Adrian Roselli

One hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is.

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2026-08-28 20:45:14 GMT

I love where this is going, that she’s thinking about print, floats.
“Multiple-column layout, rows, rules, and floats”
https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2026/08/24/multiple-column-layout-rows-rules-and-floats/
For love of FSM, if you do this only do it at certain viewport / zoom sizes, keep the gap decorations in the viewport, and track bugs!
#CSS

2026-08-21 17:09:55 GMT

I’ve stopped linking to Vispero / TPGi, even replacing links in old blog posts as its leadership memory-holes good content.
Yet another reason not to writer on others’ sites, too.
Also, no idea why every link in this thread is through LinkedIn, but they all point to https://a11y-tools.com/blog/category/tpgi-backup/.
https://bsky.app/profile/lloydi.com/post/3mtlgxjqy4c2s

2026-08-19 22:05:20 GMT

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@nprofile…zw6q Exactly, I wasn’t putting it through its paces back then as thoroughly as now.

2026-08-19 19:37:51 GMT

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I did a whole post on `<datalist>` in 2023, years after many folks claimed broad support:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/06/under-engineered-comboboxen.html
Heck, I use `<datalist>` as an example of why Baseline (from Google or WebDX or whomever) can’t be trusted:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/12/baseline-does-not-really-cover-baseline-support.html#Example
So yeah, I want everything in HTML so I can ditch unnecessary script, but that doesn’t work if you uncritically believe others’ shoddy testing / products.
#HTML

2026-08-19 19:31:07 GMT

`<datalist>` is broken in every browser, even after Chrome’s massive efforts to repurpose it for customizable native `<select>` elements.

2026-08-17 14:13:43 GMT

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@nprofile…6j59 Yeah, I had started to move to demos hosted on my own site because I sensed it was a matter of time before Codepen went away as I knew it. I need to accelerate my effort.
I also got a response from one of their team on Bluesky when my five-node CSS-and-JS-free pen in the new editor crashed after being idel 10 minutes. Glad they’re paying attention, but I’m not using it.

2026-08-11 00:32:14 GMT

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@nprofile…j290 `appearance: none` :
https://www.scottohara.me/blog/2021/09/24/custom-radio-checkbox-again.html
But don’t use radio buttons as a tab widget. That’s not their purpose and will confuse some AT users. They are form controls.

2026-08-06 22:01:52 GMT

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@nprofile…pfcr Agreed. If it weren’t for the built-in commenting I would have left long ago.

2026-08-05 14:16:41 GMT

I’ve just learned from a very helpful SEO / AEO expert who filled out my contact form that my “Spa & Wellness” booking form would rank better in search if I could just take a few minutes to respond and see a demo of what they can do for me.

2026-08-03 14:11:02 GMT

Unclear if / how ShieldFont blocks scrapers.
It feels relatively trivial for an LLM scraper to render the page and filch the content from the rendered output.
I’ve seen decades of efforts to block copying text from sites. None worked, but *all* blocked SR users.

2026-07-23 21:49:01 GMT

Are you a screen reader user who relies on F6 navigation? Maybe you have an opinion on navigating landmarks on web pages via a proposed `focuslandmark`?
https://github.com/openui/open-ui/issues/1472#issuecomment-5062013011
#HTML #accessibility #a11y

2026-07-23 15:42:42 GMT

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Oh right, Deque in September 2025:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250923024730/https://www.deque.com/blog/vibe-fixing-how-to-validate-ai-generated-code-and-achieve-accessibility-at-the-speed-of-ai/#:~:text=With%20the%20axe%20MCP%20Server%20from%20Deque%2C%20your%20accessibility%20testing%20gets%20the%20same%20kind%20of%20%E2%80%9Cboost%E2%80%9D%20that%20AI%20gives%20your%20coding%2E
Me, also September 2025:
https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/115249238979225250
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2026-07-23 15:34:21 GMT

