Helpful Online Resources for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Accessibility, and Email

Can I Use results table for flexbox support, highlighting 14 browsers in a table.

When Alexis Deveria launched Can I Use? in 2008, the helpful online site that eventually grew to include support tables for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, it was a welcome resource for designers and developers.

Why?

Folks were struggling with browser compatibility for features.

There wasn’t any resource online like Can I Use? at the time: an easy-to-read resource that quickly told you whether a browser supported a specific feature.

More than a decade later, Can I Use? is the top resource that web folks turn to when they need to learn about browser compatibility .

The success of Can I Use? has contributed to the launch of similar sites that provide helpful information to web designers and developers as well as content strategists.

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Web Accessibility in Mind Conference: Free, Virtual Web Accessibility Conference on September 7-8, 2022

Web Accessibility in Mind conference home page highlighting the date and registration.

Mark your calendar!

The inaugural Web Accessibility in Mind Conference, a two-day virtual conference hosted by WebAIM in partnership with Pope Tech, launches September 7-8, 2022.

Held online using Zoom, the free conference runs from noon to 5:00pm Eastern Time zone, with a one-hour break at 2:00pm each day.

Live captioning and ASL interpretation will be provided. The schedule is not yet available, but is expected to be published soon.

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Photo of the Week: The Endangered Migratory Monarch Butterfly

Bright orange and black butterfly lights on a yellow dandelion flower, green blurred field in the background.

When I was growing up, seeing a Monarch butterfly was something I took for granted.

I would see the brilliant orange and black butterflies on a daily basis throughout the summer.

Monarchs were common in our yard, stopping on brightly-colored flowers to sip nectar. I remember chasing them with a butterfly net, rarely being to catch one.

Never in my mind would I have thought one day Monarchs would be considered endangered.

Yet, that’s what happened this month when the International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migratory monarch butterfly to its Red List of threatened species.

The migratory Monarch butterfly is now considered an endangered species.

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