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WAI-ARIA menus, and why you should generally avoid using them

Marco
| 09/22/2018

The WAI-ARIA standard defines a number of related menu roles. However, in 99% of all cases, these should not be used. Continue reading →

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Marco
| 07/24/2018
A webmention link list (marcus.io · Blog of web developer Marcus Herrmann)
I'm totally aware of how meta this is*, but nevertheless: Let's start a funny experiment of assembling a list of webmention capable websites and blogs (What is this anyway?). I know the following from my filter bubble: webrocker.de / @webrocker matthiasott.com / @m_ott boffosocko.com / @ChrisAldrich...

Hey, this is cool! And thanks for including my blogs, too!

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Firefox 63 will cut subtrees marked with aria-hidden

Marco
| 07/24/2018

Starting in Firefox 63, sections of a web document marked with aria-hidden="true" will have their sub trees completely removed from the accessibility tree. Continue reading →

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I do web accessibility, app accessibility, testing, give advice on how to best implement accessibility. Blind from birth, married (if that's important).

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