Notes

Spanish bean stew

So many websites use JavaScript Jump Menus as navigation, yet most aren't implemented correctly. This creates a barrier for keyboard accessibility. Build well or use a list of links instead. https://webaim.org/techniques/forms/controls#javascript #a11y

Frozen ground making for a good excuse to walk along these otherwise impassable quagmires of mud in mid-winter

-2°C here in deepest Kent ready to descend Mont Hilden de Tonbridge

Lockdown boredom level 6 reached: responding to threads on Nextdoor about locals not social distancing on the pavement

Join us for web chat and stuff from 7pm (GMT) tomorrow at Homebrew Website Club Europe/London https://events.indieweb.org/2021/02/homebrew-website-club-europe-london-2KBNi2HwMFUi

Struggling on clinging to hope in these short, bleak, damp winter days, making the most of our few freedoms to briefly sample the nearby countryside once a day. Things may never be the same as before but better times will come

Feeling all grim and isolated from everyone in the latest lockdown? Join us for web chat and stuff from 7pm (GMT) tomorrow at Homebrew Website Club Europe/London https://events.indieweb.org/2021/01/homebrew-website-club-europe-london-7XYymlQO0A7u

This afternoon's Covid-19 Christmas holiday activities included reinstating the display of current weather conditions where I am on short-form posts

A huge thanks and incredible shout out to @ohhelloana for playing an essential part in making Homebrew Website Club London a fun and welcoming event in-person and online, for this year, past years, and I hope for 2021! 👏 #IndieWeb https://twitter.com/ohhelloana/status/1339281216202272774

The personalised delights of not ordering things from Amazon but an independent shop online

It's time like this that I wish I'd still access to AltaVista and a disk copy of ClarisWorks

🎉 This week three more submissions audited and showcased on https://a11ywebsites.com

@WhizzKidz
@adactio (for The Session)
@lucidfox

#a11y

What does web accessibility mean to you?

No doubting Apple puts a lot of effort into building accessible products but sadly for its website there's a few too many easy-fix accessibility WCAG conformance issues for me to consider showcasing apple.com on A11Y Websites #a11y #accessibility

Seeing some great new submissions come in already for A11Y Websites showcase! Look out for additions over the next couple of days I'll be adding to a11ywebsites.com

📣 New site launch!
https://www.a11ywebsites.com
Showcase of accessible websites

Using Firefox as the default browser in 2020 it's glaringly obvious to see how few developers/designers use or test websites in anything other than Chrome and other WebKit-based browsers (Sad face)

When the developers of SmartTV apps leave out a function for adding ellipses on long titles

Berlin's Brandenburg Airport finally opens tomorrow. If only I’d a conference like Accessibility Club, Beyond Tellerrand or IndieWebCamp happening to go there for 🤔 ..happier times