1. Using framework powers for good

    Usually, when talking about modern JavaScript frameworks and accessibility, the dominant opinion is "React and company are bad for for the inclusive web". But in my opinion, it is not the frameworks that are to blame – you can write accessible or inaccessible code, just like you would (or wouldn't) in pl...

  2. Menu (or not)

    This article marks the third time I try to create a useful menu pattern for accessible-app.com - but hopefully the third time's the charm. But before I explain the (hopefully) final and correct menu solution let's look back to past trails and (eventually failed) implementations. Approach 1 At first, I ...

  3. Creating a selfhosted newsletter with ProcessWire and MailGun

    (Skip to the essential setup part) While I'm writing this I realize that I haven't published a blog post regarding the (proper) launch of accessible-app.com. That's very odd considering that I covered every other phase of this project here. Anyway: Accessible App has launched! I rewrote the pattern articles, ...

  4. Hello, Directive (EU) 2019/882

    It's true, "Directive 2019/882" is a boring, bureaucratic and technocratic name. But this directive is actually a very important piece of legislation when it comes to accessibility in the European Union since it's the official name for the legal act formerly known as "European Accessibility Act (EAA)". But the EAA not ...

  5. Accessibility challenges in web apps

    A web application is a computer program that runs in your browser. It is hard to expand the general definition further. Wikipedia says: The general distinction between a dynamic web page of any kind and a "web application" is unclear. Web sites most likely to be referred to as "web ...