The Email Markup Database is live!
Did you know that ~20% of emails collected still use the <center> element but only 0.5% of emails use <picture>.
Well you do know, and there is loads more exciting information to find as you dig in database.emailmarkup.org
Real usage metrics from 1M+ real-world emails. The Email Markup Database is a major step toward a more transparent and collaborative ecosystem. With this level of data, we can identify gaps and have constructive discussion on how email clients and ESPs can evolve.
This kind of openness and collaboration benefits everyone in the email ecosystem. We’d love to see more email clients follow Proton Mail’s lead in sharing accurate, transparent data with the community.
emailmarkup.org/en/blog/2025...
Proton Mail (@proton.me) noticed that some of their data on "Can I Email?" was outdated, and took the initiative to update it themselves. As a result, our 2025 Accessibility Report now reflects a much more accurate picture of Proton Mail’s strong accessibility support.
Yes this is about Vercel's Guillermo Rauch
The Netanyahu list is just as bad as the Epstein list
This is grotesque. I lost any love for Vercel & Next years ago, but seeing him cozy up with genocide in Gaza — is beyond words. I feel for the employees.
The horrifying truth: businesses that worked with the Nazis didn’t fall to capitalism. It’s down to us, we have to take our business elsewhere.
There’s never been a better time to switch from Next.js to Astro nitter.net/rauchg/statu...
Google Play Store app preview images:
Clicking on the first image enlarges the last image and vice versa. As a result, the user needs to swipe in the opposite direction.
Instagram Story editor
Edit mode: text defaults to RTL.
Preview mode: text defaults to LTR.
This is easy to see when you use characters that have weak or neutral directionality (BIDI algorithm), like numbers and emojis.
LinkedIn app: swipe in reverse
App is set to Arabic (RTL).
Slider is LTR.
Slider indicators are RTL.
Youtube app: progress bar when browsing videos is RTL
Youtube app: progress bar when watching videos is LTR
The progress bar on YouTube videos:
RTL when browsing videos
LTR when watching a video
One UI's Now bar: Roma 1, Atalanta 2
One UI's Now bar: Roma 2, Atalanta 1
Football score notification (Google app) in One UI's Now bar vs. notification bar is reversed.
Is your team winning or losing?
Media controls in notification area on One UI 7: The progress bar is RTL The backward/forward buttons are LTR
Media controls in notification area:
The progress bar is RTL
The back/forward buttons are LTR
Android 15. One UI 7.
The back arrow icon on @bsky.app points in the forward direction. In RTL layout, back = right, forward = left.
These icons on @bsky.app are just not in the right place
The RTL experience on many apps just has untested-still-in-dev feel. Sometimes it is indeed tricky (e.g. media controls), but basic things are often overlooked.
🔥 I have news! After a 1y hiatus, I’m once again leading this year’s #StateOfHTML survey, thanks to generous funding by Google. ❤️
🙋🏽♀️ Is there is an HTML feature or Web API you're dying to see progress on? Suggest it and it could be included!
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Still a week left to take the State of CSS survey!
The survey hasn't got as many responses as last year, so any help sharing will be much appreciated :)
survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey...
Email preview text has never had a proper spec, but it could.
Google's Gmail and Yahoo Mail already support Schema structured data. Adding support for a standardized metadata-based preview text isn't a technical leap; it's the natural next step.
Sign the EMC supporters list and show the industry Email Accessibility matters!
Add your name: emailmarkup.org/en/supporters/
#a11y
Web sites with a Facebook pixel were communicating with local native apps (Instagram, Facebook, maybe WhatsApp) to log (and attribute) incognito web browsing activity.
Write-up: localmess.github.io
Story: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Does anyone else "feel the clipboard" at the tip of their fingers after they copy something on their computer?
If you're building or configuring an email client's sanitizer, accessibility should be a consideration just like security and privacy are.
If you're working on an email client or related tooling, we'd love to collaborate to help make email more inclusive.
At @emailmarkup.org, we recognise that email comes with unique security and privacy challenges. This doesn't mean accessibility should be deprioritized.
Products with better accessibility are built when accessibility is considered early in the process, not as an afterthought. The same principle should apply to email clients.
It's hard to reconcile the excellence of Google Chrome with the limited accessibility support in Gmail. We know Google has the talent and track record; so why not bring that same energy to email?
