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Accessabilly

@accessabilly.bsky.social

Does the <body> rule the mind or does the mind rule the <body>? I'm Martin Mengele, #a11y & web dev professional, IAAP-certified Web Accessibility Specialist. https://accessabilly.com/ Alt text for profile picture: Sunrise view up the river Rhine.

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deconspray@deconspray.bsky.social · 2mo ago

axe and Lighthouse catch issues, not experiences. Great insights from David Mello on smarter Playwright a11y testing. www.davidmello.com/s... #Accessibility #A11y #Playwright #WebAccessibility #SoftwareTesting #InclusiveDesign #QA #WCAG #DevOps #AutomationTesting

Playwright Accessibility Testing: What axe and Lighthouse Miss

axe and Lighthouse miss 60–70% of WCAG violations. Learn the limitations of automated accessibility testing and how to write smarter Playwright tests.

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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My grandfather, a manufacturer in postwar Germany, hired a blind man to work at his telephone exchange - a remarkably progressive step for the time. The man proved to be his most accurate and reliable employee, staying until retirement. 🤝 As things come full circle, I’m proud of my grandfather...

Sara Soueidan@sarasoueidan.com · 4mo ago

The latest Firefox stable release includes some superb additions like #CSS color-mix() accepting multiple color values, light-dark() accepting image values, ariaNotify, sizes=auto on images, and more: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/M... "None of these are baseline yet, so check MDN for support."

Firefox 150 release notes for developers (Stable) - Mozilla | MDN

This article provides information about the changes in Firefox 150 that affect developers. Firefox 150 was released on April 21, 2026.

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Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Now we're talking! "...the industry pretends the problem is about awareness. It isn’t about awareness. It’s about who’s writing the front-end code, and whether they’re qualified to write it." I couldn't agree more, @gbbns.co! gbbns.co/journal/acce...

The Accessibility Problem Isn't Design. It's Engineering. | gbbns.co

Accessibility failures aren't design oversights — they're engineering failures. The full-stack hiring trend, AI-generated code with no context, and a compliance-first mentality have combined to create...

gbbns.co

Socket@socket.dev · 4mo ago

🚨 Active supply chain attack on axios@1.14.1. The latest version pulls in plain-crypto-js@4.2.1 -- a brand-new package that didn't exist before today. We're still investigating. If you use axios, pin your version and audit your lockfile. socket.dev/blog/axios-n...

Supply Chain Attack on Axios Pulls Malicious Dependency from...

A supply chain attack on Axios introduced a malicious dependency, plain-crypto-js@4.2.1, published minutes earlier and absent from the project’s GitHu...

socket.dev

Erik Kroes 👀@erikkroes.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Don't use role="progressbar" for multi-step forms. The spec says: "A progressbar indicates that the user's request has been received and the application is making progress toward completing the requested action." Use an OL and aria-current. role="progressbar" sends the wrong message.

A stepper or multi-step form from the documentation of material design.
Vivaldi Browser@vivaldi.com · 5mo ago

It costs $0.00 to uninstall that Big Tech browser you’ve always used and switch to a European browser that has no AI and doesn’t collect your data. 🫶🏻

Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🇩🇪 Ohrfutter! 🎧 Ein neuer Podcast zur Barrierefreiheit. Noch nicht reingehört, könnte spannend sein. www.bfit-bund.de/SharedDocs/K...

Überwachungsstelle des Bundes für Barrierefreiheit von Informationstechnik - Aktuelles - Unlimited – der neue BFIT-Podcast für digitale Barrierefreiheit

Zum Internationalen Tag der Menschen mit Behinderungen am 3. Dezember 2025 startet ein neues Angebot der BFIT-Bund: Unlimited – der Podcast für digitale Barrierefreiheit.

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deconspray@deconspray.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Flashing content faster than 3x per second can exclude users. My latest piece outlines practical steps to meet “Three Flashes” and build safer, inclusive experiences. What’s your approach? buff.ly/wU8Ge4T #DigitalAccessibility #InclusiveDesign #WCAG #WebStandards #A11y

Testing Methods: Three Flashes

Testing WCAG 2.3.2 Three Flashes is most effective using a hybrid approach. Automated scans provide broad coverage, AI detects subtle flashes, and manual testing ensures real-user accuracy, creating safer, inclusive digital experiences.

buff.ly

Frontend Dogma@frontenddogma.com · 10mo ago

A Guide to Creating Accessible PDFs Using Free Tools, by @stvfrnzl@mastodon.online (@piccalil.li): https://piccalil.li/blog/a-guide-to-creating-accessible-pdfs-using-free-tools/ #guides #accessibility #pdf #tooling #testing

A guide to creating accessible PDFs using free tools

If you really do (seriously, really do) need to create a PDF, Steve has your back to help you make sure you make that PDF accessible without having to fork out for Adobe Acrobat Pro.

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Accessibility Awareness@a11yawareness.bsky.social · 10mo ago

You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.

Jamie Kyle@jamie.build · 10mo ago

Accessibility question For ::backdrop's (dialog overlays) that have a semi-transparent bg to obscure the page behind them: Should we make the backdrop more obscured for `prefers-reduced-transparency`? Like if the backdrop is black/40% should we make it black/80%? 100%? Should we blur the bg?

dialog { /* The dialog itself is not semi-transparent at all */ background: light-dark(white, black); } ::backdrop { /* These values particular seem like very low values for a backdrop */ background: light-dark(hsl(white / 20%), hsl(black / 40%)); @media (prefers-reduced-transparency: reduce) { /* Should we increase them in reduce transparency mode? */ background: light-dark(hsl(white / 60%), hsl(black / 80%)); /* Would blurring the background actually help in this case */ backdrop-filter: blur(10px); } }
Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Thank you @tetralogical.com for the great article on misconceptions about screen readers! 👍 tetralogical.com/blog/2025/10... Just at the right time for me to argue on a current #a11y issue in TinyMCE that most likely was caused by one of those: 👇 github.com/tinymce/tiny...

Common misconceptions about screen readers - TetraLogical

Screen readers are familiar to many in digital, but how they work in practice can be less clear. In this post, we shed some light on the topic.

tetralogical.com

Accessabilly @accessabilly.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This article confirms my observations. Most developers hired by us (university, technical college, years of experience) have never heard of #a11y. Lack of knowledge and awareness is primarily an academic problem! 🧐 Serene impressively demonstrates how you can still start a career in this field. 👇

deconspray@deconspray.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“I completed an IT degree. What’s accessibility?” Powerful reflection from Serene Mishteler on why accessibility still isn’t part of most tech education & why that needs to change. intopia.digital/articles/i-c... #DigitalAccessibility #InclusiveDesign #A11y #TechEducation #UX #WebAccessibility