Gerard K. Cohen
banner
gerardkcohen.me
Gerard K. Cohen
@gerardkcohen.me
Accessibility advocate. Former Engineering Manager of the Twitter a11y team.

Learn more at https://gerardkcohen.me
I would prefer a new attribute that splits up the literal description of an image (mostly provided by AI) and another to further explain the intent (mostly provided by humans that care)
July 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Seen too many examples of people adding ARIA to use as a locator for testing because of this guidance. The idea that using ARIA for attributes for testing will improve accessibility has not been proven considering errors with ARIA are going up (according to webAIM million).
June 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Ugh my heart, so sorry to hear. 😢
February 21, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Catches bullets with his teeth???
February 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We’ve been saying it…
January 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
He’s a keeper for sure
January 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM