Eric Eggert

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Covid Competent Accessibility Advocado

http://yatil.net

Outline Consulting · Axess Lab
formerly: Knowbility, W3C/WAI

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#accessibility #a11y #covidIsNotOver #MaskUp #humanrights #germany #webdev #design #typography

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2026-03-27 21:44:20 GMT

Wenn man verstehen will wie Barrierefreiheit in Deutschland tickt, dann muss man sich nur die Art und Weise anschauen wie PDFler, IAAP und eine Handvoll Agenturen das Thema monopolisieren.
Da wird sich gegenseitig auf die Schultern geklopft bis die Schulterblätter quietschen.
Und das alles nur für die paar Euros.
(Verüble es niemandem da mitzumachen, aber schön ist’s nicht.)

2026-03-25 14:27:02 GMT

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@nprofile…cqgf What a beauty! Well done.
I wonder what text/body font you would pair with it.

2026-03-04 19:48:08 GMT

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@nprofile…xa9x No arguing here. I think the main benefit of SD was that there was so much stuff walkable from the conference, so you could have just more variety in your days. Getting out to the sunset was always the highlight of a successful conference day. Also the hotel was much more conductive to splitting in smaller groups, if I recall correctly.

2026-03-04 19:33:49 GMT

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@nprofile…xa9x I can't remember a time where CSUN hadn't jumped the shark. In the early years at least it had San Diego harbor to look at. After it went to Anaheim, I lobbied for some time that Knowbility/W3C would rent a hotel in the vicinity and do a really interesting conference at the same time…

2026-01-08 13:03:09 GMT

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@nprofile…z6l6 Das:
https://cdn.masto.host/yatilsocial/media_attachments/files/115/859/612/524/537/897/original/73b04a742911ffed.jpeg

2025-12-26 23:33:24 GMT

Also how you get an EAA fine. Enjoy.
#nevent1q…zclu

2025-12-05 10:22:29 GMT

Narrowing accessibility to EAA compliance has dramatically hurt the whole field. The EAA is great and much needed, but “are we doing the minimum thing to not get fined” has poisoned the discourse. I think it dragged us down for the moment instead of lifting us up. I’m positive this will change, but it will take years.
Currently, most companies think of accessibility as a technical property of their website or app, instead of an intrinsic one.

2025-12-03 13:38:38 GMT

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@nprofile…pfl6 “[Die Kollegen] setzten sich sogar selbst einmal in seinen Rollstuhl, um seinen Alltag besser nachvollziehen zu können.”
AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH.
*seufz

2025-10-08 13:35:28 GMT

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@nprofile…6k6g Überall sonst ist Freiheit so wichtig, aber beim Schnitzel müssen Menschen an die Hand genommen werden. Völlig bizarr.

2025-09-04 12:13:41 GMT

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@nprofile…6k6g Diese fiesen gefriergetrockneten Flakes?

2025-08-08 04:53:05 GMT

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@nprofile…pye9 It is fucked up.
We often talk to people whose job is to deflect or find minimally viable solutions while the actual issue would be fixed in minutes if we could directly talk to designers and developers.
One client of mine has so many teams with all different responsibilities that most of the time is used by pointing fingers at someone else that might be responsible.
And the discussion why “AI” can’t “just do it” is life draining.

2025-08-06 10:56:36 GMT

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@nprofile…m7ap Was sagt denn die Kundenbetreuung dazu?

2025-07-22 13:53:36 GMT

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@nprofile…6h3y Such a waste that this will be a screen-reader-only feature. I want full notification management in the browser instead. Sure, show stuff as a toast, but mark it in a way so that browsers will recognize it and put it in the list of notifications so I can get back to it when I want that.
I don’t think that would be valuable or valued feedback, unfortunately.

2025-07-21 21:25:56 GMT

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@nprofile…6h3y It’s “fun” that this site uses a text-label-less menu icon. 🤷‍♂️

2025-07-14 14:57:23 GMT

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@nprofile…6h3y I mean, considering that site has only 38 followers, people with the best intentions have probably multiplied its reach by a hundred times by commenting. If I commented, 4000 followers on LinkedIn would get this, and not all will read the critical comments.
Let them starve of attention.

2025-06-26 10:25:59 GMT

I’m collecting public accessibility statements in a Codeberg repository: https://codeberg.org/yatil/accessibility-statements/src/branch/main/README.md

2025-06-26 10:09:14 GMT

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@nprofile…6k6g Uff, nicht gut. Hier ist über Tag niemand außer wir Home-Office-Menschen, da kommt dann auch normalerweise nichts weg. Aber wenn ich die Auswahl habe, dann immer DHL oder UPS, DPD und Hermes wähle ich nicht freiwillig aus.