Deque in February 2025:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/03/be-wary-of-accessibility-guarantees-from-anyone.html#Foreground:~:text=committed%20to%20achieving%20100%25%20automation%20or%20so%20close%20that%20the%20difference%20won%E2%80%99t%20matter%20for%20digital%20accessibility%20testing%20in%20the%20very%20near%20future%2E
Deque in July 2026:
https://www.deque.com/blog/new-report-shows-volume-of-ai-generated-code-is-significantly-increasing-accessibility-debt-risk/#:~:text=Organizations%20are%20generating%20accessibility%20debt%20faster%20than%20it%20can%20be%20addressed
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2026-07-20 14:40:59 GMT

It’s been a really long week and my field of fucks lies fallow.

2026-07-20 14:39:23 GMT

One of the nice things about not having ads or any kind of revenue from my site is that I no longer get the diamond-pressure bum-hole puckering feeling I used to get when I had a hosting company and a site would go down. I don’t even have monitoring set up and it’s freeing.
But go kick an LLM in the dick for stealing so much of my shit that you can’t read it except in some inaccessible pay-for-wrongness shitty chat venue.

2026-07-16 22:59:39 GMT

I was unaware being young at heart counts as a comorbidity.
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2026-07-15 17:42:42 GMT

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@nprofile…hdhk I’m definitely the microwave since they both go in the tub.

2026-07-15 17:25:32 GMT

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@nprofile…lhlk One of those random sellers on Amazon which, almost definitely, uses LLMs to handle all translation and probably everything else.

2026-07-15 17:23:43 GMT

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2026-07-10 16:09:31 GMT

Yet another #accessibility #overlay that introduces WCAG failures just by installing it.
Users might not be able to report an accessibility problem. Here, one field is unlabeled (4.1.2 / 1.3.1) and the other is labeled by its placeholder (1.4.3 / 3.3.2).
This one offered by Welcoming Web.
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2026-07-09 15:40:54 GMT

I also saw that uncredited, context-free photo in my timeline.
This entire thread is a good explanation of the many ways that post was bad form:
https://mas.to/@meganL/116888106293249758
Give credit, give context, don’t do inspo porn.

2026-07-09 13:25:17 GMT

“Link + Popover Navigation”
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/07/link-popover-navigation.html
It uses HTML `popover` instead of disclosure widgets in a web site nested navigation bar.
Tried my best for anchor positioning that uses logical properties to account for assorted languages as well.
#HTML #CSS #accessibility #a11y

2026-07-08 10:22:52 GMT

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@nprofile…qe5w Well, it’s a cheap TV embedded into the table surrounded by a big neoprene mat. It’s cool but also a pain for the DM to control.

2026-07-08 03:36:02 GMT

Even though I had a few Rick-Rolls (a natural 1 on my Rick Astley D20) early in the night, my cleric finally got to use Turn Undead (on a very large bad guy). And Eric finally got to use the ship model he printed and painted forever ago.
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2026-07-07 11:35:16 GMT

“Donald Trump has single-handedly torched America’s World Cup legacy”
https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/donald-trump-america-world-cup-legacy-4628696
I don’t know this news outlet, but the headline nails it. It also reminds that 2019 Women’s World Cup winners declined a White House visit and I bet he still smarts he couldn’t take credit for their win.

2026-07-03 19:40:13 GMT

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Also, if you work in #accessibility, then please consider, I dunno, trying to break it?
The explainer (linked in pen) leans on APG patterns.
You can override with roles.
Mix with other patterns.
Poke with a stick.
Let’s sort bugs *before* WHATWG HTML accepts the PR from Open-UI.
#a11y #HTML

2026-07-02 18:15:54 GMT

Interesting to see what assorted LLM tools think I am:
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116850588672790759
The first pic is one of 11 generally accurate abstracts on me. The second pic is my (not) favorite hallucination about me. Mistral thinks I’m an electronic musician, so that’s ok.
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2026-06-24 19:36:17 GMT

