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Braille
25 years of Help Tech and Me
In this blog post, I highlight my special relationship to Braille displays of the Handy Tech brand. The occasion is an anniversary.
Chat
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ElementIO
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MatrixOrg
How to use Element and Matrix with a screen reader
In this blog post, I give an introduction to the Matrix communication network and the most popular client named Element. I will show you the main elements of the web and desktop user interface and how you can quickly navigate around it using a screen reader.
WordPress
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Ghost
My Journey To Ghost
In this post, I discuss some aspects of my migration of this blog from WordPress to Ghost, and what pitfalls I encountered.
Blogging
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Ghost
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JAMstack
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Eleventy
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Hugo
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GatsbyJS
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Netlify
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OpenSource
Welcome to Marco's Accessibility Blog 2.0!
This blog has launched on a new platform. Find out a bit about the background and motivation in this post.
The focus of this blog is changing
Recently, Mozilla introduced an official blog about all things accessibility [https://blog.mozilla.org/accessibility/]. This blog is transitioning to a pure personal journal. For years, this blog was a mixed bag between information about my official work at Mozilla and my personal views on accessibility. Now that Mozilla has its own accessibility blog, my personal blog at this space will contain less work-related material and more personal views on the broader subject of accessibility. I am als
WordPress
This blog has moved
As discussed previously [https://marcozehe.de/2019/12/07/the-myth-of-getting-rich-through-ads/], I planned a few changes to my blog. Well, this Sunday, it all happened. I moved my blog back to a self-hosted WordPress, but am powering it with Jetpack to offer many of the same features as during the seven months it ran on WordPress.com. I am also using the same theme, just have rearranged a few things. The privacy policy was updated to reflect the new status. The site is hosted at a Germany-base
Gutenberg
What's new for accessibility in Gutenberg 7.2
Gutenberg 7.2 has just been released [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/01/09/whats-new-in-gutenberg-8-january/] as a plugin. The development cycle was longer than usual. As a result, this version contains a lot of changes [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/releases/tag/v7.2.0]. Several of them improve Gutenberg’s accessibility. The tab order in the editor When editing a block, the tab order has been adjusted. Rather than tabbing to the next block, for example from one paragraph to the
Merry Christmas, everyone!
To everyone who celebrates it, a very merry Christmas! That’s it, folks! This concludes 30 days of continuous blogging. Over the last month, I shared a few tutorials, a few web development tips, thoughts on Gutenberg in various shape or form, told you how I made a graph accessible, was a bit sentimental, had a bit of reviews, some hints on products on sale that are accessible, and more. Feel free to dig around the blog if you like, they’ll all be there. This was a fun experiment, but if I do th
HappyChanukka
Happy Chanukka
Wishing all of my readers who celebrate it, a very happy Chanukka! This year, Chanukka started at sundown on December 22 and runs through December 30. It coincides with Christmas. And as it so happens, the muslim mayor of London kicked off the Chanukka celebrations from a Christmas tree last night. In a world where there are so many separating thoughts and actions becoming more prominent again, endangering the free and open societies of some western countries, these connecting events are more i
a11y
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Gutenberg
WordPress accessibility team member, Gutenberg contributor
My recent [https://marcozehe.de/2019/11/27/my-thoughts-on-gutenberg-accessibility/] frequent [https://marcozehe.de/2019/12/13/a-quick-introduction-to-using-gutenberg/] blogging [https://marcozehe.de/2019/12/18/a-few-quick-tips-on-gutenberg-on-mobile-devices/] about Gutenberg has led to some really productive changes. One change is that my profile on WordPress.org [https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcoz/] now shows that I am also contributing to the accessibility effort [https://make.wordpress
a11y
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CSS
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HTML
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WebDev
Recap: The web accessibility basics
Today, I am just quickly going to recommend you an old, but all-time reader favorite post of mine I published 4 years ago. And it is as current today as it was then, and most of it already was in the year 2000. Yes, I’m talking about the basics of web accessibility [https://marcozehe.de/2015/12/14/the-web-accessibility-basics/].
Threema
On sale until December 31st: Threema seriously secure messaging
Threema is an alternative to WhatsApp & friends, with a focus on privacy. It’s made in Switzerland, and it is on sale until December 31 [https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/half-price] for half the price. Threema is a messenger alternative for smartphones and tablets, with a web version also available that connects through your installed app. All offerings are accessible to screen reader users. It is not a free app, and it is only partially open-source. But its privacy focus has won it several rec
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