David MacDonald

David MacDonald, Veteran WCAG team member (since 2002), Co-editor of Using ARIA. #a11y consultant & trainer. President of CanAdapt.

[David MacDonald @davidmacd]

After a couple of years helping my wife who just passed due to ALS. Downloaded latest #NVDA and it still doesn't seem to support aria-errormessage on form fields. So I'm still recommending aria-describedby. https://t.co/Dr73DSZYPf

[David MacDonald @davidmacd]

This is how I'll always remember my wife Kirsten.

[David MacDonald @davidmacd]

My wife has lost her battle with ALS. Dec. 19/24, heroic fight impacted thousands of people following her. I love you Kirsten & miss you, and so does our 8 year old daughter. You taught me more about disability than my 25 years as an accommodation specialist and WCAG team member

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Hey WCAG evaluators. A link to a PDF forces download, doesn't open in browser... is it WEB content or is it something that would fall under WCAG2ICT

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Update: The latest Elementor is much better... much improvement between versions.

[David MacDonald @davidmacd]

Looking at a #WordPerfect #Elementor site right now. Pretty disappointing from an accessibility point of view. The widgets (carousels, show/hides, menus, etc.) seem created by guessing at what to do to meet WCAG. These errors have proliferated 1000's of times. #WCAG

[David MacDonald @davidmacd]

Accessible Wordpress #menu: I’ve been caring for my wife who is in final stage ALS for a couple of years…anyone know what is currently the best #WCAG conforming menu for #wordpress including the mobile break point hamburger.

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@stevefaulkner Congrats Steve

[David MacDonald @davidmacd]

Some have asked about my wife's ALS. Her story: She had cancer while pregnant at 48 yrs old w/ our only child, refused chemo, beat the cancer, baby born healthy, 6 years of perfect health and then ALS. Daughter is singing song to her. https://t.co/PGXgfu0cJj

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If it GOES someWHERE use a link
If it DOES someTHING use a button
#a11y #WCAG

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@rs459 Arrow doesn't work...

[David MacDonald @davidmacd]

#JAWS and #Screenreader users. JAWS is reading a <div> block all at once and I can't seem to get it to read one line at a time. NVDA is fine line by line.
It's a div with nested divs inside it on a checkout page. Any ideas?

[David MacDonald @davidmacd]

ps normal down arrows just make it jump to the next section.

[David MacDonald @davidmacd]

Hey devs: multiple role="alert" messages on a page that appear at the same time don't concatenate in JAWS, so only the last one will announce. JAWS says aler-aler-alert "text of last alert" . So don't add more than one at a time.#a11y #WCAG #aria

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The human psyche can adapt to very difficult things. Our #ALS journey has brought us closer to one another, and there are things we've learned that we would otherwise never know. After 25 years in #a11y I'm grateful to be on a steep learning curve necessitated by my wife's ALS.

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@mikemai2awesome @jared_w_smith Interesting perspective, however, WAVE found thousands of websites. Are you saying nobody in China uses those websites?

[David MacDonald @davidmacd]

2023 WebAIM Million report now available.lowest score for country code was CN (China) 79% > errors than average, and zh Language (Chinese) 77% > errors (3rd lowest for languages). Is WAVE ok w/ character languages or is #a11y low priority in China? Just wondering @jared_w_smith

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@mikemai2awesome @pauljadam @jared_w_smith Are the Apps conforming with accessibility guidance?

[David MacDonald @davidmacd]

Never give up ... persistence is the heart of overcoming adversity. Our ALS journey is teaching us that One Day at a Time is more than a cheap slogan. It's a way of life. And also the way of love. #A11Y

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@calebjasik aria-describedby