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Dispatches From The Internets
Updated WebGL Benchmark Results
Joomla 3.4.6 Fixes Zero-Day Remote Execution Bug Used in the Wild
I harp on this a lot: You can never trust the client (as in “the browser”). In this case, Joomla was not sanitizing User Agent strings before storing them in the database, opening a garage door-sized security hole.
Progressive Enhancement only a client side thing? No!
There are lots of places the progressive enhancement mindset can be put into practice. Of course you do often control the server, so a particular feature being unavailable isn’t usually an issue, but good open source software looks for alternative tools—ImageMagick vs. GD, for example—and adjusts it’s program accordingly.
Turner & Google Vets Create New Content Technology
Some semi-locals (ATL is only 2 hours from Chatty) look to be taking on the likes of ReadSpeaker (who I’ve worked with on Web Standards Sherpa) in the automated HTML-to-spoken-word automation space. If SpeakPage can pull it off, this has some real potential.
Photo upload and progressive enhancement for FixMyStreet
An excellent overview of progressively enhancing image uploads in what many would call a “web app”. See also this great writeup they did on their progressively enhanced maps.
Does SVG text pass WCAG 1.4.5 (Images of Text)?
Léonie Watson investigates and says… yes.
There’s a free template for that.
An excellent piece from Laura Patti, pondering the value of design in the age of so many “good enough” templates and frameworks.
Automatic Testing of BBC Accessibility Standards
A tool for automated testing of a list of URLs for accessibility compliance.
When Touch-Screen Inaccessibility Becomes A Question Of Safety
Touchscreen without audio cues are a big problem, especially on airplanes.
Taking Let’s Encrypt for a Spin
I walked you through my journey to HTTPS a few weeks back, but I’m intrigued by Let’s Encrypt. Honestly, I would have preferred taking that approach as it looks much easier to me.