Raindrop.io Bookmarks 05/16/2025
- New AI and accessibility updates across Android, Chrome and more
"Previously, if you opened a scanned PDF in your desktop Chrome browser, you wouldn't be able to use your screen reader to interact with it. Now with Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Chrome automatically recognizes these types of PDFs, so you can highlight, copy and search for text like any other page and use your screen reader to read them."
- The Future of Web Design: Will We Even Recognize It in 100 Years?
"Here's the most radical thought: In 100 years, web design may not even be about "pages" anymore."
- One-click fix: Get suggestions to make your code accessible in the IDE | Deque
"The axe MCP Server will connect all of the accessibility expertise of the axe Platform with AI agents across the software development lifecycle."
- Adactio: Journal--Awareness
"Good intentions alone can result in an inaccessible website. That's why I think there's another level of awareness that's equally important. Designers and developers need to be aware of what they can actually do in service of accessibility."
- How Often Should We Speak About HTML Conformance? · Jens Oliver Meiert
"Valid, standards-compliant HTML is the quality baseline we should expect from professional web developers, yet it's rare for sites to ship with valid HTML, and therefore we need to talk more about valid HTML."
- The Internet Archive opt out itch | Stefan Judis Web Development
"3800 site owners explicitly opted out of being part of the Internet Archive."
- Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.2 to Mobile Applications (WCAG2Mobile)
"This document describes how Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 [WCAG22] principles, guidelines, and success criteria can be applied to mobile applications, including native mobile apps, mobile web apps and hybrid apps using web components inside native mobile apps."
- Running for the AB | hidde.blog
"My name is Hidde de Vries, accessibility standards specialist at Logius (part of the Dutch government). I would appreciate your support of my running for the W3C's Advisory Board."