Who wins when we filter the open web through an opaque system?
When people stop visiting websites directly, they're filtering content through an opaque system.
Domain: hidde.blog
The writer, the text and the audience
Meaning in art comes from more than the artifact.
How to avoid that your post about AI helps the hype
If we’re not cautious, we may accidentally feed the AI hype by talking about it in specific ways.
Is “ethical AI” an oxymoron?
The current wave of generative AI has unpleasant side effects: large-scale copyright infringements, environmental impact and bias.
Turn off AI features by default (to reduce their climate impact)
If users don’t use a future that requires a lot of energy and water, that’s wasteful. Making such features opt-in is the right thing to do.
“AI” and accessible front-end components: is the nuance generatable?
Are LLMs helpful tools to assist with making accessible front-end components? Let’s find out.
Ableist Interactions
This week, a product launched and claimed to generate “production ready” code.
Positioning anchored popovers
Hidde’s blog about web accessibility, standards, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and more.
Dialogs, modality and popovers seem similar. How are they different?
A deep dive into the semantics, behaviours and characteristics of some of the most common user interface elements of websites today.
Do we need an Interop for assistive technologies?
Interop 2022 makes a great impact for web developers, should something like an accessibility-specific Interop exist?
With :focus-visible, you can have focus styles when it makes sense
On why :focus-visible is more than a way to target keyboard users only.
Common accessibility issues that you can fix today
Tips based on WebAIM’s “Million” survey.