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Erik Kroes 👀

@erikkroes.bsky.social

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Disabled, and doing it anyway. 🎉 Art, Web Accessibility & Design Systems 🎉 Now: Freelancer 🌐 Previously: Nomensa 🇬🇧 IKEA 🇸🇪 ING 🇳🇱🦁 👤 he/him www.erikkroes.nl

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Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 13h

Somebody actually said that? Wow...

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 13h

I just opened the website of m-enabling and wish I hand't.

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Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 1d

"is it really an error or is it just AWS failing"
- game of the day

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 1d

"you broke reddit" feels like such a passive-aggressive victim blaming type of error message

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 4d

Man of many talents!

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 5d

Do you want something for the switch or the ally?
You could see if makerworld.com has something you like.

makerworld.co

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Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 5d

I'm drafting HTML for an accessible carousel/slider and I feel a bit dirty 😬

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 5d

I'm enjoying 3d-print and modeling currently. Let me know if there's anything you'd like to try/make/test!

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 5d

My second desk holds my A3 printer, and both a flatbed and film scanner. Like most of my photography stuff, they're mostly catching dust.

I think I'll move them today. Give my 3D printer and pen plotter (also catching dust) more space. Any reason I shouldn't?

"Speak now or forever hold your peace"

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 6d

Please help me read (again).

www.erikkroes.nl/blog/i-cant-...

I can't read (but I'd like to)

I have issues with reading books. I find it very hard to read a book. But I used to read quite a lot, and I'd like to get into it again. This is me reaching out, and asking your best tips!

www.erikkroes.nl

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 6d

I think that's very reasonable.

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 6d

Let's keep it unusual: rechargeable dessicants.

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 6d

every software product available: you have succesfully backed up your phone pictures

and yet 😬😬😬

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 7d

"I'm here with Ariel Vardica."

Something tells me the transcripts are automatically generated 😂

Thanks for sharing!

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Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 7d

Link to the discussion/musings? 👀

Would love to hear/read them!

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Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 7d

How useful AI is for generating alt-text?

"May be an image of toy" on every image... on a LEGO-related website.

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 7d

To all the people cleaning up:

It might be the most underappreciated task. People only see the things you miss, not the things you do.

Thanks for cleaning up. Thanks for leaving things in a better state. Your efforts make things possible.

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 8d

What are you talking abou... oh.. ouch.

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 8d

I'm writing a roundup of disability(/accessibility) numbers and statistics. What source -must- be included?

(I came up with a funny title, so now I feel like I have to write it)

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 13d

Vorige week was er weer een gezellige meetup van IDEA11Y!

We waren te gast bij Level Level met een tof programma. Daarnaast een fijne mix van bekende gezichten en nieuwe bezoekers.

Wil je zelf bijdragen, of heb je ideeën voor komende edities? Laat het weten: airtable.com/appOF0NAsfPK...

Een aankondigingsafbeelding zonder details maar met de teksten "het verhaal dat je wil delen", "jouw naam" en "jouw bedrijf of organisatie".

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 19d

"Don't use pure black text on a white background."

This advice is plastered all over the web. I remember reading research about it. I don't remember where.

Does anybody have a source, a user test, something for this?

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 20d

I didn't know how to 3d print walls.

So I modeled something, to 3d print, so I know how thick I should model, for my 3d prints.

Feedback loops are amazing.
makerworld.com/en/models/18...

Wall thickness reference and benchmark/test by Erik MakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models

How thick should the wall of a model be? I had no idea. So I modeled something to test different wall thicknesses! Boost Me Now I have something I can use as a reference, but also a gre...

makerworld.com

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 26d

In person and in Dutch!

Erik Kroes 👀 @erikkroes.bsky.social · 26d

Donderdag zijn we bij Level Level in Rotterdam!

1. Caitlin de Rooi: WCAG en ik: succescriteria voor ADHD
2. Diede Gulpers: De ideale developer's accessibility roadmap
3. @kilianvalkhof.com (@polypane.app): Hoe ontwikkel je accessibility features voor een browser?

www.meetup.com/inclusive-de...

[NL] Meetup kwartaal 4, Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

(This meetup is in Dutch!/Deze bijeenkomst is Nederlandstalig!) Na de vakantie beginnen we weer vol enthousiast aan de toegankelijkheid. We zijn op deze avond te gast bij

www.meetup.com

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Jan Maarten @janmaarten.com · 27d

I’m real excited for @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social‘s talk! Far more than my own.

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