Good point. When we talk about perceived performance, the perception in question is almost always visual. We should think more inclusively than that.
Manu’s book is available to pre-order now. I’ve had a sneak peek and I highly recommend it!
You’ll learn how to build common patterns written accessibly in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You’ll also start to understand how good and bad practices affect people, especially those with disabilities.
This is good advice:
Write alternative text as if you’re describing the image to a friend.
The bar to overriding browser defaults should be way higher than it is.
Amen!
This is a really lovely little HTML web component from Jason. It does just one thing—wires up a trigger button to toggle-able content, taking care of all the ARIA for you behind the scenes.
I just attended this talk from Heydon at axe-con and it was great! Of course it was highly amusing, but he also makes a profound and fundamental point about how we should be going about working on the web.
Some handy services are just a click away.
Separate your concerns.
Can you have too much semantics?
Aiming for originality and creativity in alt text.
Do websites need to sound the same in every screen reader?