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Kim Johannesen
@therealkimblim.bsky.social

Far, fodboldnørd og geek. Fortaler for et tilgængeligt, åbent og mangfoldigt internet. Vært på Ægte Rødt (@aegteroedt).
And even if you did provide the tooltip role, this sentence tells you that it's not accessible:

"In short, screen reader software ignore Page Previews."

People who use screen readers have a right to the same information as the people who don't.
September 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I'm sorry, but writing that it has the right semantics does not make it accessible. The preview is accessible to a sighted user so must also be accessible to a blind user.

Also, the component is not marked up as a tooltip — it has `role="decoration"`, so the wiki page is not relevant.
September 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
“This means that users must be able to perceive the information being presented (it can't be invisible to all of their senses)”

A blind user can not perceive the info in the preview card as it’s not conveyed to the screen reader.

What sense should they use to get that info?
September 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Well, then you have misunderstood WCAG. You are giving sighted users something you are not giving users who have reduced or no vision, thereby making the experience inaccessible.
September 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
How does a screenreader user access the content of the preview popover? The preview is opened in a portal and is not focusable either.
September 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“It’s designed to be invisible for…”

That’s the part that makes it inaccessible. If content is available for sighted users it also needs to be available users who rely on assistive technologies.
September 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Du glemmer én vigtig detalje: hun får til gengæld nævnt en hel del demokrater som selvfølgelig er hamrende pædofile.
July 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Anden halvleg var lidt bedre 😉
January 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Martin, jeg kender dig ikke men stol på mig: det bliver bedre, og du får det bedre. Pas på dig selv og fokusér den energi du har på dig og kun dig.
December 29, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Groteskt.
December 20, 2024 at 3:22 PM
En dom? En ny lov? Lidt mere kontekst — jeg er tilsyneladende helt ude af loopet.
December 20, 2024 at 2:30 PM