Erik Kroes 👀
@erikkroes.bsky.social
Disabled, and doing it anyway.
🎉 Art, Web Accessibility & Design Systems 🎉
Now: Freelancer 🌐
Previously: Nomensa 🇬🇧 IKEA 🇸🇪 ING 🇳🇱🦁
👤 he/him
www.erikkroes.nl
🎉 Art, Web Accessibility & Design Systems 🎉
Now: Freelancer 🌐
Previously: Nomensa 🇬🇧 IKEA 🇸🇪 ING 🇳🇱🦁
👤 he/him
www.erikkroes.nl
Reposted by Erik Kroes 👀
“GitHub no longer uses toasts because of their accessibility and usability issues.”
Music to my ears!
primer.style/accessibilit...
Music to my ears!
primer.style/accessibilit...
Toasts
GitHub no longer uses toasts because of their accessibility and usability issues.
primer.style
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
“GitHub no longer uses toasts because of their accessibility and usability issues.”
Music to my ears!
primer.style/accessibilit...
Music to my ears!
primer.style/accessibilit...
November 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Sustainability is complicated sometimes.
When your options are to order either through amazon, or aliexpress... it feels like there are no good options?
When your options are to order either through amazon, or aliexpress... it feels like there are no good options?
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sustainability is complicated sometimes.
When your options are to order either through amazon, or aliexpress... it feels like there are no good options?
When your options are to order either through amazon, or aliexpress... it feels like there are no good options?
3D modeling/printing project #2. I'm making Christmas ornaments!
Thanks for any feedback/tips/tutorials (or just pretty pictures of your own prints)
makerworld.com/en/models/19...
Thanks for any feedback/tips/tutorials (or just pretty pictures of your own prints)
makerworld.com/en/models/19...
Christmas Tree Ornament Collection - base bauble by Erik MakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models
Decorate your Christmas tree with home-printed ornaments! Boost Me This base bauble is a great starting point for personalizing your Christmas decoractions. Pick your favorite filaments, col...
makerworld.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
3D modeling/printing project #2. I'm making Christmas ornaments!
Thanks for any feedback/tips/tutorials (or just pretty pictures of your own prints)
makerworld.com/en/models/19...
Thanks for any feedback/tips/tutorials (or just pretty pictures of your own prints)
makerworld.com/en/models/19...
Making an element interactive with a tabindex? Name it!
Don't name an element nested in it. This does not work. The name needs to be on the element that you can -focus-.
Hiding a house number in the back of my garden does not help identify my house from the front.
www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/U...
Don't name an element nested in it. This does not work. The name needs to be on the element that you can -focus-.
Hiding a house number in the back of my garden does not help identify my house from the front.
www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/U...
November 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Making an element interactive with a tabindex? Name it!
Don't name an element nested in it. This does not work. The name needs to be on the element that you can -focus-.
Hiding a house number in the back of my garden does not help identify my house from the front.
www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/U...
Don't name an element nested in it. This does not work. The name needs to be on the element that you can -focus-.
Hiding a house number in the back of my garden does not help identify my house from the front.
www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/U...
I think "chips" are a design mistake.
They're catch-all interactive component that can do anything while all looking alike. They make it very unclear for users what to expect. Lack of affordance is bad UX.
Chips are what you end up with when you don't decide.
m3.material.io/components/c...
They're catch-all interactive component that can do anything while all looking alike. They make it very unclear for users what to expect. Lack of affordance is bad UX.
Chips are what you end up with when you don't decide.
m3.material.io/components/c...
Chips – Material Design 3
Chips help people enter information, make selections, filter content, or trigger actions. Four types of chips are: assist, filter, input, and suggestion.
m3.material.io
November 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I think "chips" are a design mistake.
They're catch-all interactive component that can do anything while all looking alike. They make it very unclear for users what to expect. Lack of affordance is bad UX.
Chips are what you end up with when you don't decide.
m3.material.io/components/c...
They're catch-all interactive component that can do anything while all looking alike. They make it very unclear for users what to expect. Lack of affordance is bad UX.
Chips are what you end up with when you don't decide.
m3.material.io/components/c...
This used to be the time when everybody on Twitter changed their name to something spooky.
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This used to be the time when everybody on Twitter changed their name to something spooky.
Developers can answer 9 out of 10 questions with "it depends".
Accessibility-people have their own version: "but people are creative"
For example: Does this WCAG SC apply?
- Probably not, but people are creative.
Because my goodness, people can be so creative.
Accessibility-people have their own version: "but people are creative"
For example: Does this WCAG SC apply?
- Probably not, but people are creative.
Because my goodness, people can be so creative.
October 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Developers can answer 9 out of 10 questions with "it depends".
