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So I decided to use the figcaption element to make the descriptions of the cartoons on my website available to both sighted and visually impaired users. Any feedback on this solution is welcome.
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@jessicaivins @z_rose @beantin @CenterCentre Stockholm should be next! Perfect test market, all the big corporations say so. 😃🤞
Saddest part (trying hard to ignore it but failing) about this weekend is missing @Trevornoah who will be in Stockholm when I'm in Dublin. I'm back in Stockholm after his show is over... but hey Trevor I'm up for brunch on Sunday ;)
Today is all about putting the finishing touches on my workshop slides. And packing. Must remember to pack. Will be arriving to #EuroIA18 tomorrow at lunch time. Looking forward to seeing people there!
We will obviously have a coffee break in the middle of my workshop, but the correct nomenclature for any break I provide will naturally be...
fika.
#euroia18
What would be a good way to make one-panel sketches/cartoons with dialogue accessible to users of screen readers? To be used on a website.
Have you seen good examples of this?
Attached images of the types of cartoons I'm talking about.
#a11y #accessibility
I wanted to go with the longdesc attribute for my cartoons. I was at first worried I would have to create one html document per cartoon but the longdesc attribute accepts anchor links which means all the descriptions can go into one document. 👍 #a11y
But realizing now that longdesc is not supported by all screen readers and I've come to understand that Apple is against it for reasons outlined here... lists.w3.org/Archives/Publi… #a11y
The suggestion seems to be to go with the details attribute of the figure tag, and here is a proof-of-concept for this technique: cookiecrook.com/longdesc/detai… #a11y
More alternatives to longdesc are outlined here: cookiecrook.com/longdesc/ #a11y
Based on this I'm leaning towards a standard link in the figure caption.
Also: read this: ""Longdesc affords authors the native capability to provide information that is essential for blind and visually impaired users but would be redundant for sighted users and unacceptable to visual designers' aesthetics."
Unacceptable in this context made me jump.
That's an actual quote from the W3C HTML Accessibility Task Force wiki on Verbose desc reqs (Verbose Descriptor Requirements). w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wi…
And now I'm trying to truly grasp accessible modal windows once and for all (which by no means is an easy problem to solve): marcozehe.de/2015/02/05/adv…
I'm a bit saddened by how much of hassle this is to get right. Once I'm confident about a solution I'll do a write-up.
Just adding the wonderful HTML5 outliner to this thread for easy reference by myself. gsnedders.html5.org/outliner/
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@Acuity_Design This is one of my favorite short videos at the moment: vimeo.com/128873380
In June a Fitbit notification congratulated me on losing almost 30 kg in 3 months. Turns out my son had used the scale and confirmed the wrong icon.
I still haven't corrected it. twitter.com/acuity_design/status/1…
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@danniel Min tes är att de blir mer intressanta och minnesvärda utan :) Det finns noll oro för att man inte ska kunna komma i kontakt med mig vid behov.
"We can either use language to invite people into a conversation, or we can use language to keep people out. And that’s what jargon is designed to do, keep people out.” designweek.co.uk/issues/10-16-s…
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@bolstad Det är bara att sno ;) Jag har själv sett varianter av detta för flera år sedan.
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@peterkz_swe @dekaminski I use ViewExif on iOS. But Photos Exif Editor for Mac has good ratings as well. exifedit.com
You are of course welcome to use DickPicLocator for for neutral photos ;) dickpiclocator.com
New business cards.
New business cards.
I always picture myself with Charlie Brown when I use my avatar like this 😃
Why you need to figure out your values before the hard choices come, or someone else will choose for you. x.com/jmspool/status…
”Det där med klanröstning, det håller ju inte. Jag har aldrig haft någon klankoppling eller bedrivit någon ’klankampanj’. Jag är dessutom kvinna. Kvinnor har inga rättigheter i klansamhället.”
”Klansystemet i Somalia är ett rasistiskt system som bygger på ett osunt grupptänkande, säger Leila Ali Elmi.”
”– Jag röstade med en kille från Irak, en från Finland och en från Sverige. Vi kryssade alla Leila. Hon är mer en representant för förorten än en representant för somalier.”
”– Leila vände sig till vanliga människor och sa: Rösta på mig. Tillsammans kan vi göra samhället bättre. Är det inte exakt det som demokrati går ut på?”
(lördag, ännu ingen betalvägg uppe på denna artikel hos DN; UPPDATERING: söndag - betalväggen är nu uppe.)
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@niklasorrenius Tack för bra artikel. Och för att betalväggen inte var uppe än ;)
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@slubbo Thank you for posting! Seeing stuff I make be used is the biggest reward!
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@JesperBylund Proud to be a paying customer :)