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Safari 15’s Tab Groups
Article posted 30th December 2021 in Apple
The road to Safari 15 was a bumpy old ride. Some things were announced at WWDC and then undone; others, like Safari’s Tab Groups, turned out great.
Design for everyone
Article posted 9th December 2021 in Accessibility and Design
Design is a hugely responsible role, and one responsibility is ensuring everyone can use our websites, products, services, and applications.
An update on Google and the open web
Article posted 30th November 2021
A year ago, I wrote about how Google were spoiling my Blue Beanie Day. Since then, there have been some changes; some positive, others not so much.
What do we do with a link or button matters
Article posted 22nd November 2021 in Accessibility and Design
Language is a powerful thing; if the metaphor we use to describe actions to our users is ‘click’ we tend to forget about all those who don’t.
If HTML and ARIA don’t allow it, it’s probably a bad idea
Article posted 25th October 2021 in Accessibility, Design and HTML
I like to use invalid HTML and ARIA as a design constraint; a line I can’t step across. Sounds obvious, but in practice it’s not always that simple!
Mac event 2021
Article posted 19th October 2021 in Apple
Apple had their final event of the year last night and it was especially exciting as I’m in the market for a new Mac. Here are my thoughts.
Face ID on the Mac won’t happen
Article posted 11th October 2021 in Apple
With an October Mac event looming, I got to thinking about Face ID on the Mac; I don’t think it’ll be added now, and might not ever be.
Always style links with a pseudo-class
Article posted 1st October 2021 in CSS and Development
Ever wondered why we have the
:linkpseudo-class as well as theaselector in CSS? Aren’t they doing the same thing? Turns out they’re not.Links, missing href attributes, and over-engineered code
Article posted 30th September 2021 in Accessibility, Development and HTML
Links without an
hrefattribute are ignored by browsers; making them ‘behave’ using JavaScript, CSS, and other HTML attributes is not a solution.A week with iOS 15
Article posted 29th September 2021 in Apple
I’ve been using iOS 15 for just over a week and there are some and there are some changes that have made a big difference. Here’s a short list.