I'm considering buying a new camera, and taking more pictures again.
And I'm looking at lenses. And there's one with a specific field of view that I used to love so much... I'd almost buy a new camera so I can use that lens. 😬
Had a Nikon D200 and a Sigma 30mm. Want a Nikon Z50II and Sigma 30mm
Yeah.... I don't quite have the soil for that (or patience)
So that's what it looks like when you actually take care of your rhododendrons 😄
This image is from an introduction to accessibility that I'm writing.
Do you have a Frequently Asked Question or common misconception that should also be in there?
Screen reader support is about following specifications. And when you follow them, screen readers benefit.
There is nothing in WCAG that says "support screen readers". It is about code quality and a lot of it can be caught by linters.
Screen readers don't need specific coding.
An illustration of a bridge, seen from the side. The left is solid, built from stones, and is labelled "your experience - built following standards". The right is sketched without colour. It's not solid. It's labelled "the visitor - using their tooling".
What does it mean when people mention "limited screen reader support"?
It usually means something was built shoddy and doesn't follow specifications, and mostly people with screen readers are excluded by it.
Screen reader support is about following specifications. And when you follow them, screen
Screenshot of merlin bird id with birds listed
Two minutes at my front door. Merlin Bird ID detected:
- Goldfinch
- House sparrow
- Blackbird
- Song Thrush
- Blue tit
- White wagtail
- Great tit
- Robin
- Buzzard
Rogers navigates down to an image of a chart. "Unlabeled text box, unlabeled image, page break," the reader says.
"Could you imagine listening to that all day?" asks Rogers.
🔗 www.npr.org/2026/04/06/nx-s1-5720191...
Cover of the album IJSLAND 2. A small white cake held a white-gloved hand.
What kind of music is everybody listening in these \gestures at everything around him\-times?
Sef and IJSLAND here. Critical and anarchistic Dutch experimental hip hop.
Boter op z'n hoofd.
Laat zich de kaas van zijn brood eten.
En een ei... tja.
Veel verder komt hij niet volgens mij.
The price of this product is '94' euro and '95' cent
Don't write texts specifically for "blind people listening to screen readers"
- Being blind is a visual disability, not a cognitive one. 😬
- What if somebody reads this line with a braille rule? 😱
Stick to conventions. Let people use their tooling to work with that. Write something like: €
A role of filament for a 3d printer in an off-white colour.
I've been looking forward to this order.
eSUN PLA+ filament for the 3d printer, in a colour called "bone white". It's a very nice one for skeletons, bones, and everything alike. I think it'll become something dinosaur-related for the kids.
Any suggestions?
One of the most insightful resources has been updated for 2026: the WebAIM million!
https://webaim.org/projects/million/
The word unseen. Green on a white background.
If your text is white and light green, consider it unseen.
Don't expect people to read or notice what doesn't have contrast. (like this post)
WCAG 2.X AA says:
- Large text (at least 19px and bold, or 24px) needs a contrast of 3∶1 or more.
- Regular text needs a contrast of 4.5∶1 or more.
A building with piles of tires underneath as a foundation.
You wouldn't accept a house with a horrible foundation.
So why do we accept bad design systems?
Do you think accessibility is hard? Expensive? Slow? That's pretty much guaranteed when your tools are horrible.
Check your foundation before complaining about results.
I'm getting spam on a mail-address that I've only used for IAAP communication. Anybody else?
Just checking my assumptions on this one.
Is there a way to set a social media preview image (like opengraph) for a page fragment?
You win again!
💯
Dyslexia is like a self-fulfilling prophecy!
A stepper or multi-step form from the documentation of material design.
Don't use role="progressbar" for multi-step forms.
The spec says: "A progressbar indicates that the user's request has been received and the application is making progress toward completing the requested action."
Use an OL and aria-current. role="progressbar" sends the wrong message.
I'm writing to explain it better, but apparently that's hard to read 😄
Big brain ideas. Maybe I just shouldn't write anything, then there's no issues right? 😄
You made me re-read this piece of literature 😬
www.24a11y.com/2019/7-weird...
when your text scores bad on readability because of the word "accessibility" 🫠
I'm collecting "frequently asked questions" about accessibility. What are yours?
You can make anything you want.
A glass of fancy coffee with foamy milk sitting in a coffee maker/machine.
Lesson learnt:
The easiest hobbies, are those that benefit other family members.
A shelving unit with a wild assortments of moving boxes, lego boxes, shipping boxes and plastic storage boxes
"You've got a dedicated spot for lego storage? That must be so nice and organised!"
👀
(part of) my storage:
That's some time in the naughty spot for you.
Really. You don't need to put aria-disabled="false" on everything.
This is the answer to "How are you doing?"
This is a flower in my prunus cerasifera or cherry plum. That means it's spring. It's one of the many plants in my garden that are either flowering, or ready to flower.
Spring is the best season.