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Scott O'Bother

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Scott O'Bother

@scottohara

I work on web accessibility and web standards. I don't put my employer in my bio. i post here now - bsky.app/profile/scotto…

Massachusetts

Joined April 2009

Scott O'Bother
@scottohara
May 2, 2025
found another typo. updated the content of the post some more. scottohara.me/blog/2019/05/2…
Scott O'Bother
@scottohara
May 1, 2025
was told that my blog post on making an accessible toast notification had a typo. so of course when i fixed that, i also ended up adjusting some of the content and adding a whole new section about popovers at the end. scottohara.me/blog/2019/07/0…
Scott O'Bother
@scottohara
Apr 3, 2025
only coming on here to acknowledge that everything is burning - posted on a social media platform that has been burning for quite some time now. what a horrible shit show this all is.
Scott O'Bother
@scottohara
Mar 15, 2025
the popover attribute is just one ingredient in making accessible popups. It does a lot, but not everything you might need. that's on purpose. Want to know more? Here you go: scottohara.me/blog/2025/03/1…
Scott O'Bother
@scottohara
Feb 21, 2025
For a good long while now, I've been working with others to overhaul the WCAG Reflow understanding doc. Reflow is Reflow - it continues to require exactly what it required before - but these updates help clarify what those requirements actually are.
github.com
Updated Reflow understanding doc by scottaohara · Pull Request #4055 · w3c/wcag
This initial commit takes the current draft from the google doc that had been worked on for quite some time now, and makes it into a PR for further editing and review. Not all feedback from the goo...

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