Raindrop.io Bookmarks 11/23/2024

2024年11月23日 著

• Bluesky's AT Protocol: Pros and Cons for Developers - The New Stack

  "Bluesky, a Twitter-like application, is hosted on the AT Protocol and collects data from a user's "personal data server" (PDS). Most of Bluesky's 13 million users are currently hosted on servers owned by Bluesky (the company), but the idea is that over time many people will opt to host their content on either their own personal PDS, or a PDS owned by another organization (similar to how web hosting works)."

• Web Accessibility and the Second Trump Administration

  "I don't think we should expect the complete end of disability rights in our country. My strategy for the next four years is to keep my expectations low while also expecting that, by 2028, our country won't go as low as a lot of people fear it could go."

• Alt Text: Don't Just Describe Images

  "While alt text is a crucial tool for making the web more accessible, it's essential to consider the broader context in which users engage with content. Alt text for redundant images is most helpful when the page text directly references the image or when it enables users to complete tasks more efficiently."

• Avatars and alt text - tempertemper

  "just as an icon that is paired with some text can provide a visual hook only and should be hidden from assistive technology, a user avatar or photo is sometimes only for sighted users."

• The Future of Design: How AI is Shifting Designers from Makers to Curators | Andy Budd

  "As craft skills become less of a distinguishing factor in design, we may see designers transitioning into roles more akin to editors than creators."

• CSS Web Components for marketing sites

  "What would happen if we took the ideas of HTML Web Components and skipped all the JavaScript? You get CSS Web Components."

• Centering things: a solved problem?

  "text-box-trim and text-box-edge are currently supported in Safari 18.2 and looks likely to reach Chrome and Edge relatively soon."