The Cost of a Tool| blog.edwardloveall.com
Advanced Images| webaim.org
Eric Bailey asks us to take on the role of King Herod in our projects to consider how the products, services and processes we design could be abused to cause harm rather than to do good. No matter how good our intentions, we must remember that not every user has pure motivations and that every tool is a weapon if you hold it right.| 24ways.org
Alternative (Alt) Text is an essential part of making content accessible. When adding images, charts, icons or other graphic elements, alt text should be added to ensure your content will be accessible to all users.| accessibility.huit.harvard.edu
Sharing your thoughts has never been more convenient.| docs.joinmastodon.org
These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.| IEEE Spectrum
Accessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).| Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Forget inverting binary trees, translating or localizing a digital experience is one of the most difficult things you can do with software..| ericwbailey.website
Implicit cultural norms and accessible social media have come up in conversation a few times with different groups in the past week, so I want to talk about it.| ericwbailey.website
The observation, “The term ‘a11y’ isn’t very accessible.” seems to pop up like clockwork. Most of the time, I bite my tongue when I see this surface-level remark and move on.| ericwbailey.website
Eric Bailey speaks to "access friction" - impediments to using technology - in conversation with three assistive technology users.| Fable
Image placement on the modern web is highly intentional, helping to communicate the overall purpose of a page or view. This means that nearly every image you declare needs to have an alternate description. Nulling an image indicates that it is for decorative purposes only. In this context, decorative means that the image does not visually communicate information that is important to understanding the purpose of the page or view, and why the image is included as a part of that.| Smashing Magazine
