Adrian Roselli, pH0

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2026-04-22 21:52:18 UTC

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@nprofile…6v4e Yeah, that’s what happens when you combine selfish, ableist people who are also bad at businessing.

2026-04-07 15:38:15 UTC

I hope whomever put away my butter lamb on Easter is never responsible for fitting a tall person into a small space. Good thing there are no cryo pods yet.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/364/167/922/507/534/original/3007e01ff30ac8b8.jpg

2026-04-01 16:26:43 UTC

My annual update to my 2012 post, “W3C CSS Odor Module Released”:
https://adrianroselli.com/2012/04/w3c-css-odor-module-released.html#Update09
That’s it. That’s all I got new for today.

2026-03-30 22:37:49 UTC

This is the #overlay company that fabricated clients, testimonials, and ratings:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/07/accesstive-will-get-you-sued.html
Its failure to do alt text correctly for this Masto post should tell you all you need to know.
#a11y #accessibility #WCAG

2026-03-26 15:34:58 UTC

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I shared this on LinkedIn because I find LinkedIn is particularly pernicious in promoting problematic posts.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7442940260495425537

2026-03-26 13:41:14 UTC

I’ve proposed an Accessibility Law of Headlines:
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/03/accessibility-law-of-headlines.html
Any headline that asserts a thing is accessible is wrong.
There. Now you don’t need to read it (my post nor one making a BS claim).
#a11y #accessibility

2026-03-24 00:43:28 UTC

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I find it frustrating that I can record the read-aloud TTS audio in Android’s screen recording feature, but still cannot record the TalkBack TTS audio using that same feature. Been broken since Android 11 with no signal it will get fixed (currently on Android 16).
#a11y #accessibility

2026-03-24 00:21:41 UTC

You don’t need to sign up to NBC to listen to articles, even if you use Firefox on Android.
I updated this post with the steps shown in the video (since Firefox has to rely on Android, versus its swell UI on Windows):
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/03/your-browser-can-already-speak-a-page.html
It leans on TalkBack settings.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/281/291/408/907/392/original/b27de1ad5e0d3339.mp4

2026-03-20 17:17:23 UTC

Proposing a variant of Betteridge’s law of headlines…
Any headline that asserts a thing is accessible is, in fact, wrong.

2026-03-20 12:31:47 UTC

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@nprofile…ec55 Which of course means we can expect to see it everywhere soon.
@nprofile…aane

2026-03-20 12:23:52 UTC

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@nprofile…ec55 I would not use that method. The `aria-label` cannot be guaranteed to auto-translate for users who may need the content in their own language.
It also obfuscates the text string for those who want to select / copy it and the surrounding text, as well as those who may want to download the image.
The font is a really neat idea. But once you factor in user overrides (fonts, spacing, sizing, zooming), it seems best suited for print use or very targeted audiences.
@nprofile…aane

2026-03-20 12:07:07 UTC

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@nprofile…ec55 Oh, of course I have opinions.
But I also have JAWS.
Reading this paragraph: https://franktisellano.github.io/datatype/#:~:text=Revenue%20grew%20steadily%20through%20Q3%20%7Bl%3A15%2C28%2C40%2C52%2C63%2C78%2C88%2C95%2C74%2C58%7D%20before%20a%20seasonal%20dip.%20Market%20share%20%7Bp%3A34%7D%20held%20firm%20against%20competitors%2C%20and%20our%20product%20mix%20%7Bb%3A60%2C45%2C80%2C30%7D%20shifted%20toward%20higher%20margins.
@nprofile…aane
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/261/405/917/965/624/original/4bd5b4981a554d1d.mp4

2026-03-19 11:39:47 UTC

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@nprofile…t4l4 It seems fine? Slashes can work too given its common use in URL paths.
But I assume this is an ebook? To be consumed via an ereader? Or will this be a PDF users can open in whatever?

2026-03-08 14:16:13 UTC

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@nprofile…5tsk It’s a very US-centric form that of course fails to consider having countries at all means some of its advice is off. I mean, two assertions in the first sentence are wrong for US-only codes.
@nprofile…fcgu

2026-03-08 13:46:37 UTC

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@nprofile…fcgu Wow. That’s… a disclaimer.

2026-03-08 13:42:21 UTC

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@nprofile…fcgu I’m not seeing a disclaimer. Just the heading 1 and then the mis-statement that a US ZIP is 5 characters (forgetting ZIP+4 and the fact they are numbers).

