Craig Abbott

I don't post here anymore. Connect with me on: BlueSky: bsky.app LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/abbott567/

@middlesbroughfe I always thought I looked a bit like a Dan. 😂

Dan Abbot is now talking about the problem with pixel perfect design.

I give up. I quit. Twitter is awful. These are some places I remain active, if you want to connect. LinkedIn: uk.linkedin.com/in/abbott567 Mastodon: @craigabbott" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">a11y.info/@craigabbott Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/craiga…

A bold new look for the GOV.UK homepage 👀 insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2023/11/01/a-b…

🆕 We've got an exciting apprenticeship opportunity! Embark on a career as an Accessibility Specialist and help ensure everyone can use our content and services. Find out more and apply 👇 civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j… #Apprenticeship #CivilServiceJobs

Great article on @webaxe about the #accessibility of strike through formatted text: webaxe.org/strikethrough-…

@tickytembo @Kickstarter Haha. Well, I got a thing, eventually, after complaining I didn’t get the thing for months. Then when it turned up it’s a brick. 😂 absolute waste of time

If you back something on @Kickstarter and when it finally arrives it’s broken, what options do you have? I’ve reached out to the creator and did everything they asked, sending videos of it not working etc, and now they’re just ignoring me 😅 #Kickstarter

@jtruk It is Rolling Square.

@abbott567 If this is Rolling Square, then I'd be backing their latest for $1 and posting factual warnings to folks in the comments section until you get a satisfactory resolution.

A photo I took of the Red Footed Falcon that recently visited Northumberland. Alt: Small bird of prey with a speckled underside and dark wings, with a short sharp beak and black mask. It’s on a rock amongst dry grass against a clear sky, sideways on looking over its shoulder.

I think I just found the exact moment I got into accessibility. A tweet in January 2016, after a talk by @dugboticus at GDS in Holborn. Man do you have a lot to answer for. 😆

@1Copenut @nonswearyphil did you publish any of the Cypress accessibility work you were doing on GOVUK a while back? Not sure how far you got with it or whether its relevant, but I remember it being ace at the time? Would love to have a dig around.

@accessibleweb @GDSTeam Haha. Thanks! I’ve missed your jokes 😂

@abbott567 @GDSTeam As the police officer said when someone reported an unexpected hole in the ground “I’ll look into it”.

Hey @accessibleweb, on this GOVUK Guidance it mentions both @GDSTeam and CDDO in the monitoring section. It’s not clear who is the monitoring and reporting body anymore. Has there there been a reshuffle of responsibility? Or is it a typo? gov.uk/guidance/acces…

@lloydi Ah that’s cool!

@abbott567 On a related topic, I put together some text expansions for Keyboard Maestro, macOS and TextExpander a while back that include all the 2.2 SCs. Expands to create links in various formats in any text editor: #TextExpansions" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">a11y-tools.com/#TextExpansions

I've just pushed version 1.5.0 of WCAGify and it has been updated to use WCAG 2.2. npmjs.com/package/wcagify #a11y #accessibility #wcag

@gracesnow Sorry, yes, the new criterion is for login authentication. CAPTCHAs for other forms will still be covered under things like non-text content, keyboard, timing adjustable etc

@abbott567 From reading more about it, it seems this success criteria is all about logins. It doesn't go into general form submissions much. I'm going to read a load about this tomorrow I think! Feel I have some knowledge gaps here. Thanks for the info

Yesterday we got #WCAG 2.2 and 9 new criteria. Under the Public Sector Bodies #Accessibility Regulations, you need to work to the latest version to be compliant, so I've written a blog post on what #WCAG22 might mean for you! #a11y craigabbott.co.uk/blog/wcag-22-a…

@gracesnow There isn’t really a 1 size fits all solution. 2.2 will outlaw the maths type ones. You’ll still be able to use the image recognition style, but you’ll need to also allow alternatives like audio. Here’s a really good post on making CAPTCHAs accessible: boia.org/blog/how-to-ma…

@abbott567 I have questions about accessible authentication (non public sector) Our clients often request recaptcha adding to forms to prevent the volume of spam/bot/fake form fills... What's the answer for them?

@TaraRhoseyn I've just pushed v1.5 of WCAGify which includes 2.2 criteria.

@abbott567 Brill, thank you!

@TaraRhoseyn I will be updating it yeah!!

@abbott567 Thanks for this. Well-written as always. Will your WCAGify package still work as expected with these new criteria?