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👀 Using 2 plugins to show you the importance of alt text in just 2 minutes 💡

👀 Using 2 plugins to show you the importance of alt text in just 2 minutes 💡

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4 Ways To Improve Your Website's Accessibility Today

4 Ways To Improve Your Website's Accessibility Today

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Building a Fully Functional Modal Without JavaScript

Building a Fully Functional Modal Without JavaScript

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Accesible Carousel - RTL in a web platform (5/6)

Accesible Carousel - RTL in a web platform (5/6)

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How to add "SKIP TO MAIN CONTENT" to websites

How to add "SKIP TO MAIN CONTENT" to websites

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A great campaign on inclusion 🤗, a terrible website that causes exclusion 😥. #WeThe15

A great campaign on inclusion 🤗, a terrible website that causes exclusion 😥. #WeThe15

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Accessibility Best Practices for HTML & CSS

Accessibility Best Practices for HTML & CSS

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101 Digital Accessibility (a11y) tips and tricks

101 Digital Accessibility (a11y) tips and tricks

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Making cloudwithchris.com more accessible

Making cloudwithchris.com more accessible

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UI Dev Newsletter #70

UI Dev Newsletter #70

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Lights Out! - Overengineering a Dark mode

Lights Out! - Overengineering a Dark mode

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Icons have meaning - RTL in a web platform (4/6)

Icons have meaning - RTL in a web platform (4/6)

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😍 or 🤮 What do you think of our design? [and a little bit on accessible colour schemes]

😍 or 🤮 What do you think of our design? [and a little bit on accessible colour schemes]

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10 Tips For Clean DEV Articles!

10 Tips For Clean DEV Articles!

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Why I don't care if you disable JavaScript

Why I don't care if you disable JavaScript

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Tech Talk: How to prevent the collapse of society by building an accessible web

Tech Talk: How to prevent the collapse of society by building an accessible web

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Web Accessibility

Web Accessibility

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What are your accessibility quick wins?

What are your accessibility quick wins?

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UI Dev Newsletter #69

UI Dev Newsletter #69

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Why can't we solve accessibility with a one line script tag?

Why can't we solve accessibility with a one line script tag?

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Bullet Proof RTL - RTL in a web platform (3/6)

Bullet Proof RTL - RTL in a web platform (3/6)

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Should we be using estimated reading times?

Should we be using estimated reading times?

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A photographer’s view on alt text

A photographer’s view on alt text

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Why Software Accessibility Matters

Why Software Accessibility Matters

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UI Dev Newsletter #68

UI Dev Newsletter #68

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Best practices to build accessible apps with Jetpack Compose

Best practices to build accessible apps with Jetpack Compose

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CSS Logical Properties - RTL in a web platform (2/6)

CSS Logical Properties - RTL in a web platform (2/6)

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Accessible Text on Images: Nail the Contrast Ratio

Accessible Text on Images: Nail the Contrast Ratio

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Making A Strong Case For Accessibility

Making A Strong Case For Accessibility

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DEV Community: Ableist Language & Maintaining an Inclusive Environment

DEV Community: Ableist Language & Maintaining an Inclusive Environment

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Designing the ultimate (INCLUSIVE) writing tool. [Part 1 - a WYSIWYG in 745 *Bytes*! 😱]

Designing the ultimate (INCLUSIVE) writing tool. [Part 1 - a WYSIWYG in 745 *Bytes*! 😱]

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Everything You Need to Know About the AccessiBe Debate

Everything You Need to Know About the AccessiBe Debate

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Web accessibility auditing

Web accessibility auditing

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Set up TalkBack like a pro! In just a few minutes!

Set up TalkBack like a pro! In just a few minutes!

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UI Dev Newsletter #66

UI Dev Newsletter #66

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5 tools for Designing, Developing, and Testing Accessibility

5 tools for Designing, Developing, and Testing Accessibility

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Web Accessibility: Hidden links make all the difference

Web Accessibility: Hidden links make all the difference

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Accessible Code Reviews

Accessible Code Reviews

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Why should every DEV use a screen reader? The answer might surprise You.

Why should every DEV use a screen reader? The answer might surprise You.

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Right-to-Left in a web platform (1/6)

Right-to-Left in a web platform (1/6)

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I was shocked 😱 that placeholder text on an <input> (instead of a <label>) might TECHNICALLY PASS WCAG⁉ Do you agree?

I was shocked 😱 that placeholder text on an <input> (instead of a <label>) might TECHNICALLY PASS WCAG⁉ Do you agree?

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Creando Arte CSS Accesible

Creando Arte CSS Accesible

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Image Alt Text, the Way the Spec Intended It

Image Alt Text, the Way the Spec Intended It

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Why Accessibility?

Why Accessibility?

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A deep dive into ARIA

A deep dive into ARIA

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Notes on Web Accessibility

Notes on Web Accessibility

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5 star rating system - ACTUALLY accessible, no JS, no WAI-ARIA and Semantic HTML! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ [Easily converted to any framework too!]

5 star rating system - ACTUALLY accessible, no JS, no WAI-ARIA and Semantic HTML! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ [Easily converted to any framework too!]

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Star rating system - only 168 BYTES 😲, no JS, no CSS, no images 😨, Accessible (kind of)...the war is over

Star rating system - only 168 BYTES 😲, no JS, no CSS, no images 😨, Accessible (kind of)...the war is over

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Testing an accessible UI

Testing an accessible UI

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Star-rating using Unicode stars

Star-rating using Unicode stars

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Unicode mood selector (star-rating)

Unicode mood selector (star-rating)

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Creating More Accessible CSS Art

Creating More Accessible CSS Art

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Star-rating with simple animations (the saga continues)

Star-rating with simple animations (the saga continues)

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What the heck is "web a11y"?

What the heck is "web a11y"?

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Accessible Overflow

Accessible Overflow

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Making Accessibility Accessible

Making Accessibility Accessible

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UI Dev Newsletter #64

UI Dev Newsletter #64

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Subtitles! Why not!?

Subtitles! Why not!?

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Web Accessibility 101 - with Carie Fisher

Web Accessibility 101 - with Carie Fisher

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Agora vamos falar de ARIA

Agora vamos falar de ARIA

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