Since I fired up Chrome and enabled grid lanes to read Manuel’s post, I tried my 2019 reading order bookmarklet:
https://adrianroselli.com/2019/04/reading-order-bookmarklet.html
And it works!
You have to run it from the top of the page for the numbers to go in the right spots, but it works!
#CSS #accessibility #a11y
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2026-06-23 23:06:22 GMT

This is just me venting.
I hate that if I want to lug a slightly smaller screen than my Surface Go to gaming, the iPad Mini behaves more like a tiny phone than my actual phone. With no way to tell DnD Beyond that there is plenty of real estate and to please use it.
I blame Apple / Safari here.
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2026-06-23 17:40:48 GMT

2026 Stack Overflow Developer Survey is live, taking maybe 15–18 minutes:
https://take.survey.stackoverflow.co/jfe/form/SV_4GHunpL3IfJ3rRc?utm_medium=your-bum&utm_source=your-bum&utm_campaign=dev-survey-2026&utm_content=your-bum&lid=your-bum
Feels like it was written by an even bigger LLM booster than last year.

2026-06-17 21:25:41 GMT

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He’s right, the ease of use makes it very dangerous. I often find teams who don’t understand users, screen readers, live regions, etc. feel *everything* needs to be a live region. Current quirky behavior sometimes helps hold back the flood.
But `ariaNotify()` risks making a cacophony of terrible experiences for users if authors continue to be so cavalier.
So yes, let’s all be cool about this.
Be. Cool.

2026-06-17 21:23:36 GMT

/me puts on ARIA WG hat, cracks knuckles, sits down in front of new CSS-Tricks article about ARIA.
Oh. Ok then. This is pretty good.
“The Siren Song of `ariaNotify()`”
https://css-tricks.com/the-siren-song-of-arianotify/
#ARIA #accessibility #a11y
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2026-06-15 20:52:30 GMT

Because Google makes poor decisions around accessibility, I half expect Discord. Though it _does_ say SEO-friendly (via Tailwind? wut?).
Also, wary that Google wants “5-10 dedicated individuals to kickstart this community as Product Experts” with no mention of compensation.

2026-06-15 16:34:22 GMT

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@nprofile…20yw Both Atlas (the ‘AI’ browser) and Google Lighthouse are offering guidance on using ARIA for AEO/GEO. Neither is framing it as paid, but instead as allowing agentic processes to better successfully complete tasks on a site.
I very much think it’s not worth the effort, but that’s just me.

2026-06-15 16:15:28 GMT

Playing around with an idea.
Structured alt:
https://cdpn.io/aardrian/debug/NPdrONq/
Source:
https://codepen.io/aardrian/pen/NPdrONq
#accessibility #a11y #seo #aeo
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2026-06-13 13:02:24 GMT

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@nprofile…efpf What are you looking for? Testing, fixes, references, legal, …?

2026-06-12 12:22:05 GMT

“Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles”
https://vale.rocks/posts/game-console-browsers
There is a *lot* here. Not screen shots of sites, but history of the browser on each platform with interesting nuggets.

2026-06-11 21:29:48 GMT

“heading‍offset is Not the Document Outline Algorithm”
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/06/headingoffset-is-not-the-document-outline-algorithm.html
Hi, just me heading off some bad advice I’m starting to see in developer venues.
#HTML #accessibility #a11y

2026-06-02 18:30:01 GMT

I guess this is one way to do a code review.
So… yes? It’s undefined? On lines 16 and 18?
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2026-06-02 13:29:49 GMT

It’s important to know (IMO) that headings can never go beyond level 9 with this feature:
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/05/level-setting-heading-levels.html
And avoid pushing past 6.
#accessibility #a11y #HTML

2026-05-29 12:19:50 GMT

“Accessibility question: is nesting interactive elements bad?”
https://christianheilmann.com/2026/05/27/accessibility-question-is-nesting-interactive-elements-bad/
Yes, bad.
• Reduced hit area;
• Extra tab-stops;
• Verbose in SRs;
• Hassle with voice control;
• Destructive mistakes;
• Contrast violation (in example).
I’ve been batting these down for years.

