Misc – Joe's blog

New Year, new site

I have setup a blog. Yay! I’ve created my own, very minimal, WordPress theme using the fabulous underscores.me theme starter. Banner image was put together in Illustrator and is embedded as an SVG. It’s a little too big (29kb) to…

Alternative text methods

Alternative text for imagesTopic here is the mechanics of adding alternative text for images. If images convey information to users, this must also be conveyed through text. How this achieved depends on how the image content is brought into the…

List Live Regions

Don’t want to read all the below? Here’s the bookmarklet: List live regions When using ARIA live regions, it is best practise to ensure the live region container is present on page load. Content can be dynamically added as it’s…

Reading Roundup 19/02/2021

Interesting reading from around the web on accessibility, development, and anything else that catches my eye.

Total Immersion Keyboard Testing

Keyboard testing is a critical aspect of an accessibility review. All functionality on a site should be available via the keyboard, which opens access to a wide range of assistive technologies. Testing with the keyboard is usually one of the…

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