2026-03-08 13:26:57 UTC

I spent enough time building e-commerce platforms to know US ZIP codes do not guarantee a city, county, and state (nor are they guaranteed unique to the US).
Anyway, absolutist statements annoy me.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/193/782/292/201/784/original/aa5b6f0e44aac3d9.png
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2026-03-06 19:18:13 UTC

(I asked Mike on LinkedIn.)
Has anyone tried this, measured outcomes?
Asking because:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.11988
It found AGENTS‌.md “files tend to reduce task success rates compared to providing no repository context, while also increasing inference cost by over 20%.”
#accessibility #a11y

2026-03-05 14:39:04 UTC

alt 1: WaPo on Bluesky, “To strike 1,000 targets in 24 hours in Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced AI it’s ever used in warfare.
Anthropic’s Claude partnered with the military’s Maven Smart System, suggesting targets and issuing precise location coordinates.”
alt 2: BBC headline, “Funerals held for students and staff after strike on Iran school”
Sources:
• https://bsky.app/profile/washingtonpost.com/post/3mgbsl73uum2k
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98qpz144nvo

2026-03-04 19:37:25 UTC

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@nprofile…9xdg Moving from San Diego was, IMO, the start of the decline.

2026-03-04 19:20:02 UTC

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Yeah, CSUNATC may have jumped the shark for me.
I see AudioEye has a “Showcase Suite” with (at least) 5 sessions. So does Level Access (UserWay).
Maybe I should pull a Deque from a few years ago and stay at the hotel but not attend.

2026-03-04 18:38:58 UTC

I just realized AudioEye is giving a session at CSUNATC.
I have seen dwindling return on investment for the talks for some time now (sales pitches), but wow does that move the needle for me.
But CSUNATC platforming overlay vendors is … well, not surprising, frankly.

2026-03-02 00:45:19 UTC

I’ve broken my dry spell of no fire alarms at conference hotels! I was starting to think I’d never have to prioritize passport over pants in a mad dash to the stairs again!

2026-02-27 15:40:18 UTC

This is not, in fact, a great turnstile. None of these perform any counting nor prevent a person from going through in the wrong direction. Somebody needs a refund.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/143/345/878/369/470/original/7fd3ad31e8b47ac1.jpg

2026-02-25 19:19:47 UTC

Kind of sick of being asked to evaluate some vibe-coded UIs and then, when citing piles of errors, being dismissed because the next LLM release will fix it.

2026-02-25 17:11:47 UTC

#AudioEye claims it can find more issues than other #overlay vendors:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audioeye-will-get-you-sued.html#comment-399346
It makes this claim on a page with 44 WCAG issues according to axe (or 83–111 “valid issues” if AudioEye is to be believed).
Report is linked so you can judge the methodology, outcome.

2026-02-25 15:59:35 UTC

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I may get grumpy when amoral companies roll into industry / community hashtags with bullshit.

2026-02-25 15:58:53 UTC

Just a few months ago I found this company might have been fabricating reviews and ratings:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/07/accesstive-will-get-you-sued.html
Oh, and its #overlay doesn’t work.
So you know, buyer beware because #overlays are not solutions.
#a11y #accessibility #Accesstive

2026-02-24 23:00:18 UTC

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@nprofile…9xdg Hrm. Still wary. I don’t really trust its marketing machine.

2026-02-20 19:54:12 UTC

Me dragging an image into the Teams PWA UI, and given no option to add alt text.
Me attaching image into Teams PWA UI, still no option.
Me pasting the image. Yeah, sure, Teams lets me add alt text.
Who is the fucklechuck who came up with this UI?

2026-02-19 19:29:30 UTC

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@nprofile…vfum Sadly, I have been burned by corn tortillas that have gluten in them. So I’m cautious unless staff or someone can attest to it.
I hadn’t checked as far as Fitzrovia, but I may end up there regardless. A dedicated GF menu is a good sign. Have you been there?

2026-02-19 19:13:02 UTC

Anyone have tips for #GlutenFree eateries in / near City of #London, Barbican, Farringdon, etc?
I’m comfortable finding my own (or just limiting what I eat), but any suggestions welcome.