2026-05-28 11:56:25 GMT

F U too, Google.
https://yatil.social/@yatil/116651438787266965
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2026-05-26 21:45:08 GMT

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@nprofile…g8xx …and a third to validate the output.

2026-05-22 15:18:52 GMT

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Depending how far you wade into the thread, you’ll see a Googler acknowledge the non-deterministic nature of this model.
No guarantees. May ignore rules. Different each time.
So why rely on this output versus vetted patterns from, say, (functionally deterministic) design systems?
Not very DRY.

2026-05-22 13:50:09 GMT

Until you’ve burned all your tokens and need to buy more. Repeat.

2026-05-21 12:57:48 GMT

Out of curiosity I fired up Twitter to see how GAAD was going over there, and the very first thing I saw was a 7-tweet image thread from BrowserStack with no alt text on the images.
So two lessons learned:
1. BrowserStack chooses to stay on MechaHitler’s CSAM-generating site, and
2. BrowserStack is bad at performative acts.
Oh look, TinyMCE too!

2026-05-18 16:47:02 GMT

From @nprofile…8vl0, but his Bluesky alter-ego:
https://bsky.app/profile/patrickmgarvin.bsky.social/post/3mm4zxjv4ac22

2026-05-16 22:05:08 GMT

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Belgium, Greece, Bulgaria?
#Eurovision

2026-05-09 16:57:21 GMT

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@nprofile…6j59 By promotional page, do you mean the publisher page? Or Lainey’s? Or mine?
I’ll amend mine now that I know about the DRM and also update it when I hear back from the publisher.

2026-05-09 14:57:38 GMT

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@nprofile…6j59 I have asked that question of the publisher and am awaiting an answer.
I confirmed I can get an EPUB from the Kobo store (which is what I use) _but_ it has Adobe DRM. It claims to be accessible:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/digital-accessibility-ethics

2026-05-08 00:38:05 GMT

Yesterday.

2026-05-07 13:24:36 GMT

Trying to explain the WCAG 2 conformance model to a WCAG testing team in as few words as possible.
(Ref if unknown to you: https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/conformance)
#accessibility #a11y
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2026-05-06 14:05:50 GMT

Available now. Today.
“Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech”
Info:
https://AccessibilityEthics.org/
Links to other sellers:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/11/pre-order-digital-accessibility-ethics.html#CtA (anchor)
Add to your StoryGraph to-read pile:
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/42da2fec-4ee9-462f-adbd-6396dc112a19
#DigitalAccessibilityEthics
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2026-05-03 00:42:55 GMT

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I used the King Arthur GF bread flour (which has de-glutened wheat) for the ‘artisanal’ loaf and it always looks terrible in the brotform and never seems to rise well.
But then I get a lovely fist of bread with a great crust that I devour almost entirely when it comes out of the oven.
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2026-05-01 23:59:07 GMT

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[8/5]
Firewall claims:
• “Your website is remediated before it reaches the browser.”
• “The user receives mathematically compliant HTML. Fully accessible…”
Webcraft claims:
• “…instantly ensuring compliance…”
• “Our full remediation engine processes all 86 WCAG 2.2 criteria…”
• “Certified accessibility experts review the results to ensure legal defensibility.”
• “Our engine patches them at the edge, ensuring compliance and integrity.”
• “…enforcing Section 508 compliance…”

2026-05-01 23:58:49 GMT

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[7/5]
I made archive pages of the Firewall product:
• https://web.archive.org/web/20260501233848/https://accessibilityfirewall.com/
• https://archive.is/wcHGD
And Webcraft itself:
• https://web.archive.org/web/20260501234507/https://webcraft.inc/
• https://archive.is/KkZvg
These may be useful in future discovery during false advertising litigation. Because they make bold claims (in order):

