Apr 03, 20 using the github for windows app with bitbucket april 3, 20 may 20, 20 david burela uncategorized bitbucket, git, github if you arent using any form of source control in your project then stop right now and fix this. Laura kalbag takes us back to basics to make sure we consider accessibility when structuring our html. My book accessibility for everyone is available in paperback. We all know about the new coronavirus that has been affecting hundreds of thousands of people worldwide and while scientists, researchers, and doctors are all working tirelessly to find a cure for this terrible disease, one thing is for sure. Dec 01, 2017 accessibility testing web accessibility is the degree to which a website is usable by as many people as possible laura kalbag posted on december 1, 2017 in accessibility, community, engineering, wordpress for enterprise. Laura kalbag you make the web more inclusive for everyone, everywhere, when you design with accessibility in mind. Laura kalbag beckons us in from the cold wastelands of transitional, devicerooted layouts to warm our toes at the hearth of a more systematic way of working. Rachel andrew guides us through a tour of the last fifteen years in css layout, as manifested in articles here on 24 ways. Nov 18, 2017 laura kalbag wrote a book called accessibility for everyone. Select the most compelling technical topics contentlab io how to run successful developer interviews remotely.
With an archive of blog posts going back nearly a decade, it was going to be a big job to get my whole site working consistently, but i had an. The christmas tree needs to be standing firm before we drape it in lights and tinsel, and until you lot start doing it, were not going to stop preaching it. Oct 06, 2015 it all started during the kiwi party 2014 conference, while listening to laura kalbags talk about guidelines for top accessible design considerations. The wave web accessibility evaluation tool tests your site for accessibility, an essential feature these days.
And i use it for my personal site already, but right now for site. Accessibility testing web accessibility is the degree to which a website is usable by as many people as possible laura kalbag posted on december 1, 2017 in accessibility, community, engineering, wordpress for enterprise. Sign up for your own profile on github, the best place to host code, manage projects, and build software alongside 50. We make an app called better that protects you while youre browsing the web. Inspired by why bother with accessibilty by laura kalbag, part of the excellent 24ways series, i did some initial accessibility testing. I only recently found out about github pages, which allows you to serve static content out of a github repository, with a github. I did this a few weeks ago for my own sites and im very very happy that i did. Jun 14, 2017 inspired by why bother with accessibilty by laura kalbag, part of the excellent 24ways series, i did some initial accessibility testing. If you want to test a site with a screen reader, these can be quickly enabled. Accessibility makes your site more understandable and easier to navigate for all users. The images were all huge and it was my only big barrier in web performance no tracking here. Lots of videos from aracon 2019, aragon comes back. Accesslint a github app that finds accessibility issues in your pull requests. Windowsbased screen reader, has been around since 1995 and is probably the.
Axecore is a javascript file you can use to scan your site. Mar 12, 20 incorporating accessibility from the beginning of a web design project is easier, more effective, and less expensive than making accessibility fixes after the fact. Laura kalbag wrote a book called accessibility for everyone. Although wp migrate db pro is designed to work with all web hosts, big and small, we have strong relationships with the following web hosting companies.
Now place your source code within that folder in windows explorer, commit your source code into the repository, then publish your new change set back up into bitbucket. A11yfriendly documentation at write the docs prague dev. She can be seen up and down the country speaking at major web design events and has frequently appeared in net magazine. Using the github for windows app with bitbucket burelas. Basics im laura kalbag, a designer and british person, now living in cork, ireland. Show notes laura kalbags personal website small technology foundation better blocker site. Indie is aral balkan and laura kalbag, two european designers who build things. Ive used wordpress since day one all the way up to v17, a decision im very happy with. So we know shes an expert in inclusive design and online privacy, but did you know she took paris fashion week by storm wearing a kilt made out of spaghetti. Im laura kalbag, a british designer living in ireland, and cofounder of small technology foundation. Trying out the site without the css made me realize how i wasnt setting width and height for the svg icons i was using, so they became huge when the css was removed.
Aug 09, 2010 after this change cloning and pushing works via s on windows. Alternative the following should also make msysgit work, but i didnt test these approaches. Empathy prompts prompts to consider when making things for others to use. What makes netlify cms unique is that its lightweight, and integrates content editors into a git workflow meaning it will literally pull and serve markdown files from a git repo. Dec 31, 2017 show notes laura kalbags personal website small technology foundation better blocker site. She defines accessibility in the physical world as the degree to which an environment is usable by as many people as possible and web accessibility as the degree to which a website is usable.
When viewing all of this through a critical lens, talk about tracking and gathering learner data for analysis immediately brings with it the need to talk of a range of considerations around ownership, ethical use, privacy, security, and data governance. Csstricks is created, written by, and maintained by chris coyier and a team of swell people. Now that acronyms are out of the way, lets talk about what accessibility actually is. Then select the url and then drag the text from your browser, and drop it into the github for windows app. Its naked css day, so the site looks super barebones today. Shipping system fonts to chris coyier typescript 2. Laura kalbag is a freelance web designer from brighton who has earned herself a reputation as a rapidly rising star in the industry. At small technology foundation, laura works on a web privacy tool called better blocker, and initiatives to advocate for and build small technology to protect personhood. If that doesnt suit you, our users have ranked 17 alternatives to lakka and 11 are available for windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement.
