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A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.

Today Temani Afif asked a question: Are the below codes equivalent if we consider all the aspects? (a11y, semantic, something else maybe?) If not, what is missing (or should be changed) in the second code CSS by T. Afif (@[email protected]) 22 January 2026, 2:52pm I have my canned response that…

Saying “No-one using our service has accessibility needs” is a bit like saying “We don’t need a ramp, no-one in a wheelchair has ever come up the stairs”. An accessible ramp at Glasgow Queen Street train station. The long, low rake helps wheelchair users but also people pushing prams, or a bike, or – as in this case – a heavy suitcase. Basically, it makes life easier for everyone. I remember once, a long time ago, a colleague asked me to publish some content on our website. It was marketing material, for a conference. PDF, of course. And very inaccessible. I declined, and we had a meeting. I explained why I couldn’t publish the material in its current state and they said “But there won’t be any blind people at this conference!” To which I replied, “No, there won’t, because your marketing means they can’t possibly even know it is on.” To be fair to my colleague, when I explained it to them, they got it. It literally hadn’t occurred to them. Why would it? Their job was to sell out a conference on renewable energy, or whatever it was. But in my experience, almost everyone gets it once you give them context. Almost everyone knows someone with accessibility needs, even if they currently have none themselves. Ableism is a silent assassin in our culture. It pervades our discourse. We must hear the voices of disabled people. Among whom I now count myself. But most people are decent, and kind. And want to do the right thing. Don’t scold them. Help them understand, and find a solution. On this occasion, I published the content as html with a friendly URL, and the PDF as an optional download. Win/win. No idea how many visually impaired people showed up at the conference, but that is emphatically not the point. This post is based on a series of posts on Mastodon in March 2025. David O'Brien Website | + postsBio I'm a service designer in Scottish Enterprise's unsurprisingly-named service design team. I've been a content designer, editor, UX designer and giant haystacks developer on the web for (gulp) over 25 years. * David O'Brien __The point of the doing is the doing, not what gets done * David O'Brien __No more cookies for you * David O'Brien __I cycled to work * David O'Brien __Who are we willing to exclude? * David O'Brien __What do service designers do? * David O'Brien __Good Services Scale: an interactive assessment * David O'Brien __Making our account managers appy * David O'Brien __Show your stripes * David O'Brien __Telling a story * David O'Brien __How to create inclusive personas, without creating inclusive personas * David O'Brien __Go with the flow * David O'Brien __On colours * David O'Brien __Joining the dots from intent to outcome * David O'Brien __On calculating carbon * David O'Brien __Operating in the open * David O'Brien __WCAG 2.2 * David O'Brien __On twitter * David O'Brien __Joining the Federation * David O'Brien __Providing text alternatives for non-text content * David O'Brien __Running an asynchronous retrospective * David O'Brien __Service landscape maps: seeing the bigger picture * David O'Brien __Measuring our carbon output * David O'Brien __On alternatives * David O'Brien __The exporting experience: one year on * David O'Brien __How to create accessible Word documents * David O'Brien __Make the service standard work for you * David O'Brien __How to deliver agile projects to a deadline * David O'Brien __Measuring performance * David O'Brien __What I learned at Service Design in Government 2019 * David O'Brien __A story is the promise of a conversation * David O'Brien __Preparing for Brexit * David O'Brien __You can do things, or you can get things done * David O'Brien __Talk first. Ask for detail later * David O'Brien __Fidelity increases as uncertainty decreases * David O'Brien __A form of conversation * David O'Brien __We need feedback * David O'Brien __What digital transformation really means * David O'Brien __Why users do what they do, when, where, how, and what they do it with * David O'Brien __Towards agile UX * David O'Brien __Designing for mobile first * David O'Brien __Embrace uncertainty * David O'Brien __It’s your first date. Behave … * David O'Brien __Open up * David O'Brien __Making it up * David O'Brien __Love’s the needle, not the North* * David O'Brien __Stop starting. Start finishing * David O'Brien __It’s unexpected. But it’s also unexpectable * David O'Brien __Go on then. Motivate me * David O'Brien __When is a team not a team? * David O'Brien __Faking it * David O'Brien __Why Big Design fails * David O'Brien __Complexity. It’s not complicated … * David O'Brien __Our first live event: the facts and figures * David O'Brien __Personas: fact or fiction? Answer: neither, and both * David O'Brien __Design content first … who would have thought of that? * David O'Brien __Digital first is … what? * David O'Brien __Why accessibility matters * David O'Brien __The problem with pixels … ## Possibly related * Invisible Disabilities * A new life in the unknown * How to create accessible Word documents * Accessibility - Sharing knowledge between organisations * Our first live event: the facts and figures * Writing for people, not businesses

Public universities nationwide are preparing for new federal digital accessibility requirements that take effect on April 24, 2026, under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). These…

Last night we announced the top three scorers of the 2025 Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) competition. They were: First place: Code Your Dreams by A11y Cats Second place: Esther's Walking Journey by Usabellas Third Place: Westside Queer Resource Center by The Accessibeasts Spirits were high as we convened over 100 local and virtual participants. Old timers and newbies shared stories of learning digital accessibility or honing their existing skills. We looked back at Knowbility's history with the two co-founders Steve Guengerich and Sharron Rush on site and looked forward to an exciting future as Jillian Fortin Burtnett prepares to take on the role of Knowbility Executive Director in May. A tribute to the late David Dauber, friend to all, tireless disability advocate, and program Chair in 2025, touched us all. We were all winners last night - NPOs had shiny new accessible websites, web pros had learned new skills, and the joyful community of advocates for digital equity grew stronger. Visit the AIR pages of Knowbility's website to learn more and sign up to stay in the Know for AIR 2026 and Knowbility's other award-winning community programs. https://lnkd.in/er64DhAu Thanks to staff, volunteers, and all who make AIR the unforgettable experience it has been since 1998!

This December, Android is getting new accessibility updates like dark theme’s expanded option, emotion tags in Expressive Captions, easier Voice Access and more.

The rationale for organizations to address accessibility. It includes tangible and intangible benefits, and the risks of not addressing accessibility adequately.

‘Pagination’ has comes from the word ‘page’, so yes, pagination should consist of pages. But the question is totally valid; worth digging into!

A wooden box labeled “Accessibility Grades” being propped up with a stick with a string tied to it with a business man about to walk underneath In the rush...

For EFF Copyright Week 2026: Device and Digital Ownership Every three years since 2003, disability rights advocates and library associations have petitioned the US Copyright Office for permission to a...