2026-05-01 22:50:09 GMT

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[6/5]
I needed to know.
https://vpatcode-worker.webcraft-stephanie-fenton.workers.dev/proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fadrianroselli.com%2F
It asserts one issue and a fix, and I think it’s wrong. Not just the issue but also the SC.
Doing the math, there are 14 issues remaining. Though, maybe those are the “13 human-in-the-loop recommended”?
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2026-05-01 20:58:48 GMT

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[5/5]
So the numbers feel made up, the remediation feels sketchy, the language feels off, and I feel this might be less than advertised.
But at least the Terms & Privacy policies are brief enough and offer sufficient recourse to make me walk away.
• https://webcraft.inc/terms
• https://webcraft.inc/privacy
🤷
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2026-05-01 20:57:36 GMT

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[4/5]
I pulled the nodes out for the non-dismissable banner and then grabbed the before and after HTML. An online diff show the changes, or remediations, were minimal.
Moved the `<base>`, added whitespace, 3 contrast ‘fixes’, and suppressing Cloudflare cookie consents and errors.
Nice outlines.
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2026-05-01 20:52:01 GMT

[1/5]
I heard about https://AccessibilityFirewall.com/, promising “No code changes. No overlay. No JavaScript.” It uses “edge” in the same way the Overlay Community Group does.
Red flag emoji.
So I ran it through its own “Live Remediation Engine”:
https://webcraft.inc/#audit-section
Hmmm…
#accessibility #a11y
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2026-05-01 17:28:57 GMT

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@nprofile…v6z5 I was maybe using this as an excuse to de-Google myself. In which case, I would only get a refurb for testing.

2026-05-01 17:09:55 GMT

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@nprofile…2h4f DAMMIT I was just drafting a comment. But fine, better from you than me.
If it helps, the first ED without is: https://www.w3.org/TR/2023/WD-wcag-3.0-20230724/#color-and-contrast
So it’s been gone since July 2023.

2026-05-01 17:00:27 GMT

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@nprofile…2h4f I am doing my best not to comment on that thread (lack of membership in AGWG notwithstanding).

2026-05-01 16:59:57 GMT

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@nprofile…2h4f Timecube *should* woosh over your head.
Also, I think OP is looking at an old ED, given their reference to APCA in the most recent comment.

2026-05-01 16:16:23 GMT

My Pixel 6 charging port is almost broken and inductive charging too slow.
I need stock Android for testing, but don’t want to give Google any more money.
Have folks got hands-on experiences with Fairphone and TalkBack and other accessibility features?

2026-05-01 14:43:13 GMT

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@nprofile…c5x0 You know those flash-stick things from ‘Men in Black’? Yeah, I want to invent one of those.

2026-05-01 14:21:51 GMT

I may have opinions about this.
https://www.iosdevuk.com/competition
#a11y #accessibility
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2026-05-01 12:05:12 GMT

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@nprofile…2h4f That was… fascinating. The deleted comments/responses are, IMO, problematic since they seem to have seeded some thoughts with OP that have resulted in some of their notions.

2026-04-29 20:16:43 GMT

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@nprofile…n7jj That does not help keyboard-only users since browsers offer no native way to navigate landmarks.

2026-04-23 19:36:44 GMT

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@nprofile…ycxs Seeing some WCAG violations as soon as I open that client’s page. Might want to be cautious using the #accessibility hashtag on Masto because some practitioners follow it and are all too happy to point out false (intentionally or not) claims once it’s used for marketing.

2026-04-23 15:07:49 GMT

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Related NVDA bug: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/8620
Maybe related JAWS bug: https://github.com/freedomScientific/standards-support/issues/365
So now I gotta log updates on each of those.
Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED thread.

