Issue #493
Featured: Shifting and shuffling
“For years, our profession has been preaching “shift left” as the right approach to digital accessibility. And broadly speaking, I think that’s been a good thing! But recently I’ve had some second thoughts about how we use the term, and what we actually mean when we say it.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Mobile app accessibility under EN 301 549 v4.1.0 (blog post - abra.ai)
- Accessibility people are a superpower (blog post - jaredcunha.com)
- Accessibility regression testing with XCUI (blog post - dev.to/steady5063)
- role=presentation is no alternative for aria-hidden=true (blog post - matuzo.at)
- Testing methods: Dragging movements (blog post - dennisdeacon.com)
- Did you know some ARIA roles remove child semantics? (blog post – maxdesign.com.au)
- Beyond compliance: Five surprising ways the UVAC framework turns accessibility into a brand powerhouse (blog post – uvac.williamdodson.co)
- Why light-weight websites may one day save your life (blog post - marijkeluttekes.dev)
- A11y 101: 2.5.2 pointer cancellation (blog post – tarnoff.info)
- Let’s break some WCAG rules (video - youtube.com)
- A guide to accessible focus indicators (blog post – blog.pope.tech)
- Every Jira ticket is your accessibility policy (blog post - equalentry.com)
- Before, during, and after (blog post - sharynmorrow.com)
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