Handheld mobile phone through a handheld monocular is never going to get a decent shot of any nighttime sky object. But it’s *my* crappy shot.

In case you forgot, the partial lunar eclipse has started. Info: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5672/

Updated my link + popover nav post:
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/07/link-popover-navigation.html#Update03

Now includes `flex-wrap: balance` for the navigation items thanks to Ahmad Shadeed’s post:
https://ishadeed.com/article/flex-wrap-balance/

I am amazed how much new CSS I see, then forget, seemingly immediately.

#CSS

Playing catch-up on open tabs…

Tetra has another one in its ‘designing for …’ series, this one for those with no or limited mobility:
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/08/19/designing-for-no-or-limited-mobility/

Interesting to see different styles, but you'll need to zoom / view videos full screen / landscape view.

“Does this menu work with keyboard? The surprising number of big brands that fail”
https://a11yblog.com/2026/08/18/does-this-menu-work-with-keyboard-the-surprising-number-of-big-brands-that-fail/

Also, minor nit: these are not menus. If they were, arrow keys would be in use.

Here’s an open captioned version of that video in case you want to see a better example (with commentary / AD!) of the Wayfair image I posted a few days ago.

518 words on the WCAG SC 2.1.1 “specific timings” clause:
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/08/the-2-1-1-specific-timings-clause.html

That word count doesn't include the captions for the Wayfair press-and-hold button video I embedded.

#accessibility #a11y #ux

#Accessibility documentation must never be published only in PDF. From one-page cheatsheets all the way to international legislation and standards, multiple formats are a non-negotiable need.

This is a Hill I'm not merely content to die on. I will set up camp there, make it known as a necromancy hotspot, and be revived and extinguished as many times as it takes for this insidious, unconscionably normalised practice to be banished.

Signed,

A disabled professional who can only entertain the idea of enthusiasm about resources in formats I can use.

Today's Web Design Update: https://groups.google.com/a/d.umn.edu/g/webdev/c/JdCoIW4i8ZM

Featuring @ScopicEngineer, @TetraLogical, @karlgroves, @aardrian, @hdv @brad_frost, @cferdinandi, @shadeed9, @rachelandrew, @j9t, @fershad, @AlexDawsonUK, and more.

#Accessibility #A11y #WebDesign

It looks like that AudioEye post has been disappeared from ZeroHeight.

I see no statement, but the links from Bluesky (hubs.li/Q04pR--50) and LinkedIn (https://lnkd.in/eyvZzjcJ) both resolve to https://zeroheight.com/blog/the-mobile-accessibility-gap-most-design-systems-ignore/, which is 404.

Good to see fewer people exposed to AudioEye’s marketing.

My bank won’t let me bank until I update my Android 17 device to Android 14 or higher.

“KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS”
https://archive.is/1P32U

It’s on Substack, so I made an archive link because eff that platform. Also, no citations in the post at all. But it is an entertaining distillation of Canada’s response to US tariffs (through a sweary Aussie lens).

I’ve stopped linking to Vispero / TPGi, even replacing links in old blog posts as its leadership memory-holes good content.

Yet another reason not to writer on others’ sites, too.

Also, no idea why every link in this thread is through LinkedIn, but they all point to https://a11y-tools.com/blog/category/tpgi-backup/.

https://bsky.app/profile/lloydi.com/post/3mtlgxjqy4c2s

I suggested @karlgroves bring his considerable #a11y knowledge and industry experience to the ongoing development of the #WCAG3 conformance model and he did! 👏

https://afixt.com/afixt-comments-on-the-wcag-3-conformance-model/

New content!
Patterns to avoid: Disappearing toast notifications.

A what? A toast is a short message that appears on screen and disappears after a few seconds. Read or not.

https://wpaccessibility.org/docs/topics/design/avoid/toasts/

#wp-a11y-docs

“Almost nobody pays attention to web standards anymore”
https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/08/17/almost-nobody-pays-attention-to-web-standards-anymore/5288782

Has the two attached bangers. My thoughts:

1. That number is way below the 95.9% the WebAIM million reported, so this seems like massive progress!

2. How do we get that missing ARIA labels number to 100%?

I don’t know what’s scarier, that white supremacist SecDef’s wife still has access to classified military info:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/style/jennifer-hegseth.html

Or that convicted sex offender draft-dodging PotUS’s personal secretary does too:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/20/natalie-harp-security-clearance

Insecure in more ways than one.

Oh fuck you Wayfuckingfair.

To its credit, even though it’s a `<div>` roled-up to a button, it has keyboard, pointer, mouse, and touch events.

But it uses `aria-label` and I cannot activate it with voice. Nor can I activate it with a screen reader unless I know its pass-through command.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jcast432/117128410986366356

Run by the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas.

ZeroHeight readers should be aware AudioEye is a litigious company that sues detractors:
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/01/audioeye-has-dropped-its-suit-against-me.html

They should also know its overlay never worked, a signal its services are probably just as crap:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audioeye-will-get-you-sued.html

ZeroHeight should be embarrassed.
https://bsky.app/profile/zeroheight.com/post/3mrcozts33n2w

#accessibility #a11y