As part of Django’s accessibility team, I’ve been doing a lot of research into specific patterns. Today – aria-required="true"
combined with aria-describedby
for error messages! Is it good? Is it redundant? What do authorative sources say?
2022 web conferences
Here is a small list of conferences I put together for 2022, as I was looking for speaking opportunities, with a particular focus on Europe and America. Hope this helps!
Wagtail statement on Log4j vulnerability
Wagtail itself isn’t vulnerable, but we encourage users of Elasticsearch to consider updating to the latest version of Elasticsearch.
DjangoCon US 2021: Kontrasto – improving accessibility with Python
Slides for my DjangoCon US 2021 talk on Kontrasto.
WCAG 2.2: new accessibility guidelines on the way
In web accessibility testing, WCAG 2.1 is the gold standard. But talk to experts – and they’ll be quick to tell you it’s a very low baseline. WCAG 2.2’s latest draft introduces new criteria, relevant for all websites.