Day 1 from the #mEnabling23#accessibility summit is over and I am so full of ideas. Lots of half formed ideas, linkages, connections to all the other flies humming around my brain.
ANYWAY... here's a selection of things that left an impression on me.
https://t.co/5yr59r5Cox
in a panel at the #mEnabling23#accessibility summit and panelist said the following:
"Do we want there to be outcome to represent the past." (Christopher Land)
YES. Biased data produces biased results. I wrote some about this:
https://t.co/WlGXcwYkju
Been hearing "know your users" at work a lot lately and I think it's problematic. While well-intended, like many things, it produces #ableist results. #Accessibility is an inclusive *process*, not a feature.
https://t.co/WlGXcwYkju
@ScopicEngineer How do people respond when you mention a "critical accessibility theory" to describe your approach to accessibility? Do you get people paying attention or get defensive?
I was about to lament this super cool idea being not accessible - each post is an image of handwritten text.
But! @nathell’s https://t.co/ie3ef5rSQD has transcription for non-sighted users linked to each post! Fantastic.
https://t.co/tIruVf5uEx
@gruber I love the idea of groups but with no way to direct new tabs I’m opening outside Safari to a tab group, I find them limiting and forgettable.
No idea how to fix it but if the default is “open tab into the mass of existing mess” groups aren’t offering much to typical users.
Sunday morning shenanigans with the new Building a Second Brain (#BASD) book. I have been using https://t.co/8IOtGRd7O3 for mine. Second image is an Okie dokie screen cap of the note network. https://t.co/A6bIICT72U
On Principles- I’m all for @Neilyoung pulling his catalog from Spotify. But it is definitely a privilege to be able to do so. Most can’t afford to stand on principle that could affect their paycheck. Still - actual Virtue, not just signaling.
https://t.co/DxrdB7Ct3H
Decision quality- We make decisions with the best information available. If that choice doesn’t pan out, it’s not a quality problem in the decision, it’s a lack of information. Circumstances change. Context matters.
https://t.co/jfiJjfmrzM
Asterisk has no meaning - Portrait of the Artist as a Man
The TL;DR: Visual conventions have no inherent meaning. That meaning must be provided to all types to users.
#accessibility#design https://t.co/dAl7jpwjQW