Blog posts from 2026

There have been 6 posts in 2026.

Do graphs and charts need to be accessible?

Article posted 29th April 2026

Charts and graphs are a good example of where making content accessible is not always the same as making an image itself accessible.
A bugbear about aria-label

Article posted 31st March 2026

Labels are labels and names are names, except aria-label which is a name…
There’s no need to include ‘navigation’ in your navigation labels

Article posted 30th March 2026

Marking up navigation is pretty straightforward, but here’s a nice reminder on how the aria-label should be written.
Figcaptions versus alt text

Article posted 28th February 2026

How does an image’s descriptive (alt) text differ from the caption it would have if it were used in a <figure> element?
Designing and building from our own worldview

Article posted 30th January 2026

Producing accessible software means continually questioning your own habits and assumptions about how people interact with it.
Holidays, no laptop, and a Bluetooth keyboard

Article posted 23rd January 2026

In recent years I’ve tried to switch off more on holiday, so I leave my laptop at home. But I still get enjoy a bit of writing, so what to do?

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