2026-04-23 15:04:53 GMT

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Examples:
Focus `role=dialog`:
• JAWS: “frank heading level two”
• NVDA: “frank, heading level two frank, button close”
• VO macOS: “frank web dialog”
• VO iPadOS: “frank heading level 2”
• TalkBack: “frank, close, frank, document”
Focus heading:
• JAWS: “frank modal dialog, frank heading level two”
• NVDA: “frank dialog, document, frank heading level two”
• VO macOS: “frank web dialog, heading level two frank”
• VO iPadOS: “frank heading level 2”
• TalkBack: “frank, close, frank, heading 2”

2026-04-23 11:18:52 GMT

When evaluating whether a thing you read online is useful, particularly about marginalized communities, check out what social media platforms they use.
Still on Twitter? Bin it.
Still on Facebook? Threads? Insta? Probably bin it.

2026-04-23 11:13:17 GMT

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My own refs:
• Deque claim: https://adrianroselli.com/2022/07/what-does-x-of-issues-mean.html
• dynamic accName: https://adrianroselli.com/2020/12/be-careful-with-dynamic-accessible-names.html
• landmark naming: https://adrianroselli.com/2024/06/maybe-dont-name-that-landmark.html
• refs for using SRs (anchor): https://adrianroselli.com/2022/11/your-accessibility-claims-are-wrong-unless.html#SRs

2026-04-23 11:09:12 GMT

Only partly through this, but quick signals you should be wary:
• conflates Deque’s marketing claim of issues with WCAG SCs;
• has a rule for dynamic `aria-label`;
• promotes labeling *all* landmarks;
• no outbound references (like how to use a SR, spec refs, etc.)
• no way to leave comments.
My concern is that automating only works if you encode the right rules.
#accessibility #a11y

2026-04-22 21:52:18 GMT

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

2026-04-22 19:55:57 GMT

I am still not a (bird) lawyer, but this tracks:
“The ADA Deadline Doesn’t Matter. Here’s What Does.”
https://silktide.com/blog/the-ada-deadline-doesnt-matter/
I’ve been making variations on these points to clients since the *last century*.
If any site thinks the Title II shift is a win, they’re a shitty site. If any vendor isn’t still trying to get its clients into (at least) compliance, then they’re a shitty vendor. The delay is also shitty.
#accessibility #a11y

2026-04-21 21:50:29 GMT

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@nprofile…mj28 And what’s the TCO after they fire security experts and Anthropic starts jacking up the price?

2026-04-21 21:47:01 GMT

“Mozilla: Anthropic’s Mythos found 271 zero-day vulnerabilities in Firefox 150”
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/mozilla-anthropics-mythos-found-271-zero-day-vulnerabilities-in-firefox-150/
• How many are found in a typical release?
• Who verified these?
• Did it run against older releases at the same point and compare to reports?
• How many were introduced by LLMs?
• etc…
Numbers sans context are meaningless and press releases aren’t news.

2026-04-16 14:52:37 GMT

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Ok, two more old post updates but that’s it this week.
• https://adrianroselli.com/2023/11/dont-turn-a-table-into-an-aria-grid-just-for-a-clickable-row.html#Update03 points to a Safari table row bug getting a fix.
• https://adrianroselli.com/2015/03/typefaces-for-dyslexia.html#Update16 gathers yet more material showing “dyslexia-friendly” fonts aren’t.

2026-04-10 23:45:37 GMT

If you hate that largely pointless LinkedIn sidebar:
```
.scaffold-layout__aside {
display: none;
}
.scaffold-layout--reflow .scaffold-layout__content--sidebar-main-aside {
grid-template-areas: "sidebar main main";
}
```
Because I was forced to use LinkedIn today.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/383/061/210/467/633/original/2b2ca70c0c185634.png
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/383/062/168/156/105/original/e457b4d445966571.png

2026-04-10 16:13:50 GMT

ICYMI, CSS Image Animation Module Level 1 FPWD landed yesterday:
https://www.w3.org/TR/css-image-animation-1/
It mostly punts accessibility, partly from misunderstanding.
I filed three issues so far:
• https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/13783
• https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/13784
• https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/13783
Maybe weigh in?
#CSS #a11y

2026-04-09 17:47:31 GMT

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This is worrying — this CSSWG draft defines ‘decorative images’ as an image inserted via CSS:
https://www.w3.org/TR/css-image-animation-1/#decorative-image
Which is not how WCAG defines pure decoration:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/non-text-content.html#dfn-pure-decoration
Let alone WAI guidance:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/decorative/
#CSS #accessibility #a11y

2026-04-08 22:47:52 GMT

“Trump’s Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers’ Medical Records”
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/trump-opm-federal-workers-medical-records-privacy/
I wonder how this would land if a politician proposes mining for details about prescription or mental health service use to deny someone access to a firearm.

