Issue #502
Featured: Not every form field needs to be in a fieldset
“But then it created a new one. Teams didn’t learn when to use fieldsets; they learned to use fieldsets. They made sure all form inputs were in a fieldset, without exception. A single text area asking someone to describe their disability — in its own fieldset. A standalone email input — in its own fieldset. An entire page of instructional text, with no form fields, in its own fieldset. None of them needed it.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- Restricting vendor use of AI in client engagements (blog post - buttondown.com/access-ability)
- Do graphs and charts need to be accessible? (blog post - tempertemper.net)
- Mission impossible (blog post - craigabbott.co.uk)
- A practical guide to Flutter accessibility, Part 2: Hiding noise, exposing actions (blog post - thedroidsonroids.com)
- Multi-level navigation: The challenge of identifying parent sections for screen readers (blog post - elevenways.be)
- The design (blog post - denodell.com)
- What it’s like to pay a healthcare bill when you’re blind (blog post - blog.usablenet.com)
- The death of design (blog post - nathanbeck.eu)
- How to export a Google doc to a PDF (blog post - blog.pope.tech)
- Governing accessible design systems in the AI era (blog post - annaecook.com)
- Digital accessibility lessons (blog post - digital.georgia.gov)
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