Reading List 245
- CSS 3D transformations & SVG – “Resolving the co-evolutionary branches of HTML, CSS and SVG – and why it matters”
- If you ARIA label something, give it a role says Marco Zehe, screen reader user and Accessibility Lord of Mozilla.
- Making GOV.UK more than a website – using schema.org structured markup allows “meeting users where they are, meeting user needs at the point of need”, for example on Voice Assistants or in Google OneBox search results.
- Why <details> is Not an Accordion – “HTML really needs <accordion> , <tabs>, <dialog>, <dropdown>, and <tooltip> elements. Not more “low-level primitives but good ol’ fashioned, difficult-to-get-consensus-on elements”
- CSS Guidelines – High-level advice and guidelines for writing sane, manageable, scalable CSS, by Harry Roberts
- Understanding the PDF Tags Tree
- Vivaldi browser pretends it’s Chrome so websites don’t break – “it spotlighted baseless browser incompatibilities with Google search, Google Docs, WhatsApp and Netflix. It also said it’s got problems with Medium, Microsoft Teams, Twitch, Github, Abc Go, AT&T TV Now and Shopify”
- An adventurer’s guide to W3C specs – How do all the accessibility specs and guidelines fit together?
- A Remote Tanzanian Village Logs Onto the Internet – “The Danish company Bluetown installed a hot spot in Sagara B, with download speeds fast enough for Netflix and for local life to change.”
- China is making more of Africa’s phones than you think – “Chinese companies dominate Africa’s phone market”
- Another reason Prince Andrew is a disgrace – Buried in the T&Cs of his Pitch at Palace venture is that he takes 2% of your business for zero cash for 3 years after the pitch.
- Why WeWork went wrong – “The office-space startup took a tumble when investors tired of its messianic CEO and lack of profits. But why were its backers the House of Saud among them so keen to pour billions into it in the first place?”. Long, and fascinating article.
Merry Consumerfest, and a Happy Nude Year!