This is an interesting discovery:
VoiceOver uses borders as a criteria to determine if a table is a data table or not.
The Best Of The Internets
A11y: Tables and Borders
Woe-ARIA: The Surprisingly but Ridiculously Complicated World of aria-label/ledby
An in-depth examination of aria-label and aria-labelledby.
The Accessibility Mindset
A few simple, practical examples of how to make your interfaces more accessible, by Eric Eggert.
On Accessibility and the Lack of Proper HTML
Great minds think alike… I wrote at length about inherent semantics vs. fully-customized divs and the number of dependencies that come with the latter in the second edition of Adaptive Web Design.
WHATWG: Compatibility Standard
A list of things browsers must implement to ensure poorly-coded sites work. That this is needed deeply saddens me.
Safari 9.1
The picture element, faster taps, desktop gestures, and more are coming in the next iteration of Apple’s browser.
Why Is Comcast Interrupting My Web-Browsing To Upsell Me On A New Modem?
Content & Display Patterns
Dan Mall’s excellent overview of decoupling content and display using structured data to make your sites more flexible.
Microsoft readies kill switch for Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10
Microsoft is end-of-life-ing IE8–10, but that doesn’t mean we should stop supporting them. Some people can’t upgrade for reasons way beyond their control.
The Problem with Progressive Enhancement
Alex Lande doesn’t believe optimizing for a no-JavaScript scenario makes sense, but he does believe in building a robust web experience pays huge dividends.
Progressive enhancement is a tool that will help you build faster, tougher sites. It is an investment in the strength and quality of your application. It will make your users happy because the app will still work, if imperfectly. It might just save you when disaster strikes, and if you’re interested in building the best websites possible, you should give it some thought.
Eloquently put.