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ai6yr, 4 days ago to Health

STAT: A new discovery about carbon dioxide is challenging decades-old ventilation doctrine (TLDR; viruses like CO2 levels being high) https://www.statnews.com/2024/06/04/co2-ventilation-research-virus-airborne-life-haddrell-celebs/ #co2 #ventilation #disease #health

aardrian, 7 days ago to accessibility

Oh GitHub.

@sclower filed a discussion item (with @jscholes confirming) and since I was bumping into it during a call today I also made a video:
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/127592

A lot going on here:
• Verbose.
• The instructions sometimes lie.
• Some triggers are a problem.
• Fake-dialog has issues.
• Those are links, not disclosure triggers.
• Verbose.
• Also, verbose.

#a11y #accessibility

NVDA navigating this “hover card” pattern, first via link shortcut keys (through 0:22), then tabbing at 0:25, then virtual cursor at 0:38. I try to trigger it at 0:08 and 0:10 to no avail.

mathowie, 8 days ago to random

Ouch. Two friends on opposite coasts that are the most covid safe/avoidant people I know both caught their first covid this week. Be safe out there folks.

eniko, 9 days ago (edited 9 days ago) to gamedev

Big news: Kitsune Tail's Steam Next Fest demo is live now! Go get it at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1325260 and experience the first part of this queer furry love triangle wrapped in an SMB3 jacket

You should definitely check the options. There's a CRT shader in Kitsune Tails made by @JoshJers which isn't on by default (because people get upset by that kinda thing) but playing with it on is totally the recommended experience

And for those of you who have Steam Decks, we've verified it works on that, too! And there's a new reveal trailer, showing off some of the bosses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRBcm5fagUU

#KitsuneTails #QueerGames #GameDev #PixelArt

appleinsider, 8 days ago to random

Popular app Bartender was quietly bought, and a shady certificate replacement, insertion of invasive telemetry, and a lack of transparent responses by the new owners has shaken confidence in the Mac community
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/06/05/bartender-apps-new-owner-has-burnt-years-of-good-will-with-a-lack-of-transparency?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

rmondello, 8 days ago to random

Everyone coming into town for WWDC should be aware that the COVID risk in the area is extremely high right now. You’re not going to see me in any poorly-ventilated areas without a very high-quality mask. https://twitter.com/coviddatareport/status/1797717196048638318

jamesthomson, 9 days ago to random

The latest TestFlight build of Dice by PCalc has a new Pride dice theme which can be tinted to show a wide variety of flags (all the ones that are in PCalc currently).

I'm generating the stripes on the fly, based on a underlying greyscale gradient texture, so I should be able to use that same technique for more intricate designs that can be recoloured.

A set of dice showing the lesbian pride flag.
A set of dice showing the bi pride flag.
A set of dice showing the trans pride flag.

eric, 9 days ago to random

I am terrified that the European Accessibility Act is going to create a wellspring of opportunist grifters, AI solutioneers, and general technoabelist predation.

kc, 9 days ago to random German

Anfang des Jahres habe ich eine kritische Barriere in der iOS-App des E-Rezept gemeldet, durch die Nutzer*innen von VoiceOver beim Anzeigen von ausführlicheren Informationen zu Medikamenten oder einem Rezept in der App gefangen werden und nichts mehr tun können.

Der Bug ist immer noch nicht gefixt - der Aufwand dafür wäre wahrscheinlich wenige Stunden.

Stattdessen kann man jetzt Apple Memoji als Profilbild in der App einstellen. Prioritäten von Nichtbehinderten. #Inklusion #Barrierefreiheit

aardrian, 9 days ago to accessibility

I am not the only one to say this:

Please remember that WCAG itself is the bare minimum of #accessibility. Conforming to WCAG does not guarantee something is accessible. It does not even guarantee something is usable. All WCAG does is provide you with a starting point. Lots of WCAG failures suggest the page has not even made it to the starting line.

Which I say at the end of this post comparing free automated WCAG testing with manual testing:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/01/comparing-manual-and-free-automated-wcag-reviews.html#Takeaways

#a11y

RadioFreeSkaro, 9 days ago to DoctorWho

William Russell, the #DoctorWho legend who played Ian Chesterton, has died. He was 99. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/jun/04/william-russell-obituary?CMP=twt_a-stage_b-gdnstage

aardrian, 9 days ago to random

HTML and ARIA each have tri-state controls: the checkbox (HTML) and the toggle (ARIA, and ‘toggle’ is not its formal name). They have different purposes (form participant and not). They, appropriately, look and function differently. They live in isolation unless you group them appropriately. They are always watching you, judging.