Accessibility-people have their own version: "but people are creative"
For example: Does this WCAG SC apply?
- Probably not, but people are creative.
Because my goodness, people can be so creative.
Accessibility-people have their own version: "but people are creative"
For example: Does this WCAG SC apply?
- Probably not, but people are creative.
Because my goodness, people can be so creative.
"I'm going to read books again"-book #1 done.
I read the first book of Percy Jackson. It was nice to read again, but it was a bit -too- light. Like a middle school version of "American Gods".
What should I read next?
I read the first book of Percy Jackson. It was nice to read again, but it was a bit -too- light. Like a middle school version of "American Gods".
What should I read next?
October 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"I'm going to read books again"-book #1 done.
I read the first book of Percy Jackson. It was nice to read again, but it was a bit -too- light. Like a middle school version of "American Gods".
What should I read next?
I read the first book of Percy Jackson. It was nice to read again, but it was a bit -too- light. Like a middle school version of "American Gods".
What should I read next?
I just opened the website of m-enabling and wish I hand't.
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<div aria-label="next" tabindex="0" role="button">
October 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I just opened the website of m-enabling and wish I hand't.
<div aria-label="next" tabindex="0" role="button">
<div aria-label="next" tabindex="0" role="button">
"is it really an error or is it just AWS failing"
- game of the day
- game of the day
October 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"is it really an error or is it just AWS failing"
- game of the day
- game of the day
"you broke reddit" feels like such a passive-aggressive victim blaming type of error message
October 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
"you broke reddit" feels like such a passive-aggressive victim blaming type of error message
I'm drafting HTML for an accessible carousel/slider and I feel a bit dirty 😬
October 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I'm drafting HTML for an accessible carousel/slider and I feel a bit dirty 😬
My second desk holds my A3 printer, and both a flatbed and film scanner. Like most of my photography stuff, they're mostly catching dust.
I think I'll move them today. Give my 3D printer and pen plotter (also catching dust) more space. Any reason I shouldn't?
"Speak now or forever hold your peace"
I think I'll move them today. Give my 3D printer and pen plotter (also catching dust) more space. Any reason I shouldn't?
"Speak now or forever hold your peace"
October 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
My second desk holds my A3 printer, and both a flatbed and film scanner. Like most of my photography stuff, they're mostly catching dust.
I think I'll move them today. Give my 3D printer and pen plotter (also catching dust) more space. Any reason I shouldn't?
"Speak now or forever hold your peace"
I think I'll move them today. Give my 3D printer and pen plotter (also catching dust) more space. Any reason I shouldn't?
"Speak now or forever hold your peace"
every software product available: you have succesfully backed up your phone pictures
and yet 😬😬😬
and yet 😬😬😬
October 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
every software product available: you have succesfully backed up your phone pictures
and yet 😬😬😬
and yet 😬😬😬
How useful AI is for generating alt-text?
"May be an image of toy" on every image... on a LEGO-related website.
"May be an image of toy" on every image... on a LEGO-related website.
October 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
How useful AI is for generating alt-text?
"May be an image of toy" on every image... on a LEGO-related website.
"May be an image of toy" on every image... on a LEGO-related website.
To all the people cleaning up:
It might be the most underappreciated task. People only see the things you miss, not the things you do.
Thanks for cleaning up. Thanks for leaving things in a better state. Your efforts make things possible.
It might be the most underappreciated task. People only see the things you miss, not the things you do.
Thanks for cleaning up. Thanks for leaving things in a better state. Your efforts make things possible.
October 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
To all the people cleaning up:
It might be the most underappreciated task. People only see the things you miss, not the things you do.
Thanks for cleaning up. Thanks for leaving things in a better state. Your efforts make things possible.
It might be the most underappreciated task. People only see the things you miss, not the things you do.
Thanks for cleaning up. Thanks for leaving things in a better state. Your efforts make things possible.
I'm writing a roundup of disability(/accessibility) numbers and statistics. What source -must- be included?
(I came up with a funny title, so now I feel like I have to write it)
(I came up with a funny title, so now I feel like I have to write it)
October 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I'm writing a roundup of disability(/accessibility) numbers and statistics. What source -must- be included?
(I came up with a funny title, so now I feel like I have to write it)
(I came up with a funny title, so now I feel like I have to write it)
Vorige week was er weer een gezellige meetup van IDEA11Y!
We waren te gast bij Level Level met een tof programma. Daarnaast een fijne mix van bekende gezichten en nieuwe bezoekers.
Wil je zelf bijdragen, of heb je ideeën voor komende edities? Laat het weten: airtable.com/appOF0NAsfPK...
