A Deep Dive into Contrast Themes

Featured: A deep dive into contrast themes

“Contrast Themes (aka “forced-colors”) are a step users take beyond using sites’ Light or Dark mode. Learn what they do, why they’re used, how to test your site, and how to improve your site for when they’re used.”

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News, resources, tools and tutorials

Three stoic principles for better web accessibility (blog post - piccalil.li)
Introduction to creating accessible documents (blog post - tetralogical.com)
Out with the JS, in with the HTML (blog post - blog.jim-nielsen.com)
A11y 101: 3.1.2 language of parts (blog post - tarnoff.info)
AT for iPhone: VoiceOver screen reader (blog post - racheleditullio.com)
Not all hidden content is equal: how different hiding methods impact accessibility (blog post - vispero.com)
Cool new stuff coming in ARIA 1.3 (blog post - afixt.com)
Testing methods: Consistent navigation (blog post - dennisdeacon.com)
Three accessibility assumptions (blog post - maxdesign.com.au)
Don’t put aria-label on generic elements like divs (blog post - matuzo.at)
The shadcn-ification of the internet (blog post - scribe.rawbit.ninja)
The myth of the difficult user (event - a11ytalks.com)

New to A11y

I’ve featured Laura Carlson, and the Web Design Update back in issue 258 when the long-running newsletter hit 1,000 issues. I didn’t know the history behind it, so it was fun to read this short post: Five questions for Laura Carlson. Oh, and check out the newsletter. It’s amazing.

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