Blog posts from 2026
There have been 10 posts in 2026.
There’s no going back
Article posted 28th July 2026
The more I learn about accessibility, the harder it is to look back at some of my old work; but that cringe is a useful measure of progress.
WWDC 2026 roundup
Article posted 15th July 2026
The last few WWDC announcements from Apple have left me desperate for a ‘bug fixes and performance improvements’ release. Well, it’s finally here!
Clickable table rows are a bad idea
Article posted 30th June 2026
Whole table rows might feel like obvious candidates to be clickable areas, but making them interactive creates real accessibility problems.
Do it properly now
Article posted 30th May 2026
Shipping something inaccessible is rarely a shortcut; it’s usually a debt.
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-labelwhich 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-labelshould 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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