We waren te gast bij Level Level met een tof programma. Daarnaast een fijne mix van bekende gezichten en nieuwe bezoekers.
Wil je zelf bijdragen, of heb je ideeën voor komende edities? Laat het weten: airtable.com/appOF0NAsfPK...
October 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Vorige week was er weer een gezellige meetup van IDEA11Y!
We waren te gast bij Level Level met een tof programma. Daarnaast een fijne mix van bekende gezichten en nieuwe bezoekers.
Wil je zelf bijdragen, of heb je ideeën voor komende edities? Laat het weten: airtable.com/appOF0NAsfPK...
We waren te gast bij Level Level met een tof programma. Daarnaast een fijne mix van bekende gezichten en nieuwe bezoekers.
Wil je zelf bijdragen, of heb je ideeën voor komende edities? Laat het weten: airtable.com/appOF0NAsfPK...
"Don't use pure black text on a white background."
This advice is plastered all over the web. I remember reading research about it. I don't remember where.
Does anybody have a source, a user test, something for this?
This advice is plastered all over the web. I remember reading research about it. I don't remember where.
Does anybody have a source, a user test, something for this?
October 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"Don't use pure black text on a white background."
This advice is plastered all over the web. I remember reading research about it. I don't remember where.
Does anybody have a source, a user test, something for this?
This advice is plastered all over the web. I remember reading research about it. I don't remember where.
Does anybody have a source, a user test, something for this?
I didn't know how to 3d print walls.
So I modeled something, to 3d print, so I know how thick I should model, for my 3d prints.
Feedback loops are amazing.
makerworld.com/en/models/18...
So I modeled something, to 3d print, so I know how thick I should model, for my 3d prints.
Feedback loops are amazing.
makerworld.com/en/models/18...
Wall thickness reference and benchmark/test by Erik MakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models
How thick should the wall of a model be? I had no idea. So I modeled something to test different wall thicknesses! Boost Me Now I have something I can use as a reference, but also a gre...
makerworld.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I didn't know how to 3d print walls.
So I modeled something, to 3d print, so I know how thick I should model, for my 3d prints.
Feedback loops are amazing.
makerworld.com/en/models/18...
So I modeled something, to 3d print, so I know how thick I should model, for my 3d prints.
Feedback loops are amazing.
makerworld.com/en/models/18...
Donderdag zijn we bij Level Level in Rotterdam!
1. Caitlin de Rooi: WCAG en ik: succescriteria voor ADHD
2. Diede Gulpers: De ideale developer's accessibility roadmap
3. @kilianvalkhof.com (@polypane.app): Hoe ontwikkel je accessibility features voor een browser?
www.meetup.com/inclusive-de...
1. Caitlin de Rooi: WCAG en ik: succescriteria voor ADHD
2. Diede Gulpers: De ideale developer's accessibility roadmap
3. @kilianvalkhof.com (@polypane.app): Hoe ontwikkel je accessibility features voor een browser?
www.meetup.com/inclusive-de...
[NL] Meetup kwartaal 4, Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
(This meetup is in Dutch!/Deze bijeenkomst is Nederlandstalig!)
Na de vakantie beginnen we weer vol enthousiast aan de toegankelijkheid.
We zijn op deze avond te gast bij
www.meetup.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Donderdag zijn we bij Level Level in Rotterdam!
1. Caitlin de Rooi: WCAG en ik: succescriteria voor ADHD
2. Diede Gulpers: De ideale developer's accessibility roadmap
3. @kilianvalkhof.com (@polypane.app): Hoe ontwikkel je accessibility features voor een browser?
www.meetup.com/inclusive-de...
1. Caitlin de Rooi: WCAG en ik: succescriteria voor ADHD
2. Diede Gulpers: De ideale developer's accessibility roadmap
3. @kilianvalkhof.com (@polypane.app): Hoe ontwikkel je accessibility features voor een browser?
www.meetup.com/inclusive-de...
Reposted by Erik Kroes 👀
I’m real excited for @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social‘s talk! Far more than my own.
September 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I’m real excited for @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social‘s talk! Far more than my own.
Tomorrow it's time for @inclusivedesign24.bsky.social again!
Clear your agendas and reserve some time. What sessions do you fancy?
inclusivedesign24.org/2025/
#id24
Clear your agendas and reserve some time. What sessions do you fancy?
inclusivedesign24.org/2025/
#id24
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion
inclusivedesign24.org
September 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Tomorrow it's time for @inclusivedesign24.bsky.social again!
Clear your agendas and reserve some time. What sessions do you fancy?
inclusivedesign24.org/2025/
#id24
Clear your agendas and reserve some time. What sessions do you fancy?
inclusivedesign24.org/2025/
#id24