Dispatches From The Internets

Principles of the keyboard-accessible website

Some truly excellent advice here.

Poor keyboard accessibility of a website is one of the most damning and frustrating problems that faces people with disabilities and keyboard users alike.

Visual Studio Code 1.0 Release

I’ve been using VS Code for a few weeks now and I have to admit I’m smitten. I wasn’t really looking for a new editor, but I really like this one. Super light & fast, even with big files.

Testing with the NVDA Screen Reader

This is a great roundup of configuration recommendations and keyboard commands from Jon Whiting for getting going with NVDA.

The open web is not going away

Oddly Zack doesn’t mention paying to get folks involved with the standards-makers like the W3C and ECMA.

A debugging thought process

I love that Remy wrote this up. Debugging is an art and he nails the process for diagnosing speed issues in this brief post.

Ensuring equal pay for equal work

In their latest update, Microsoft has gotten pretty damn close to equal pay for equal work. There’s still some work to be done for Latin & Hispanic populations and women in general, but this is progress. And I appreciate the honesty.

Here are the stats for U.S. employees, assuming the same job title and level:

  • Women earn 99.8¢ for every $1 earned by a man;
  • Racial/ethnic minorities earn $1.004 for every $1 earned by a Caucasian employee;
  • African American/Black employees earn $1.003 for every $1 earned by Caucasian employees;
  • Hispanic/Latin employees earn 99.9¢ for every $1 earned by Caucasian employees; and
  • Asian employees earn $1.006 for every $1 earned by Caucasian employees.