In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll learn why settings are not a design failure, find out why accessibility matters, discover new features added to browsers in January 2022 , and more. Continue reading February 4, 2022: Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News
Deborah Edwards-Oñoro
UX Win: State Senator Polehanki’s Newsletter
When it comes to newsletters from our elected state representatives, I’m one of those people who subscribes and reads each newsletter.
It doesn’t matter to me whether it’s a print newsletter or an email newsletter.
I read each one.
In the past, many of my elected state representatives used their newsletters to only promote their own work.
Or the newsletters were too wordy and I would begin to lose interest.
Who wants to read a long-winded story or article?
So frustrating.
Which is why over the past few years, I’ve been impressed with Michigan State Senator Dayna Polehanki’s email newsletter.
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In his Going Beyond the Listener: Accessible Audio for Podcasting webinar for 3PlayMedia, Nic Steenhout shared his tips and insights for creating accessible podcasts.
Web accessibility consultant and host of the popular A11y Rules podcast, Steenhout discussed the benefits of accessible podcasting, what makes up an accessible podcast (it’s more than a transcript), and highlighted features to consider in the platform and tools you use.
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