (blog post - hsu.cy)
- The incredible overcomplexity of the Shadcn radio button (blog post - paulmakeswebsites.com)
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