Coolfields Consulting - effective and accessible websites. Accessibility testing, consultancy and training.
England
Joined January 2010
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I just registered for #WPA11yDay, a free, virtual 24-hour conference on WordPress accessibility taking place October 9th and 10th, and you should too! Get your free ticket at 2024.wpaccessibility.day/reg… #WPAD2024 #WordPress #a11y
Working in a #WordPress site that needs some data tables that are easy for client to update. What's the best plugin that gives a good responsive display but also has good #accessibility? Ps: site uses #Gutenberg editor. Thanks.
Back at #WPLDN again this evening for the first time in ages. There's a good turnout and good vibe. #London #WordPress
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ALT Introduction to WPLDN from Dan Maby.
Two years ago I raised a bug on #Firefox around use of #HTML input type="date". When calendar is open the font size won't change if user zooms or does text resize. So #accessibility is difficult for those with poor vision. How can we get this progressed?
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bu…
I run web #accessibility training courses for devs and often demo things with #NVDA screen reader. In the latest version Speech Viewer has become very patchy and often stops working. Have other #a11y people experienced this, or is it just me? /cc @NVAccess
Hi @yoast. I'm going to use the <details> and <summary> elements in a page - it's the native HTML accordion. But I'm wondering if the content in the <details> section that would not initially be visible on the page actually gets noticed and indexed by search engines? Do you know?
Louise from @IndigoTreeSays starting her #WPLDN presentation on the impact of your #WordPress website.
ALT Louise Towler and Dan Maby at the start of Louise's presentation.
First time at #WPLDN in ages. So good to be back amongst friends and business contacts. #WordPress #WordPressDevelopment
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Just come across this takedown of the #accessibility of the new Threads app. It's from a few weeks ago, has anything improved since then? #a11y #Threads #fails abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs…
Hey @tnash it was good to see your name in my inbox again, and glad your newsletter is back. I read with interest your post entitled Humans Get Hit By Buses, and I can vouch that it does happen. Fortunately I'm OK these days 🙂 Hope Athens goes well. timnash.co.uk/humans-get-hit…
For the sake of our health and the planet, we need to end the age of plastic.
@theresecoffey please watch this video & help secure a strong Global Plastics Treaty at the #INC2 negotiations next week!
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticsTreaty
I just applied to speak at #WPA11yDay, a free 24-hour conference on WordPress accessibility. Speaker applications are open until June 11th and you should apply too! Learn more at 2023.wpaccessibility.day/spe…
#WPAD2023 #WordPress #a11y #accessibility
#Accessibility and #Search: I've seen a couple of sites where the Search text box doesn't have a button next to it. Devs know that you can submit a form by pressing Enter when in a text box, but does everyone know that? Makes it tricky for speech recognition AT as well?
Hi @dequesystems. When using the excellent aXe browser extension to test pages for #accessibility the results indicate that it's checking to AAA within WCAG2.1. A question from a client is 'Can I change it to just check for AA?'. Is that possible? Thanks
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What #LongCovid continues to experience is a social medical phenomena know as the **Semmelweis Reflex** —
“the metaphor for the reflex-like tendency to reject new evidence or new knowledge because it contradicts established norms, beliefs, or paradigms.” 🧵
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So we need to keep the discourse going!
Plz help us get the UK parliament to discuss funding treatments for Long Covid. We need more signatures!
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Coincidentally someone asked about this the other day when I was training. Thanks Adrian.
I wrote up current support for the `<dl>` element in browser / screen reader pairings (announcement, navigation, ARIA):
adrianroselli.com/2022/12/br…
I look forward to referencing this often in project work.
Also, my “brief notes” are getting less brief.
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Why is the trend of autoplaying video and audio on site load still a thing?!?! My goodness. It is absolutely a distraction for ALL users when audio/video starts playing, and you don't even know from where! #A11y #Inclusion #webdevelopment
The #WordPress #Accessibility Day schedule and speaker list have been published. It's in three weeks so don't forget to register. @WPAccessibility wpaccessibility.day/schedule…
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At our next #OnlineWPMeetup on 21st September Graham Armfield @coolfields will be reviewing the #accessibility of the Front End of WordPress & Gutenberg blocks. Register for the Zoom meeting today.
meetup.com/portsmouth-wordpr…