It’s easy to get cranky when semantic HTML is ignored by developers, and that’s usually my cue to quit for the day if possible. This is probably the funniest take I’ve read on the subject of HTML, and I kind of want to steal and modify slightly that footer text and use it on my personal site. This post is also written in a way that allows you to steal the points and add them to your notebook if you’re into that sort of thing.
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Watched: “Accessibility Mechanics” By Jared Smith from Technica11y. Necessary practical information for developers and probably assistive tech users who are advocating
Definitely some very useful information for developers. This stuff is core knowledge that needs to be grasped by developers before getting to the point of using tools or trying to test with assistive technology. I think it’s also useful information for testers as well as assistive technology users, if for no other reason than we are often tasked with doing advocacy work, and it’s to our advantage to try to make sure that the information we’re passing on is accurate so that accessibility problems can be fixed, and not just temporarily. Well, that’s the hope, anyway.
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@DerekRiemer I fixed it. The…
@DerekRiemer I fixed it. The original context now shows as expected.
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@DerekRiemer OK, fixed. I see…
@DerekRiemer OK, fixed. I see why the data didn't get pulled in. Added a second link for now.
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@DerekRiemer Wait that’s not showing…
@DerekRiemer Wait that's not showing up? Hang on let me add it to the content. It should have pulled it in from the summary/data fields.
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Read: “Blindness Charities And Money, Part 1: The Aggregation” by chris Hofstader. Fellow blind contractors, you now have a hard basis on which to start raising your rates when it comes to working with these organizations
I would encourage every blind person in the strongest possible terms to read the most recent article by Chris Hofstader and download the data. I would especially encourage the blind people who has been contracted by any of these organizations to do things like build websites or write software to read through this data and then make decisions with regard to whether or not you’re going to work with these organizations and how you are going to price your services based on this data and not the sob stories or excuses provided by these organizations when they plead lack of budget coupled with great need for your services. It’s one thing to suspect they’re screwing you over with no proof. It’s a very different, and bigger, ball of wax to know that they are screwing you over, have proof of it, and then contrast that with the “have a large impact”, “make a difference”, “help the cause”, “we’ll send you referals” kind of language that is so often used when they pitch for things like websites or apps. I will not only be reading through this data myself, but also passing this on to any blind person who has been my student, formally or otherwise, when it comes to WordPress.
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@khoath @LiamErven Yeah, no we…
@khoath @LiamErven Yeah, no we do not want users arbitrarily executing PHP scripts in their word press pages and po… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1085413357052719104
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@khoath @Simon818 @remixman @LiamErven Yes…
@khoath @Simon818 @remixman @LiamErven Yes it was very much a fight.
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@remixman @LiamErven @Simon818 @khoath It…
@remixman @LiamErven @Simon818 @khoath It works by allowing users to build correctly marked-up, semantic layouts fo… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1085108649066926080
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@LiamErven @Simon818 @khoath That’s the…
@LiamErven @Simon818 @khoath That's the part that's so frustrating about the whole thing. The concepts behind it ar… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1085108365439787008
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@Simon818 @khoath @LiamErven Info is…
@Simon818 @khoath @LiamErven Info is slightly out-of-date, full accessibility audit is happening and definition of… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1085108103035711488
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@Simon818 @khoath @LiamErven No, really,…
@Simon818 @khoath @LiamErven No, really, I wouldn't advise that, because one of the things that's still being worke… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1085107725179281408
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@khoath @Simon818 @LiamErven Both themes…
@khoath @Simon818 @LiamErven Both themes and plugins are still getting up to scratch on supporting the new editor b… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1085107317669068800
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@Simon818 @LiamErven This is part…
@Simon818 @LiamErven This is part of new self-hosted installs but you can install the Classic Editor plugin to retain the current editor.
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Read: “Improving user experience with links, notifications, and Webmentions” by Chris Aldrich, and added a brief thought
I didn’t realize Twitter highlights all that information. I agree. Get rid of all of it. That’s got to be a horrible reading experience.
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Matt Mullenweg has revised his definition of “democratize publishing” to specifically include people of all backgro… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1084243228533161984
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Matt Mullenweg has revised his definition of “democratize publishing” to specifically include people of all backgrounds, interests, and abilities, and I think this is noteworthy
Matt Mullenweg has taken the time to introspect and revisit his working definition of democratizing publishing to specifically include people of all backgrounds, interests, and abilities, and I think this is worthy of note. Not only that, I think it’s a significant step that earns him a not insignificant amount of credit. It’s a necessary step that helps lay the foundation for a more accessible WordPress, a more accessible editor for WordPress, and a more accessible web going forward. Granted, words are not action. But this, coupled with Matt’s pledge to fund the remainder of the WPCampus crowdfunding effort for a full accessibility audit of Gutenberg, by way of Automattic, (provided that pledge is fulfilled), gives me reason to be cautiously optimistic regarding Matt’s participation in the effort to make WordPress and its new editor accessible to everyone. So, thank you Matt for your demonstrated willingness to revisit the core idea behind WordPress and as a result of that thought process to make a necessary course correction. It hasn’t gone unnoticed.
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Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Visual Composer. Ever.
I should be able to charge extra for editing content on any site with Visual Composer involved. That plugin is the bane of my existence, and the sooner it completely disappears, the better. It is absolutely possible to edit VC content by hand. This is also absolutely not a skillset I should have to maintain. We have standards for a reason. It is very time-consuming and tedious, along with probably being traumatizing, for anyone to have to learn the non-standard idiosyncracies of this kind of generated markup. Friends don’t let friends use this plugin. Enemies probably shouldn’t let enemies use it either.