Accessible notifications with ARIA Live Regions (Part 2)

In the first part of this chapter we discussed what we might need live regions for, and how to create them using HTML and ARIA. In this part, we’re going to discuss what live regions are not suitable for and why, and we’re going to discuss more robust ways to implement some commo … | Continue reading


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Accessible notifications with ARIA Live Regions (Part 1)

In this chapter, we’re going to learn about ARIA live regions — the accessible notifications system that enables us to make dynamic web content more accessible to screen reader users. Without live regions, some rich web applications would be more challenging to use for screen rea … | Continue reading


@sarasoueidan.com | 10 months ago

Imagine you visit a website and you want to browse it for some content. You want to buy something; or maybe book a flight somewhere. And as you move your cursor onto the page, it suddenly disappears. Your hand may be still on the mouse, and you’re moving the mouse across the scre … | Continue reading


@sarasoueidan.com | 1 year ago

Setting up a screen reader testing environment on your computer

When you’re designing and developing for accessibility, performing manual testing using a screen reader is important to catch and fix accessibility and usability issues that cannot be caught by automated accessibility checkers. You can catch the majority of issues by performing t … | Continue reading


@sarasoueidan.com | 2 years ago

A guide to designing accessible, WCAG-compliant focus indicators

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The CSS prefers-color-scheme user query and order of preference

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In Quest of Search

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A guide to designing accessible, WCAG-compliant focus indicators

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I’m curating the programme for an upcoming accessibility-focussed conference ✨

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Working around the viewport-based fluid typography bug in Safari

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A couple of ways to highlight code syntax in Apple Keynote slides

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Design for reading: tips for optimizing content for Reader modes and reading apps

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Component-level art direction with CSS Container Queries

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Working around the viewport-based fluid typography bug in Safari

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Not Your Typical Horizontal Rules

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Redesigning and rebuilding my Web site from the ground up

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Not Your Typical Horizontal Rules

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Accessible Text Labels For All

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How I set up Glyphhanger on macOS for optimizing and converting font files for the Web

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"Yes or No?" — One Checkbox vs Two Radio Buttons.

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Understanding SVG Coordinate Systems and Transformations

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Global and Component Style Settings with CSS Variables

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Inclusively Hiding & Styling Checkboxes and Radio Buttons

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Optimizing keyboard navigation using tabindex and ARIA

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Global and Component Style Settings with CSS Variables

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What a Year of Learning and Teaching Accessibility Taught Me

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Case Study: Implementing Accessible Data Charts for the Khan Academy 2018 Annual Report

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Accessible Icon Buttons

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Accessible Icon Buttons

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The SVG Filters Series

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The Refactoring UI Book

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Nested Links Without Nesting Links

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@sarasoueidan.com | 6 years ago

How do you mark up an accordion?

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On Switching from HEX & RGB to HSL

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SVG Filters: The Crash Course

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Interview: net Magazine September 2018 Issue #310

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On Designing and Building Toggle Switches

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@sarasoueidan.com | 6 years ago

On Designing and Building Toggle Switches

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A new Smashing talk. A smashing new experience.

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Going Offline

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Case Study: Optimizing SVG Text & Image Delivery with Inline SVG

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Auto-Sizing Columns in CSS Grid: auto-fill vs auto-fit

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Migrating from Jekyll+Github Pages to Hugo+Netlify

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Building a fully-accessible help tooltip

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Mimic Relative Positioning Inside an SVG with Nested SVGs

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@sarasoueidan.com | 8 years ago

Making the Switch Away from Icon Fonts to SVG: Converting Font Icons to SVG

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SVG Style Inheritance and the ‘Flash Of Unstyled SVG’

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2015 In Review

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