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Free accessibility book, accessible tooltips, virtual scrolling, accessibility context systems and inaccessible AI-generated UIs. Issue #564 • June 23, 2026 • View in the browser Dear Smashing Friends, Have we fixed front-end accessibility yet? Well, not really. Pages are getting significantly denser and more complex. The number of accessibility issues has increased by 10.1% from 51 errors in 2025 to 56.1 errors in 2026. After all these years, these errors haven’t changed at all. They are still related to poor color contrast , missing alt-text, missing form input labels, empty links and empty buttons. And: there is more ARIA code being deployed, but often implemented poorly, and so ...

Hey Trendpickw, Day 1 of the Membership Summit starts TODAY at 1pm ET! That's just about two hours from now. If you're thinking about starting a membership in 2026, this is perfect for you. As of now, it doesn't look like you've registered yet. We're over 2800 registrants now (and my team has a goal of 3,000). ​ Save your seat in one click → Registration's open right up until we start. We'll also send a reminder 15 minutes before we open the doors. Grab a notebook. See you at 1! Cheers, Jay ​ ...

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