We make better blocker, a privacy tool that blocks web trackers. You can also point a domain name to it if you want i havent tried that yet. The greatest tool that we have right now to help prevent or slow the spread of this disease is by social distancing. Google accessibility resources to help everyone access and enjoy the web. You can also find only the updates posts and labs posts on their own pages. Accessibility insights for web extension by microsoft with both manual and automated accessibility checks that generates a detailed report perfect for.
Both osx and windows come with their own screen reader. Shes one third of small technology foundation, a tiny twopersonandonehusky notforprofit organisation. It has some handy features and is prettier than a plain text editor. Apr 30, 2019 speaker deck is the best way to share presentations online.
Sign up for your own profile on github, the best place to host code, manage projects, and build software alongside 40 million developers. Accessibility is social justice an interview with laura kalbag about her book, accessibility for everyone. Laura kalbag speaks about indie design at wordcamp, london. I also leverage jetpack for extra functionality and local for local development. Delicious brains inc awesome products for wordpress developers. Laura kalbag outlines it well in her book accessibility for everyone. Congrats on what will no doubt become a great product. Interview with web accessibility champion laura kalbag. Alas exclusive excerpt from laura kalbags accessibility for everyone is here to help. Getting started with web accessibility dev community. Lots of videos from aracon 2019, aragon comes back to the desktop, collaboration with melon on the council, jorge stands out for development of aragon chain. Its a quick and easy way to host a static site for free. There are many alternatives to lakka for windows if you are looking to replace it. Run audits against local or remote urls in the commandline to return a list of accessibility improvements that can be made.
Painlessly migrate your wordpress site with wp migrate db pro. Let laura kalbag guide you through the accessibility landscape. Accessibility insights for web extension by microsoft with both manual and automated accessibility checks that generates a detailed report perfect for aiding in an internal audit. Actually, its not even a new function, but it allows us to use. Transparency and collaboration in an open software repository laura dabbish, colleen stuart, jason tsay, jim herbsleb school of computer science and center for the future of work, heinz college carnegie mellon university 5000 forbes ave. Interview with web accessibility champion laura kalbag heart. Jul 19, 20 laura kalbag had a fantastic idea on how to transform these kind of projects into a winwin.
You should be aware that, depending on the software your company uses and the policies it has in place, there may be some privacy concerns. With 5 years of experience in health communications, i enjoy crafting clear, concise and compelling copy that inspires audiences to act. We work with each one of them to ensure wp migrate db pro continues to work on their platform as both products evolve. My book accessibility for everyone is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook from a book apart content and code is under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 4. Linux users can just compile out of the box xgboost with the gcc tool chain and install easily the package in r. Accessibility software, books, blogs, online tools, and more.
Delicious brains inc awesome products for wordpress. Laura kalbag is a freelance web designer from brighton who has earned. Laura kalbag processing responsive images with hugo. I wrote a book about web accessibility called accessibility for everyone. Simply upload your slides as a pdf, and well turn them into a beautiful online experience.
Such a project would give the students an opportunity to gain valuable experience and help them transition into freelancing, and the client would get good quality work, despite the modest budget. We now have the ability to fully style form controls, across all modern browsers, while retaining their ease of declaration, native functionality and accessibility. Inclusive considerations when restyling form controls 24 ways. When im not at work, you can find me hiking the billy goat trail, visiting a virginia winery and or catching up with friends at happy hour. Yify, webtorrents, react, graphql, apollo server, what do. The most popular windows alternative is retroarch, which is both free and open source. Christmas is a time for giving, but know what youre giving to whom. Providers of private point to point world wide vpn encrypted networks providers of private world wide communications with 16 digits dial codes providers of world wide. That means i want to have ownership and control over my own personal information, rather than it being in the hands of big corporations. Laura is currently calling for better web accessibility for people with disabilities and we caught up with her to find out more. Making the web accessible to everyone is very important. I was discussing with stephane deschamps, a lovely, funny and talented guy about my lack of knowledge on how to make webgl accessible and how i could avoid people creating lots of. Speaker deck is the best way to share presentations online. Color oracle is free software that works on windows, mac osx and.
Over the last few months, id become embarrassed to share my blog posts, particularly imageheavy posts, as i was handling responsive images so badly. Laura kalbag discusses the gift of personal data we give to big tech when we share information on its platforms, and how reviving ye olde personal website can be one way to stay in control of the content we share and the data we leak. My book accessibility for everyone is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook from a book apart. After this change cloning and pushing works via s on windows. Yet most of us too often get stuck doing the latter. I dont really use the ftp very much so sometimes wonder if i should try something new. As the internet has grown and become more common place, it has become a gigantic instrument of change in terms of the way in which we interact with the world and each other. Laura kalbag is a british designer living in ireland, and author of accessibility for everyone from a book apart. I would like to begin by saying 2018 was the year that we, as developers, visual designers, browser implementers, and inclusive design and experience specialists rallied together and achieved a longsought goal. One of the things ive been learning about is hugo, which is a static site generator that is written using go. Web accessibility audits powered by the chrome accessibility developer tools. The branding store logo design, web design and ecommerce.
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