Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

Fresh front-end dev and techy generalist, mum of 2, euro-mongrel (🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇸🇪), lapsed swing dancer & DJ, erstwhile tall ship and dingy sailor, crocheter, lefty.

Work with :react:, but ❤️ vanilla :html5: :css3: :javascript: (particularly ✨CSS✨ 🥰)

Cis het - she/her, supporting :BLM: :a11y: 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

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[email protected]

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2024-07-09 10:04:28

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This little sofa behind me neeeeeeeds something - maybe bold enough to make it through a light blurring:
https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/media_attachments/files/112/755/486/289/789/422/original/70c8e31e49089117.png

2024-07-09 09:15:28

I want a cushion or two to go on the seat behind me. I want some sardonic geek humour - @npub1wpv…rz2s @npub1q24…klcr ever considered doing a nice throw cushion? 😅

2024-07-04 10:38:04

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This sounds very much like a good book.

2024-06-27 09:10:37

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yeah it's kind of freeing just plopping a new markdown file in!
What I have done with Astro is add a 'draft' line to the frontmatter, and then exclude those from the build in some way - I'm very sure you can do the same with 11ty.
I've written posts in GitHub, hahah. Also sometimes I use https://prose.io especially from my phone - you can add a little yaml file with the expected frontmatter per folder, so any new file made in said folder has the correct default frontmatter.

2024-06-24 20:50:03

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I think as long as you aren't a consistent downer with no levity at all, people mostly get away with it.
Somehow here I've gained a reputation for positivity and excitement and I have NO IDEA how it's happened because day to day I am the grumpiest grump. But it must be that I limit how much of that stuff goes online.
I'm sure you're both the same :)

2024-06-24 20:29:21

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I don't see either of you as negative if that helps?
You both seem largely positive with occasional humorous snark, or rightful criticism of something or someone that deserves it.

2024-06-13 23:26:48

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More content incoming, mostly the /testing page. It's just stuff off the top of my head for the moment, because I'm writing via my phone.
How cool is that though?! My main site has the blog pages in markdown format, and the rest is HTML. It's possible to edit it via GitHub (the app or web) but not very pleasant.
But when every page is an .md file, as my simple 11ty setup has it? GitHub handles that very nicely on my phone, I'm authoring and committing immediately - haha! So easy.
#11ty #a11y

2024-06-12 11:54:47

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Here we go, first sub page:
https://whimsica11y.net/disability
Now - yes it's incomplete, as I am building in public. Also I can't guarantee every list is going to be exhaustive.
BUT if there's a glaring omission or if I've written something that is wrong - I want to know! Please tell me!
The W3C resources on WCAG are already amazing. I will be linking to them a lot. I'm trying to make a friendly route in, not rewrite what's already there :)
#accessibility #buildInPublic

2024-06-11 23:04:55

So... I bought a domain. I'm doing a thing.
Do people still #buildInPublic these days? Let's do it. It's in a very very sparse starting stage right now:
https://whimsica11y.net
(Yes, I bought https://whimsically.net too. Not whimsicaIIy.net though!)
#accessibility for hobbyists.
It'll be slow, and move forward in bursts. I'm excited though!

2024-06-11 08:51:34

Dear users of assistive technologies:
What, if any, personal websites and homepages have you really enjoyed? What was it about them?
Aside from personal sites, have any websites pleasantly surprised you? Amused or even delighted you?
These don't need to be specific accessibility-related things at all.
Being myself sighted and not disabled, I'm just not able to tell if what I enjoy can also be enjoyed across the board, and I'm very curious.
#accessibility #screenReaders #assistiveTechnology

2024-06-10 10:18:43

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Already on the radar: https://www.deque.com/blog/ensuring-negative-numbers-are-available-for-everyone/
Looked at a few people complaining about the same problem and seeing the usual response from Apple techs: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254773710?sortBy=best

2024-06-10 10:14:28

Anyone had experience with negative currency numbers and how screen readers read them?
Seems to be that VoiceOver has the worst trouble with it, just reading "-$246.31" out as positive, ignoring the "-".
Not so great when it's supposed to be an account balance!
#Accessibility #screenReader

2024-05-18 11:35:44

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if it gets the issue more attention than "because accessibility" then good, but I hope that wasn't the reason and he just enjoyed telling the story 😅

2024-05-16 07:20:51

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I find it hard being blocked, even when the person in question behaved badly.
Entirely unsurprising, but still sad.
Anyway, if you call yourself an ally, behave like one?

2024-05-15 23:38:06

In case anyone isn't aware why Thomas is flouncing off:
https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/112445125192710598
He clearly needs a break. That wasn't cool.

2024-05-14 17:51:32

David Dylan Thomas started his closing talk strong with such a good quote.
It's still going strong.
Like his talks title says:
"No, seriously, fuck engagement: Building a more human web"
#BTConf
https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/media_attachments/files/112/440/239/123/921/013/original/0f3a6194a380ea60.jpeg

2024-05-10 18:42:26

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I like to think a tipping point is coming.
The original, clean, simple, performant Google came about because of the bloat and ads and faff that was involved in using altavista, Lycos, yahoo etc... Something will upend it.