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What the … why? … 😳 #a11y

What the … why? … 😳 #a11y

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We’re now enjoying Beethoven‘s Violin Concerto live at home, as Kid A1 has decided to practice it “just for fun” ☺️

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"In the velvet darkness of the blackest night
Burning bright, there's a guiding star
No matter what or who you are."

#RIP Tim Curry

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RE: https://front-end.social/@sarajw/117158097711416678

This. 💜

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107 GB …  ? 🧐

107 GB … ? 🧐

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InDesign is also falling apart now, it seems. Laggy af on an M1 Max with 32 GB of RAM, and the undo command is regularly breaking (!). And it’s always the same story: people report these bugs to Adobe, but they just persist for months and months. 🤨
https://community.adobe.com/questions-671/undo-command-not-working-indesign-2025-893186

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Big-Bang Redesigns vs. Legacy Modernization

Big-bang legacy relaunch is usually the worst way to improve legacy UX. It's painfully expensive, risky, time-consuming — and typically attracts too much attention from everywhere, as everybody has stakes in the project. Legacy is often business-critical, with many dependenc...

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@btconf/117132966889928734

There is so much to love about this talk: James, his energy, his messages … Being in the room for it live at #btconf was something special, but even if you missed it (why?!? 😉), watching it now comes pretty close.

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But … I thought Kimi K3 was Claude?!? 🤔

But … I thought Kimi K3 was Claude?!? 🤔

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“OpenDAW is an impressive undertaking from @andremichelle, and I hope to see it go from strength to strength.” Whoop whoop! 😉🙌https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2026/08/22/opendaw-review/

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Then add (palm) sugar and fish sauce, onions, potatoes, chicken, or whatever ingredients you like. I also always like to add one cinnamon stick, two star anise, and two tablespoons of tamarind paste.

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🤫 And here’s the secret: boil one can of coconut milk down until there’s almost only the oil left, then add the Massaman paste. Then slowly (slowly! No, even slower!) add another can of coconut milk, bit by bit, so that it keeps simmering the whole time. Don’t let it cool down too much, but also don’t let it boil too hard. You always want to preserve that red oil swimming on top… 😋

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It’s Massaman day. 😋

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Should native app screen titles be headings? Graeme Coleman takes a proper look:
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/07/22/should-the-screen-title-be-a-heading/

#app #accessibility #WCAG

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Is your board getting accessibility governance right?
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/08/10/board-getting-accessibility-governance-right/

#CorporateGovernance #accessibility

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Just made a pot of Yorkshire Gold tea. Only recently discovered it comes in loose leaf form, as well as teabags.

#Friday #HappyThoughts

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As We May Prompt

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And @bramus's reply: https://www.bram.us/2026/08/18/the-case-for-tri-state-dark-mode-toggles/

What’s your take? 🤔

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Just kidding, of course. This is an important discussion, and I’m glad we’re talking about these details.

For context:
@leaverou's post – https://lea.verou.me/blog/2026/dark-mode-toggles/

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“Gather ’round, children. Let me tell you about the Dark Mode Toggle Wars…”