2026-02-18 15:09:55 UTC

Client explaining spec: “Clicking the drop-down opens a product grid menu with pop-ups to choose colors.”
Me: “Wut.”
Technical pedantry is important in UI and digital accessibility work. As practitioners we have to translate lingo all the time.
Suggestions…
• Drop-down: https://adrianroselli.com/2020/03/stop-using-drop-down.html
• Grid: https://adrianroselli.com/2024/07/be-careful-using-grid.html
• Menu: https://adrianroselli.com/2023/05/be-careful-using-menu.html
• Pop-up: https://adrianroselli.com/2021/07/stop-using-pop-up.html
#HTML #accessibility #a11y

2026-02-10 22:19:54 UTC

So @nprofile…q0zq told me W3C TAG was looking at a `<canvas>` method to do split-text:
https://hachyderm.io/@jyasskin/116019609903019948
Looks like as of yesterday it’s DOA:
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/02/you-know-what-just-dont-split-words-into-letters.html#Update02
FWIW, I agree with @nprofile…8f3k. Not that he needs my opinion.
#HTML #accessibility #a11y

2026-02-10 15:24:45 UTC

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@nprofile…cutx WITH A NICE FACE, @nprofile…fj48 !

2026-02-09 00:40:56 UTC

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@nprofile…g4st But… “pigskin”? Isn’t that a term they use?

2026-02-09 00:40:12 UTC

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@nprofile…g4st FUCK

2026-02-09 00:33:45 UTC

As is my tradition, I honor the pig that gave its life for the ball on Super Ball Sunday by enjoying a pork loin roast. #SuperBowl
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/037/859/666/697/096/original/4113233e38cc1f2b.jpg
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2026-02-05 18:17:39 UTC

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@nprofile…6j59 I’m glad my videos can cause that reaction. I think.

2026-02-04 23:51:17 UTC

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@nprofile…yanh You’re confirming my experience. What screen reader / browser were you using?

2026-02-04 23:37:32 UTC

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@nprofile…yanh Yay. Thanks for checking.

2026-02-02 17:13:39 UTC

I am vaguely annoyed these are called ‘enhancements’.
Animated GIF alt:
App menu → Settings → AI Controls → “Block AI Enhancements” (toggle).
Then scroll down and find Translations. Change from “Blocked” to “Available”.

2025-12-03 17:15:24 UTC

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@nprofile…dn6z Sorry, this should have been a DM.

2025-08-19 23:13:49 UTC

When I do web dev, I don’t just work in the DOM, I put on a pencil moustache and work in the MANDOM.
Pat didn’t know it when he made the shirt, but it’s a guys’ web dev shirt: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/78574049-mandom
(Or a shifter smut lady book club tank, as it turns out.)
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/115/057/965/423/942/750/original/1dd2f43a01ead125.jpg
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/115/057/965/432/260/080/original/6bc3491cb1fa8799.jpg

2025-08-13 22:14:47 UTC

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@nprofile…sr36 I would be more on board with that if I didn’t see WCAG reviews that say things like, “use `aria-label` on this ‘Click here’ link.”
Too many opinionated and wrong authors try to shoehorn their pet peeves into it and will continue to do so for any new terminology — especially if that terminology is stronger.

2025-08-08 11:06:28 UTC

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The post I referenced:
“Blaming Screen Readers 🚩×5”
https://adrianroselli.com/2021/10/blaming-screen-readers-red-flag.html

2025-08-08 02:48:55 UTC

I’m not even a screen reader user, and I wrote a blog post about folks (managers, marketers, devs, etc) lazily blaming screen readers. Though I suspect folks bitched to me because I’m not blind so of course I would agree.
https://caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter/114988592594107119

2025-08-07 15:34:48 UTC

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@nprofile…f7kw From the book, I thought it was the zero-G toilet that had the door text? But my memory is not great.
Either way, your question kinda validates my frustration with that particular interpretation of the Success Criterion.

2025-08-07 15:31:06 UTC

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@nprofile…f7kw “Logic Memory Center” is printed on the door (shown at 0:15 in my vid), but everything else was just me riffing.

2025-08-07 15:24:22 UTC

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In retrospect, I could have just compressed all the HAL dialogue to run over the scene, but I was on a roll when I made the vid.

2025-08-07 15:20:58 UTC

Just released from my RSS-only embargo:
“1.2.5: Adversarial Conformance”
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/08/1-2-5-adversarial-conformance.html
#WCAG #accessibility #a11y

2025-08-04 19:29:23 UTC

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@nprofile…4tpe Well shit. I need to be careful when making eye contact with it then.