2026-04-08 20:26:38 GMT

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@nprofile…uqg8 Your screen reader is correctly reading P H zero.
It’s a stupid dual joke.
The first is a reference to the scale defining acid / base, with zero being my acidic nature.
The second is seeing folks strap PhD onto their handles and behave as if the degree makes their opinions above reproach.

2026-04-08 20:14:26 GMT

Thanks to a question in A11y Slack, I dug up recent testing results on dynamic accDescriptions:
https://www.darins.page/articles/dynamic-accessible-descriptions-reference#update-03-11-2026
11 March 2026 from @nprofile…j35m.
#accessibility #a11y

2026-04-08 02:40:12 GMT

Everyone in this party has gone into death saves more than once and concurrently. Tonight is not going well.
Oops, all four are in death saves.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/366/770/837/062/485/original/7debd0a8e06fc0a4.png
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/366/770/861/992/180/original/4391a67c8afef63d.png

2026-04-06 19:01:47 GMT

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@nprofile…n07e Sadly, owing to bandwidth use here, I had to rely on the television. Like it’s the 1990s.

2026-04-06 18:36:33 GMT

I resent that in order to see coverage of Artemis II hitting a new distance record I had to wait for the gibbering mouther to end his sweary jingoistic press conference taking credit for nothing he did that should never have happened.

2026-04-05 01:55:21 GMT

What the fuck do the quote marks mean? Does it mean hypothetically gluten free? Are those scare quotes? Because as someone trying not to kill my guests, I’m ducking scared!
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/349/607/621/553/872/original/3c048cb999018270.png

2026-04-02 18:24:18 GMT

Bondi’s ousting is not a win.
She was the most corrupt person Trump could find, and she’s out because she was *insufficiently* corrupt.
She didn’t cover up nor protect *enough*.
Trump’s looking for someone more corrupt, more of a sycophant.
Maybe Rubio will get this added to his plate as well.

2026-04-01 19:22:43 GMT

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Of all the shit going on in this administration, this is tiny. Miniscule. Microscopic. But a pointed reminder of what a sniveling spineless simp Rubio is.
“Rubio: ‘Value of NATO’ will have to be reexamined after Iran war”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5810585-marco-rubio-nato-iran-conflict/
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/331/063/609/214/939/original/2ca19c5ef3f38371.png

2026-04-01 16:26:43 GMT

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 GMT

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

2026-03-25 14:13:21 GMT

Well, that’s half of the two hard problems in computer science solved!
From W3C “Use of Large Language Models in Standards Work”
https://www.w3.org/TR/llms-standards/#brainstorming-names
Now LLMs just need to solve cache invalidation and off-by-one errors.
https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/290/210/465/445/959/original/febb5d5a232506b5.png

2026-03-24 00:43:28 GMT

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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

2026-03-20 12:50:41 GMT

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@nprofile…423m As of July 2025, only Firefox supported auto-translation in some contexts:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/01/aria-description-does-not-translate.html

2026-03-20 12:31:47 GMT

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

2026-03-19 11:21:33 GMT

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@nprofile…5a8f Good to know. I pump before and after stopping the motor, but I also use a distribution tool (E strings stuck in a prosecco cork) to break up clumps.

2026-03-19 00:26:40 GMT

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“Afroman Wins Verdict Rejecting Lawsuit Filed by Ohio Cops Over Mocking Music Videos”
https://www.billboard.com/pro/afroman-trial-verdict-rapper-wins-lawsuit-cops-music-videos/