Reading List 320
- Masonry and reading order – by Rachel Andrew. TL;DR: there’s a plan, and it’s for Flexbox and Grid, too.
- Mobile Tabs Part 3 – Flutter – “Full Keyboard Access (FKA) on Flutter does not exist. If you are planning on building an app using Flutter, FKA users will not be able to use your app. There has been an open issue for FKA support since 2021.” (Paciello Group)
- An even faster Microsoft Edge – Microsoft Edge is migrating its UI from React to web components. “The UI is now 42% faster for Edge users and a whopping 76% faster for those on a device without an SSD or with less than 8GB RAM!”
- Should responsive images work with container queries? by Stefan Judis
- Not so short note on aria-label usage – Big Table Edition by Sexy Steve Faulkner
- The Road to Accessible Drag and Drop (Part 1) – by James Edwards, at The Paciello Group.
- I Need Your Help to Make 11ty Fully Independent and Sustainable in 2024 – “we’re going all-in to create a fully independent and sustainable, grass-roots funded open source project in 2024” by Zach Leatherman
- An introduction to the European Accessibility Act (EAA)
- Apple Puts Rival App Stores Behind a Tall Barricade – “The experience of AltStore shows the significant hurdles facing those looking to open third-party app stores in Europe.” (Bloomberg, link to unpaywalled mirror)
- Consensus in Internet Standards by Mark Nottingham
- “Things are so broken here at Apple.”– “I joined about 4 years ago. I am awed by the fact that we manage to release any software at all, let alone functional software. The biggest problem is communication. No one fucking communicates.”
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