šļø Advent calendars at the ready! ā Novemberās roundup from tempertemper
Weāre officially into the festive season, so presents are being bought, trees are up, and advent calendars have begun to be opened. Iām here to share the article I wrote during November with you: Not all screen reader users are blind.
From the archives
Version 2.2 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) were released recently, and they have removed the Parsing rule. This means that invalid HTML and ARIA wonāt fail WCAG 2.2 as they did in 2.1, as long as they donāt cause any user-facing issues.
And thatās the interesting bit here: things rarely fail only Parsing in WCAG 2.1; they usually fail something else too. Maybe Info and Relationships, maybe Name, Role, Value, or maybe On Input like I covered in my article If HTML and ARIA donāt allow it, itās probably a bad idea.
Elsewhere on the web
Here are some of the more interesting bits and bobs from around the web that I read during November:
- Itās 2023, here is why your web design sucks
- Splitting within Selects
- How to write good alt text for screen readers
- Totally remdom, or How browsers zoom text
- Name/Role/Value - Whose Role Is It Anyway?
Anyway, I have another myth-busting article nearly ready to go too, so keep an eye on your inbox towards the end of the year, when my next newsletter will land š