I had an architecture class where the professor spent an entire class discussing doorknobs. It was one of my favorite classes. So the headline was all I needed to click this link: “On the Architectural Hostility of Doorknobs”
On the Architectural Hostility of Doorknobs, Sightless Scribbles
A fabulously gay blind author.
 #accessibility
Remember, Trump’s DoE is trying to roll back accessibility requirements for buildings (Section 504). @npub13plq...gcca wrote about this and her 9 June update links to a newer comment template:
Law Office of Lainey Feingold
July 11 Update! New Attempt to Roll Back Accessibility Requirements - Comments Needed
For over forty years the United States has had regulations that say new buildings must be accessible to people with disabilities if the building is...
 All comments due 16 June 2025. #accessibility
“Where to Put Focus When Opening a Modal Dialog” https://adrianroselli.com/2025/06/where-to-put-focus-when-opening-a-modal-dialog.html TL;DR: blanket statements about where to put focus when opening a modal dialog are wrong, including this one. #UX #HTML
Bluesky Social
Overlay Timeline (@overlaytimeline.com)
May is always a busy month, for us and for overlay companies. Let's catch up on some early May's overlay shenanigans from the past, in chronologica...
I’ll have a bunch of these 3" / 7.6cm (on the long edge) vinyl stickers with me at #AccessU. No need to come to my sessions; just find me. Am not there today. Awaiting my next flight. image
I’ve added a couple dozen links (to posts, articles, videos, examples, Figma responses, etc.) since this morning: https://adrianroselli.com/2025/05/do-not-publish-your-designs-on-the-web-with-figma-sites.html#Updates It’s nice to know that my reaction to #Figma Sites was not an outlier. #HTML #CSS #a11y #accessibility
“Do Not Publish Your Designs on the Web with Figma Sites…” https://adrianroselli.com/2025/05/do-not-publish-your-designs-on-the-web-with-figma-sites.html Figma announced Figma Sites, letting you publish your Figma designs directly to the web like it’s 1997. #accessibility #a11y
I see #Figma has decided to reincarnate FrontPage, but worse:
Figma
Publish Your Designs On The Web With Figma Sites | Figma Blog
Today, we’re launching Figma Sites, an all-in-one tool for you to design and build custom, responsive websites.
 Sample 1, with 269 axe issues: https://www.config.new/ Sample 2, with only 184 axe issues: https://www.practice-type.com/ No mention of #accessibility in the announcement, so I guess none expected? Anyway, get ahead of this, folks. We’re going back to 1999! #a11y