2025-08-04 19:24:45 UTC

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@nprofile…4tpe Can it… can it hallucinate you into a rock?

2025-08-01 15:17:34 UTC

Top stuff. Would read again.
“On inclusive personas and inclusive user research”
https://ericwbailey.website/published/on-inclusive-personas-and-inclusive-user-research/
Gonna stuff this into my next ‘Selfish Accessibility’ talk where I grumble about personas.
#UX #accessibility

2025-07-31 12:39:16 UTC

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@nprofile…ghnt Probably an axe test to make the dashboard green or something.

2025-07-31 12:01:50 UTC

Frustrating because the dev clearly never tested their screen-reader-only approach with a screen reader:
https://aus.social/@jcsteh/114946641302082245
Even more frustrating because `<del>` and `<ins>` support is good (even with Apple’s unacknowledged bug):
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/04/tweaking-text-level-styles-reprised.html
#HTML #accessibility #a11y

2025-07-28 17:08:19 UTC

Rager:
https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/4460
Part of my frustration with this 1.2.5 discussion (no gaps means auto-pass a lack of AD) was the earlier assertion that videos always have gaps (ha ha, no: https://github.com/w3c/wcag/pull/1790#issuecomment-2809615973)
But even if AGWG allows that, it should not be a pass (per: https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/4460#issuecomment-3054028265) but N/A at… best.
Avoiding wading into the hot thread now tho.
#accessibility #a11y #WCAG

2025-07-28 12:02:42 UTC

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@nprofile…5djy I may have enjoyed some popcorn reading it this weekend.

2025-07-28 12:00:43 UTC

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@nprofile…5djy Yeah, I am planning a short video for my own adversarial conformance series — I just want to wait for the ‘official’ WG response on that thread.

2025-07-25 18:59:53 UTC

So SEO people are rebranding to AEO (getting a brand to appear in the ‘AI’-driven results) and GEO (writing content to appear in ‘AI’-generated responses and local search)?
Neither drives traffic. One seems to provide *more* content for stealing. Neither seems to offer a good way to measure success. One is pointless if you’re not a local business.

2025-07-24 19:14:49 UTC

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Oops, ‘per diem’ is not Limburgan after all (Limburgan? Limburger?). So this instead:
```
<span lang="la">per diem</span>
```
Bit of a typo `<span lang="fr">faux pas</span>` on my part.

2025-07-24 18:18:41 UTC

No.
```
<p>
I would like a <span lang="it">cappuccino</span> and a <span lang="fr">croissant</span>, and hopefully it comes in under my <span lang="li">per diem</span> for my expenses.
</p>
```

2025-07-24 15:09:52 UTC

Coaching session…
Moderator: “This isn’t about being the smartest person in the room.”
[ silence ]
Me: “THEN WHY THE FUCK AM I HERE!?”

2025-07-24 12:12:42 UTC

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@nprofile…ptwp Yeah, too lazy to wade into accName spec (ugh, logic) but if nothing else it sounds like Chrome might be trying to repair worst-case scenarios.

2025-07-24 11:57:57 UTC

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@nprofile…ptwp Is the roled-up button-from-span a factor here? As in, is there a different behavior with `<button>`?
Example 5 kind of makes sense (conceptually), given the group has an accName, and the group gets hidden, as opposed to the specific node of text holding the accName.
Looking in dev tools only first.

2025-07-24 11:50:44 UTC

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The start-up event is happening immediately after work, at 10pm, so folks don’t have to leave the incubator.
“Silicon Valley AI Startups Are Embracing China’s Controversial ‘996’ Work Schedule”
https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valley-china-996-work-schedule/

2025-07-23 14:23:18 UTC

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/me puts on backward MAGA hat (with a little “AI” pin).
“Fascism For First Time Founders”
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascism-for-first-time-founders/
This post is accurate.

2025-07-23 10:11:33 UTC

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@nprofile…ednf
I left this feedback, and far more, in the survey already.
@nprofile…xq7g

2025-07-22 21:48:34 UTC

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The accessibility section lumps blindness into low-vis.
Also lumps Chrome DevTools & WAVE into screen reader category.
Also listed “Arc” as an accessibility testing tool, but it’s not clear if it meant TPGi’s ARC or the Arc browser (which isn’t).
So if you work in #accessibility, leave feedback! #a11y

2025-07-22 21:46:17 UTC

State of HTML survey:
https://survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey/state-of-html/2025/?source=your-mom
The questions are not my priorities. Browser vendors might be getting biased feedback.
For example, 3½ questions out of 7 on color pickers for the Forms section (the first section). Forms. The things you use to gather user input.
#HTML

2025-07-22 11:39:54 UTC

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@nprofile…5djy No. I’ve been riding it wrong.

