Alt tags do not save a layout that falls apart at 150% zoom. Setting up Figma variable modes for 100, 120, 150 and 200 percent, seeing what breaks when you toggle them, and the rem-based CSS that keeps the scaling honest.
A look at Accessible UX Research, the new Smashing Magazine book by Dr. Michele Williams, and why passing a WCAG checklist is not the same as being usable. Includes the nav menu ARIA fix I keep applying to custom themes.
Popover API and Dialog API solve different problems: one is for light non-modal UI, the other for true modals that block the page. This post breaks down when to use each, with working code.
The Popover API gives WordPress developers a native, declarative way to build accessible tooltips and menus, without the JavaScript libraries and manual ARIA syncing tooltips used to require.
Thomas Walichiewicz proposed a :near() selector so CSS can react when a pointer gets close to an element. It would replace the usual pointermove distance math, though the CSS Working Group is still weighing the fingerprinting risk.
Conic gradients make a pie shape but leave screen readers with an empty box. This build keeps the data in the markup, places labels with cos() and sin(), and uses a few lines of JS for the slice offsets.
Mental health apps need more than clean code. This is the empathy-centred UX framework I use: progressive onboarding, low-stimulus interfaces, and a retention system that does not punish a missed day.
The contrast-color() function only works in Safari and Firefox so far, so dynamic text colors still need a workaround. Here is the OKLCH lightness trick I use in block themes and WooCommerce stores: one declaration, no JavaScript.
Which control to reach for once a dropdown of 500 product variations stops being usable: combobox, multiselect, listbox or dual listbox. With a Gutenberg ComboboxControl refactor and the keyboard focus rules a real combobox has to meet.
About 60 lines of Python turn a laptop webcam into a pointing device. Uses OpenCV and MediaPipe Hands for the 21 hand landmarks, PyAutoGUI to move the cursor, and a smoothing buffer to kill the jitter.