2025-06-26 09:57:49 GMT

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@nprofile…6k6g Wir haben unseren Zusteller in der Onlinemaske ein paar Wochen lang schlecht bewertet, seitdem liegen die Pakete wieder vor unserer Haustür (wir lassen alles ablegen) statt irgendwo anderswo am Haus. 🤷‍♂️

2025-06-20 06:28:08 GMT

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@nprofile…aqq5 Apple Music – The App lets you buy stuff. It’s basically iTunes.
Apple Music – The Service is the Streaming service.
You do not need to subscribe to the service to buy music.

2025-06-10 19:39:31 GMT

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@nprofile…6h3y I’d rather see the opposite and get the ARIA stuff deprecated. (Yeah, try to get consensus for this!)

2025-03-28 16:12:45 GMT

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@nprofile…6h3y @nprofile…a9xl I use an app (currently Keystroke Pro) to show the pressed keys in live situations and Screenflow allows to show keys on demand after the fact which I often use for recorded videos. Everyone would be unnecessary confused why I’d press Y and X while telling them to press ctrl+option, thanks to my custom keyboard without those dedicated buttons.

2025-03-28 11:24:57 GMT

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@nprofile…d6h6 This is obvious bullshit because ChatGPT does not have an understanding on what a peer reviewed study is and how to distinguish good and bad peer reviewed studies. Might it use more words that are in proximity to the words “peer review”? Sure, but it is still just statistical luck that it worked.

2025-03-27 10:17:39 GMT

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@nprofile…uhu3 I have a very dumb dishwasher and I would love to make it start automatically in the morning after I filled it the night before. Otherwise I regularly forget.
Which reminds me.
*brb*

2025-03-23 10:11:16 GMT

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@nprofile…6k6g 12,5 Jahre hier. Ich warte auch noch auf die Mangelerscheinungen. 💚🤜🤛

2025-03-06 22:50:48 GMT

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@nprofile…6h3y So not a lot has changed since I was last there…

2025-02-20 11:39:12 GMT

So, VoiceOver or macOS decided to have the mouse cursor follow the VoiceOver cursor which triggers hover states that should totally not be triggered. It’s super annoying. Anyone have an idea on how to disable it? I have reset VoiceOver settings already.
😭
#a11y #accessibility

2025-01-15 14:32:36 GMT

I finally got certified! 😜
https://cdn.masto.host/yatilsocial/media_attachments/files/113/832/857/087/895/827/original/274048c3915bc068.png

2024-11-10 14:33:52 GMT

Just a quick blog post, I said. *sigh*
Here are too many words about focusable elements:
https://yatil.net/blog/focusable-ui-elements

2024-10-31 07:28:08 GMT

ARIA is great. /s
If aria-current had an HTML equivalent, this person probably wouldn’t have found aria-activedescendent and used it wrongly. It’s one of the main reason I want stuff that works well to get HTML equivalents. This should be a no-brainer.
https://github.com/swiegmann/kirby-menu/issues/1

2024-08-06 21:42:53 GMT

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@npub1zyl…t54n It’s glorious! I should extend mine and blog about it.

2024-08-01 14:55:46 GMT

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@npub1zyl…t54n *sigh* Plus also the people who say “I’m not supposed to put everything in # general, so I put it in # specific but immediately share it to # general”.
🤷‍♂️

2024-07-30 18:31:18 GMT

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@npub1zyl…t54n *register*

2024-07-29 08:59:47 GMT

Environment conversations:
“I did <this> to improve my environmental impact! Really happy about the progress.”
“But why don’t you live in a cave without running water and electricity?”

2024-06-27 13:54:56 GMT

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@npub1zyl…t54n I think the company motto is “An AudioEye for an AudioEye.”

2024-04-29 14:32:22 GMT

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@npub1c35…9pmh Also imposter syndrome.

2024-02-20 17:03:46 GMT

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@npub1zj9…kguh @npub1xed…yg9w March 17, 2004 in my case 😅
*turns to dust*

2023-08-30 19:01:07 GMT

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@npub1zyl…t54n Sending supporting thoughts, and as always: Don’t hesitate to reach out if you need to talk or other support.

2023-08-17 13:27:59 GMT

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@npub10qr…44mn Sad that this does not include the @npub1ah7…ww9a Accessibility Tutorials, which we put a lot of time into. I figure they are not flashy and also a little outdated around the edges, but I still find it sad… :-(
https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/

2023-08-10 10:19:43 GMT

Filing bugs and proposing fixes for a project I have not worked with in three years because… well… that stuff should just work.
(And yes, I know that having a JavaScript based search is not the best in the first place, but there were constraints, OK!)
https://github.com/w3c/wai-website/issues/357
#a11y #accessibility