2025-07-22 11:37:48 UTC

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@nprofile…5djy Um…

2025-07-21 19:46:20 UTC

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@nprofile…xw9y
No reason to feel bad about it; this stuff is hard to track and there are a *lot* of words on that page (I skipped them to get to the crunchy bits I wanted). Consider sending a follow-up, as I did with this original post. Blame me.
@nprofile…tumr

2025-07-21 18:56:35 UTC

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It seems I did a poor job of reading the rest of the article and it *also* seems even some of the country info may have issues.
My fault for not reading it all before directing folks to the one nugget I found useful.
So maybe don’t use after all.

2025-07-21 17:17:38 UTC

List of EAA penalties, authorities, and lawsuit risk by country is the useful (to me) section here:
https://equalizedigital.com/european-accessibility-act/#:~:text=Requirements%20by%20Country (text fragment link because no IDs on headers).
Be aware it has one of those annoying AF newsletter sign-up modals if you so much as look at the top of the window.
#accessibility #a11y

2025-07-21 10:54:20 UTC

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@nprofile…gjrl I ended up mainlining it Friday night: https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/114881749463745082
I look forward to season two, which I expect will introduce ART. And then I may have opinions about that casting too.

2025-07-20 14:17:45 UTC

“How to avoid that your post about AI helps the hype”
https://hidde.blog/ai-hype/
Largely agree. I’m careful about the words I use on when I talk / post about it. I avoid terms that anthropomorphize, imply agency, reasoning, etc. I ask people to clarify *which* technology when they say “AI” (GAN, LLM, OCR, …?)/. I also always scare-quote it.

2025-07-18 17:43:47 UTC

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@nprofile…ghnt Oh. Yeah. That. They are indeed buried unless you activate and try them during Windows set-up. And I still am not sure that gets all of them.
So yeah, good point.

2025-07-18 16:59:03 UTC

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@nprofile…ghnt Well, Microsoft has landed on the side of overlays:
https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/114863383304865544
But yeah, it is disappointing there isn’t more from Microsoft. Apple still has its weird veil of secrecy and Google is always falling all over itself. So challenges abound.

2025-07-18 16:03:25 UTC

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@nprofile…ghnt But education is not a sustainable business model that satisfies investor desire for the line to go up.

2025-07-18 13:37:49 UTC

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The text-only setting re-creates the reader mode in your browser. It excludes sidebars, headers, footers, nav, etc.
It has the added bonus that when you turn it off, the ARTY accessibility overlay is gone (with no obvious way to turn it back on). But hey, now you can read the page footer!
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/874/502/677/472/588/original/a4f604381e84670b.png
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2025-07-18 12:54:18 UTC

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@nprofile…gjrl I’ve turned easily a dozen people onto the books but have been early about the series — partly based on feedback from fans of the books. Probably gonna sign to to AppleTV+ and binge it soon. Do you feel it kept to the books or was it its own thing?

2025-07-18 11:23:09 UTC

“Produce”? I guess that Pentagon contract with Grok will get its first use.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9w1014rlq9o
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2025-07-17 22:00:33 UTC

Also a probable WCAG SC 2.5.8 violation.
https://masto.hypertelia.com/@pete/114868028319356678

2025-07-17 19:55:44 UTC

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The page had no animations, videos, flashing, spinning, whooping, dancing, etc. so this may have been a poor test of the seizure option.
The first image is the default state of the page. The second image looks like the color setting — desaturated. Perhaps meant to blunt adjacent vibrant colors?
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/870/327/651/973/998/original/9415e10e0da4a849.png
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/870/328/007/106/259/original/089d1572184cabe2.png

2025-07-17 13:17:00 UTC

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@nprofile…unqv The first time I ever saw this approach (called “focused reading” or something) I laughed it off as totally useless for me. I decided I was not its target audience. Seeing it approached here as the one method to support ADHD just feels like BS.

