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Comment #35256892
> No accessibility, ... you just want something you can run through a user test. As long as those users aren't disabled.
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Comment #33096849
Try launching the instance of Chrome with `--disable-web-security` and `--disable-features=IsolateOrigins,site-per-process` options. I use these when launching Chrome via Playwrigh…
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Comment #32858065
The live demo[1] is completely unusable for people relying on assistive technology like screen readers and speech recognition, plus anyone using alternative input modalities like t…
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Comment #32195257
Do you know what doesn't matter? Articles about whether commit messages do or don't. What matters is the art of documenting things, somewhere, and that place should be the one that…
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Comment #32167036
> nobody wanted to be the first person to leave the office, even on Friday. This doesn't sound like a healthy symptom of a positive workplace culture. I guarantee that for some peo…
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Comment #31440393
> I'm sure they had their reasons They do, accessibility being one of them. Rendering math in the way you describe makes it difficult, or impossible, to understand for all sorts of…
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Comment #30926546
> All4 is one of the buggiest platforms of all of the big channels. Interesting viewpoint. While using the service on iOS, with an active ad-free subscription, I haven't noticed an…
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Comment #30782165
Thank you for this great summary!
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Comment #30727323
> I will often get a suggestion on how to fix an issue, fix it, and then someone else will test my fix and give me a totally different suggestion on how to fix it. It's infuriating…
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Comment #30727251
> new screen readers and new web APIs come out and and more. New web APIs, for sure. But the screen reader market is not fast moving, in terms of new software being adopted. The li…
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Comment #30355778
> Do you have an example of a website with a comment hierarchy that works well for you? I'm not the original commenter, but I am a screen reader user who works in accessibility. Un…
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Comment #30355739
> I have my gripes with Google, but from working there, I can definitely give them props for how much they cared about accessibility. Accessibility at Google suffers in the same wa…
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Comment #30355704
> if there's a link on a website that the screen reader cannot see, a blind person won't report that as an accessibility issue because they won't even know it's there. This is high…
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Comment #30290826
It grinds my gears that "tamale" is on this list. The singular of tamales, in Spanish, is "tamal". God forbid English speakers have to remember to drop one syllable.
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Comment #30237683
There's no denying that money can go further in Mexico. But there are two aspects of nuance missing from this article. First: there are often options that cost more than $5, in som…
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Comment #30132130
> Why not just have an image of a menu and a box where you type the order. Because then the menu wouldn't be readable, searchable, or adaptable by many people, including blind, low…
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Comment #30107394
> That's only if you want to take advantage of the hydration and client side routing. I feel it would be doable for a framework to determine which links should be client-side route…
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Comment #30106650
This page talks a lot about knowledge that is transferable, e.g.: > We want your experience with Remix to transfer to web development generally. But then, you opened the quickstart…
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Comment #29935531
Thanks for posting this! I've been exclusively using Powecom KN95s from Bonafidemasks.com; glad to see they get a pass.
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Comment #29908001
> Out of curiosity, what does it look like to not-suck at math? To me, it looks like the rest of your comment, wherein you casually mention constants, theorems, topological homolog…
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Comment #29738722
This doesn't seem like a very well written article. It initially states: > Oklahoma state law would allow parents to seek up to $10,000 for each day Then later: > The bill goes on …
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Comment #29592810
AFAIK, listening in on police radio traffic hasn't been possible in the UK for over a decade for similar encryption-related reasons, following the switch to Airwave[1]. [1] https:/…