“Check-All / Expand-All Controls”
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/03/check-all-expand-all-controls.html

This is an oblique reminder to choose the right control for the right purpose.

bastianallgeier, 10 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

Do you need some good news? We only have to replace one-third of the energy generated by fossil fuels with renewables to meet our energy demand. Sounds weird? Here’s why: https://youtu.be/EVJkq4iu7bk?si=OuVh11T0jPnr_bGI

aardrian, 13 days ago to random

Rough “toggle” guidelines:

1. Use <button aria-pressed> for immediate effect and when JS is known to exist:
   https://adrianroselli.com/2019/08/under-engineered-toggles-too.html

2. Use a checkbox for submissions and when maybe no JS (PE):
   https://adrianroselli.com/2019/03/under-engineered-toggles.html

3. Use either of above with role="switch" only when it will never have an indeterminate state:
   https://adrianroselli.com/2021/10/switch-role-support.html

4. Avoid Apple’s proposed switch attribute for now (anchor link):
   https://adrianroselli.com/2021/10/switch-role-support.html#Update02

Adjust as appropriate.

cc @Lukew

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 13 days ago to auscovid19

By Prof Deborah Lupton Master of Public Health, PhD @DALupton

"COVID can cause new health problems even 3 years after infection, study finds - and even for those who had a ‘mild case’"

Source: https://fortune.com/well/article/covid-cause-new-health-problems-years-after-infection/

Study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02987-8

Twitter/X source: https://twitter.com/DALupton/status/1796293523106590758

@auscovid19

kitwinter, 14 days ago to TableTop

Speaking of #tabletop #accessibility , did you know I have tips and resources on different parts of the process - from the web in general (posts, sites, people selling stuff) writing to layout to PDF formatting? And if you need more detailed help or have a project coming up, you can contact me~! https://www.flowerstorm.tech/tabletop-creator-resources-for-tabletop-accessibility/

genehack, 14 days ago to random

Literally gave a less senior colleague this advice a few weeks ago: it’s okay to volunteer to be the person to step up to handle the new emergency BUT you also gotta say what you’re doing currently that’s now gonna be delayed/late because of the new thing you’re taking on.

You can’t absorb a new responsibility without impacting an existing one, and if you’re not vocal about that, you’re punching yourself in the face.

Don’t punch yourself in the face, y’all. https://glammr.us/@overholt/112527549646116722

kitwinter, 14 days ago to random

#MutualAidRequest here, as things are REALLY tight after housing payment went up by $300. I need to recalculate budgeting going forward, but if you can help towards $300 that would be immensely helpful in the short term. Also looking for gigs, if you have writing/editing/ebook formatting gigs (or accessibility related ones, like for tabletop! ) https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/kitchan #TransCrowdFund #DisabilityCrowdFund

tagesschau, 14 days ago to random German

Einsamkeit nach Corona-Pandemie stärker als zuvor

Die Bundesregierung will gegen Einsamkeit vorgehen. Die Grundlage dafür soll das "Einsamkeitsbarometer" schaffen. Es zeigt, wer sich besonders einsam fühlt - und wie sich das durch Corona verändert hat.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/einsamkeit-138.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Einsamkeit #Einsamkeitsbarometer #Paus #Corona

notabene, 14 days ago to random French

Podcast links and podcast links and podcast links.

1. It's tiring, exhausting, a proper ordeal when you're hard of hearing ( 👋 )
2. It's long and a written version can be scanned / browsed much more rapidly.

It reminds me of all the pseudo-tutorials on Youtube which could have been a 5-minute read but end up being a 10-minute video, which cannot be copy-pasted.

Bad accessibility. Bad UX all along. I don't listen to podcasts. EVER.

And when it's about accessibility, how could I point out how much this is utter bad taste?

Pardon my French but this sucks.

bkardell, 15 days ago (edited 14 days ago) to random

In the past 10 years, how many times have you switched your default/main browser?

aworkinglibrary, 15 days ago to random

Wrote about optimization vs resilience (with an assist from @debcha): https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/against-optimization

yatil, 15 days ago to random

Filed a bug on a pretty inacurate web·dev article today. I appreciate the drive to explain WCAG rules, but you need to be accurate. Text MUST have a 4.5:1 contrast ratio (unless >24px or bold and > 18.6px, then it MUST be 3:1). Don’t weasel word a “should” in there.

https://issuetracker.google.com/u/1/issues/343229137

laura_carlson, 15 days ago to random

W3C Education and Outreach Working Group will not be rechartering in June. https://www.w3.org/2024/05/24-eo-minutes.html#t04

auscandoc, 16 days ago to random

Study shows enforced #masking on long #flights prevents #SARSCoV2 transmission https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240528/Study-shows-enforced-masking-on-long-flights-prevents-SARS-CoV-2-transmission.aspx “Overall, the study found that flight duration was a factor in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within the aircraft in flights with non-enforced masking. In contrast, long-haul flights with enforced masking had no reports of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within the aircraft despite serving meals. (1/2)