2025-07-17 12:34:55 UTC

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The Motor feature in Arty warrants two images. This is my default window size.
Nearly illegible, between overlapping and clipping past viewport. To use the primary nav, I would have to disable this accessibility feature. The giant pointer does not indicate links when hovering.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/868/592/634/322/792/original/2e8f5e73946d27cc.png
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2025-07-17 11:36:07 UTC

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@nprofile…unqv I think that’s the first I’ve heard someone say that particular technique is *more* than useless.

2025-07-16 23:53:44 UTC

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Only one option for the Color button (despite the three tiny circles that imply more features, like growed-up overlays offer).
The first image is the default state of the page again.
The second image shows the feature makes the page… desaturated? Looks like the ADHD feature minus the box?
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/865/596/730/108/210/original/6e5bbcf3fc27413f.png
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/865/597/988/158/422/original/e7207196d999c866.png

2025-07-16 14:28:56 UTC

It’s been one year since Microsoft’s CAO shared this slide at DisabilityIN:
https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/112797774783245485
It’s been one year since I stopped paying attention to whatever Microsoft has to say about digital #accessibility.

2025-07-16 11:49:03 UTC

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The oddly-named vision feature also has one setting — which on the demo page made the body text blue, enlarged some of the text, and cranked up the saturation.
Both images show off the changes, including the alarmingly-large footer links and the unchanged small overlay text.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/862/747/829/903/686/original/f37d703bdc6b409d.png
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/862/747/937/574/687/original/0dff26ab99788138.png

2025-07-15 21:28:18 UTC

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The dyslexia feature has one setting — it changes *some* of the text to Open Dyslexic, but (on the ARTY page) none of the main copy. I mostly found it in the footer links (partially obscured by the overlay).
I saw no changes to text size, spacing, alignment, leading, kerning, nor word-spacing.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/859/344/355/842/625/original/b07aaf460c87d1bb.png

2025-07-15 15:16:52 UTC

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@nprofile…ecmu I’m not talking about PDF and even then, that would be an output configuration setting (since table headers don’t repeat when printing to PDF, and nobody should be generating PDF directly from HTML anyway given how few tools do it well).

2025-07-15 14:51:20 UTC

I need to dispel some table accessibility myths.
1. `<thead>` and `<tbody>` are not exposed to users. Using `<thead>` to wrap multiple header rows has no effect (and you shouldn’t have multiple header rows). Partial ref: https://adrianroselli.com/2022/02/column-headers-and-browser-support.html
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#accessibility #a11y #HTML

2025-07-15 13:28:08 UTC

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The first image is the default state of the Sitemorse ARTY page.
The second is with the ARTY ADHD feature activated. It desaturates and darkens the page, providing a non-darkened horizontal bar which follows your mouse pointer.
That’s the entirety of the ADHD feature.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/857/450/783/386/047/original/06a1cddc1472e94a.png
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/857/451/092/320/362/original/a7e7030550318f2d.png

2025-07-14 17:38:21 UTC

“Sassy Outwater-Wright: Accessibility Champion and More, Dies at 42” by @nprofile…qzu2:
https://www.lflegal.com/2025/07/sassy-outwater/
The “and more” is doing a lot of work there, because Sassy was so much more.
#accessibility

2025-07-14 14:07:28 UTC

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The LinkedIn post from AAAnow (“The Digital Confidence Company”), where it fails to mention its own overlay, is still gathering feedback 10 days after it went up:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-accessibility-widgets-still-deserve-place-aaanow-uah4e/
It has no web site nor blog, so you can only participate there.

2025-07-14 13:49:50 UTC

There is yet another accessibility overlay vendor out there, though it makes no conformance guarantees. Nor security or privacy guarantees.
“#ARTY Could Get You Sued”
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/07/arty-could-get-you-sued.html
#accessibility #a11y #overlay

2025-07-10 11:45:41 UTC

Noem delays FEMA flood response (including search & rescue) in Texas by three days:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/politics/fema-texas-flood-noem
Noem is using that slow response as an excuse to cut FEMA:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5393277-noem-fema-elimination-texas-flooding/
This is what the administration does — defunds orgs, blames them for it, justifies to end or privatize them.

2025-07-08 21:30:15 UTC

Fixed it!
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/819/741/357/496/286/original/86c17e04d46dc4ca.jpg
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/114/819/741/366/561/296/original/ad4ebd305bd6bbfe.jpg