Diigo Bookmarks 07/20/2019

2019年7月20日 著

• The Rise of Inclusive Design | Joanna Peña-Bickley

  "Inclusive Design was defined in 2000 by the UK Government as "products, services and environments that include the needs of the widest number of consumers". It has a history stretching back to the social ideals in Europe that materialized after World War II."

• Canada's first federal accessibility legislation comes into force - Canada.ca

  "The Accessible Canada Act applies to the federally regulated private sector, which includes the banking, transportation and telecommunications sectors, as well as the Government of Canada, Crown corporations and Parliament. Under the Act, these organizations will be required to develop and publish accessibility plans that describe how they will identify, remove and prevent barriers to accessibility."

• Scrolling is easier than clicking

  "scrolling is a continuation; clicking is a decision. Scrolling is simply continuing to do what you're currently doing, which is typically reading. Clicking, however, is asking the user to consider something new"

• treosh/exthouse: Analyze the impact of a browser extension on web performance.

  "Exthouse is a tool powered by Lighthouse that provides a report about web extension impact on web performance. It measures an extension performance score that helps developers to improve the performance of their extensions and web in general."

• Initial thoughts on standardizing form controls | Greg Whitworth

  "While there is a desire for more native controls in the browser (more on this later), adding them does no good if the web developers and designers can't adjust them to meet the needs of their site's design or user experience."

• Elements for Microsoft Edge (Chromium) - Visual Studio Marketplace

  "A VS Code extension that allows you to use the browser's Elements tool from within the editor. The Elements tool will connect to an instance of Microsoft Edge giving you the ability to see the runtime HTML structure, alter layout, and fix styling issues. All without leaving VS Code."

• A toast to an accessible toast... | scottohara.me

  "For those who are using screen magnification software, but who are not using a screen reader, may be magnifying a portion of the page where the pop up message doesn't appear. If there is an important control (again "Undo") within this pop up, it could go completely unnoticed."