Accessible by default: what changed

Craft: Glass that keeps its contrast

2026-10-12T00:00:00Z

A new craft section on glass surfaces: the alpha of the tint decides whether text on a translucent bar stays readable, and the site’s own glass token went up to 90% after it was measured.

Craft: More contrast, on request

2026-10-12T00:00:00Z

A new craft section on prefers-contrast: tick one box to see what Increase Contrast on macOS and iOS changes here, and copy the token overrides that do it.

Craft: Containment clips the focus ring

2026-10-12T00:00:00Z

The defensive layouts section gained a figure: paint containment, content-visibility and overflow all cut a focus ring at the padding edge, and padding of ring width plus offset keeps it whole.

Craft: Keep the submit button alive

2026-09-21T00:00:00Z

The validation section now keeps its submit button live: dimmed while the form is invalid, a button looks dead from first paint, and disabled, it also takes away the browser’s own report of what is wrong.

Showcase: Scroll-driven reveals carry their own motion gate

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z

The scroll-driven animations showcase gained a reveal and the rule behind it: a global duration reset never reaches a scroll timeline, so every reveal needs its own prefers-reduced-motion gate.

Craft: Scrollbars tinted, never thinned

2026-09-16T00:00:00Z

The craft chapter’s scrollbar section now tints every thumb on the site from the page’s own tokens at 3:1 and turns it to the accent while keyboard focus is inside, so the thumb says which region the arrow keys will scroll.

Showcase: Scroll-state queries gain the scrollable state

2026-09-16T00:00:00Z

The scroll-state showcase gained its third state: a strip shades its edges only while there is more to scroll that way, a hint that never lies at the end.

Proof: The listening room

2026-09-15T00:00:00Z

The listening room: a press kit a scanner passes, eleven barriers you hear before you see, answers included.

Showcase: Safari 27 ships Customizable , so that showcase now runs in two engines.

Standard: The legal map became a standards map

2026-09-13T00:00:00Z

The legal map became a standards map: laws sit in the row of the WCAG version they cite, and each opens to show how many layers sit between it and the criterion you test.

Standard: A new WCAG 3.0 working draft

2026-09-10T00:00:00Z

A new WCAG 3.0 working draft: one bar of core requirements, with supplemental requirements and assertions as extras you report. The timeline entry follows it.

Standard: EN 301 549 V4.1.1 is published

2026-09-07T00:00:00Z

ETSI published EN 301 549 V4.1.1, quoting WCAG 2.2 AA. Until the Official Journal cites it, 2.1 AA stays the bar on the map.

Showcase: Firefox 155 ships typed attr()

2026-09-01T00:00:00Z

Firefox 155 ships typed attr(), so that showcase now runs in two engines; Safari has it in Technology Preview.

Proof: The audit room

2026-08-01T00:00:00Z

The audit room: a page broken on purpose, twelve barriers, answers included.

Accessible by default: what changed

Craft: Glass that keeps its contrast

Craft: More contrast, on request

Craft: Containment clips the focus ring

Craft: Keep the submit button alive

Showcase: Scroll-driven reveals carry their own motion gate

Craft: Scrollbars tinted, never thinned

Showcase: Scroll-state queries gain the scrollable state

Proof: The listening room

Showcase: Safari 27 ships Customizable 2026-09-14T00:00:00Z Safari 27 ships Customizable , so that showcase now runs in two engines.

Standard: The legal map became a standards map

Standard: A new WCAG 3.0 working draft

Standard: EN 301 549 V4.1.1 is published

Showcase: Firefox 155 ships typed attr()

Proof: The audit room

Showcase: Safari 27 ships Customizable , so that showcase now runs in two engines.