Notices by Marijke Luttekes (mahryekuh@fosstodon.org)

@randahl

An Instagram post by jenafriendman:

Just a heads up to anyone traveling internationally right now, I was flying back into LA from Vancouver last night and the US customs agent asked what

I was in town for and after I told him I was in town performing comedy, he asked "Do you make fun of politicians?"

It was a brief exchange and I got through but be careful out there. Know your rights and proceed with caution.

@randahl Hello! Could you add an alt text to the image so screen reader users can read its content?

Example in the next post.

Sound issues because two devices were fighting for my auto-device-switching Apple Earpods over Bluetooth.

I actually yearned for cables for a moment.

Do you toot in multiple languages?

You can set the language for your toot in its settings, usually next to the button for making posts private.

Please always set your posts to the correct language!

This helps us in several ways:

* Allows filtering for posts in languages we do not understand.
* Allows the use of automatic translation software.
* Helps screen reader software select the correct voice engines.

#Fediverse

@dee Calm down, Satan! 😆

@aral Folks weren’t thinking, period. Not reasonably, at least.

It's "Oscar Mopperkont" in Dutch.

@xahteiwi @baconandcoconut

I just learned about the German word “Morgenmuffel” and I love it.

It describes someone who is grumpy in the mornings.

Not that I know someone like that. 😇

I recall at least two hidden macOS settings that need to be disabled for privacy, courtesy of fellow Fediverse folks.

Sharing the original posts below.

If anyone knows of more, please let me know!

@georgetakei As an ADHD person with terrible short-term memory, this is my life. 😭

@urlyman It’s been said many times already: EVs aren’t there to save the planet, but to save the car industry.

You asked, and I delivered. New blog post online:

"HTML link, or button, that is the question."

https://marijkeluttekes.dev/blog/articles/2024/11/04/html-link-or-button-that-is-the-question/

#HTML #accessibility #webDev

For the love of all that is holy, can you all please start using `<a>` for navigation and `<button>` for actions, not the other way around?

Please don't make me turn this into a blog post.

Signed, someone who couldn't right-click to "open in a new tab" when it mattered.

#HTML #accessibility

@annika Omg that dress is so cute and it looks so good on you, and your smile says you know it!

OK devs, this semantic thing has been bothering me for a while:

What is the difference between updating and upgrading requirements?

I've used these words interchangeably, but maybe that's not right.

I guess upgrading increases the version levels and updating changes the package list.

Not that it matters in daily life; I'm just curious.

💡 I made a joke about Comic Mono earlier, but it's actually a font worth visiting.

Several dyslexic developers told me that Comic Mono is a great programming font for them.

ℹ️ The benefit of Comic is that the letters have distinctive shapes, which helps to identify them.

You can try it yourself: it's open source!

https://dtinth.github.io/comic-mono-font/

#dyslexia #accessibility #programming

@janneke I don't get your hate for browsers, but let's agree that there are software flavors for everyone.

@janneke On the other hand, the average user could not even fathom the idea of using programming code or a command palette.

The sad truth is that there are too many sites with terrible UX.

@Natanox @DrHyde @janneke News flash, the average technology user has no idea how these things work.

On one hand, the end user should not have to know about the internals of everything they use (like, I couldn't tell you the exact specs of my refrigerator).

On the other hand, it does make them more vulnerable to errors.

Hello, front-end developers. Here's your infrequent reminder to make websites that also work on browsers NOT Google Chrome.

Forcing anyone to use Google's glorified spyware is not cool.

#WebDev