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   by darekkay 8y ago

   I wish I knew this tool earlier. I've written something related myself [0], though the bookmarks are managed in plain yaml files and transformed into a shareable HTML file. I think I could have build this workflow upon Buku as well. Ma
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   by darekkay 8y ago

   I have written StaticMarks[0], where I manage most of my bookmarks. The bookmarks are stored in yaml files and transformed into a single, shareable HTML file. You get all the flexibility, but on the other hand the additional cost of setting
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   by darekkay 8y ago

   Yes, it's a workaround, but I like ePubs, as they allow me to change the font size etc. at runtime.
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   by darekkay 8y ago

   Thanks, this looks like something I've been looking for lately. I'd only wished Polar would also support epub books. I couldn't find a reliable epub reader with annotations support for Windows so far.
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   by darekkay 8y ago

   Server-side analytics is not a silver bullet, but it's great for the quoted use case. While it has the mentioned disadvantages, so do client-side solutions. Many people run adblockers and it's easy - sometimes even a default - to
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   by darekkay 8y ago

   > What posts are popular this week? > How is the site doing compared to last week? If this is really all the information you need, try out a server-side solution like GoAccess [0]. It is a little bit harder to set up than copy&pas
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   by darekkay 8y ago

   The "make accessibility a default rather than an afterthought" phrase was exactly what I've been looking for. I'm currently summarizing my evaluation of over 20 UI frameworks for an upcoming blog post. It's a pity t
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   by darekkay 8y ago

   I'm from Magdeburg and both the experiment and Otto-von-Guericke is known to everyone here. Apart from places being called after him (like our university), there are hemisphere statues all over the city. The experiment is also repeated
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   by darekkay 8y ago

   I guess it mostly depends on your audience and traffic. I've blogged about different ways to handle user feedback [0] (in the context of static sites). If you don't like to self-host comments, there are many third-party or off-sit
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    > it's just that it is too much friction for people to download a file Except for all the people with an e-book reader. You're actively excluding power users. If it's really about the friction, just include an epub downloa
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    For low hanging fruits I would recommend using Lighthouse, which is integrated into Chrome (DevTools → Audit). That's what web.dev is also using [0]. Under the hood "axe-core" is being used. Another option is pa11y [1]. All t
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    Is there a live component showcase for your project? Just from the source code I see some requirements [0] not being followed: * The element with role button has aria-haspopup set to either menu or true. * When the menu is displayed, the el
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    > It's understandable why anyone who isn't specifically specialized in this fucks it up. The documentation is arcane, redundant and lots of it is inapplicable. I fully agree on the first sentence. For the last < 2 years, I w
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    There are free and built-in screen readers: NVDA[0] (Windows), VoiceOver[1] (Apple) and Orca[2] (Linux). I've been only working with NVDA so far. I highly recommend this NVDA Cheatsheet [3] to get a quick overview. It's also impor
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    I'm currently evaluating a lot of CSS frameworks on how accessible they are (for an upcoming blog post), so I'd like to give it a go: 1. "Focus ring" (focus indicator) is completely missing for buttons. I cannot navigate
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    This reminds me a little bit of both cursors.io [0] and Place [1] - Reddit's April Fools' social experiment in 2017. [0] http://cursors.io/ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_(Reddit)
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    I've collected some more alternatives to host comments on a static site: https://darekkay.com/blog/static-site-comments/
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    Noisli[0] is another background noise generator. The web app is free and it does not require you to sign up. [0] https://www.noisli.com/
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    This. Fixed header and footer limit the reading space. Block text layout makes it quite hard to read (for people with cognitive problems even more).
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    Please, please don't make your UI components unaccessible by removing the focus ring("outline: 0"). You're basically excluding all keyboard users from using your widgets, because I simply cannot tell which element is c
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    To be fair: "no tracking" is only half-true, as you need to login to post a comment and the first three options include Facebook, Google and Twitter. It's up to the user to use the Email login instead, but " no tracking
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    Done, keep up the good work :)
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    Some Disqus alternatives emerged in the last few years: Muut[0], Remarkbox[1], Hosted Comments[2]. I've also linked my blog post in this thread with some more alternatives for static sites. [0] https://muut.com/ [1] h
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    This looks really solid! I will include it in my blog post [0], where I evaluate many different ways and tools to integrate comments on a static site. I really like that you provide a free plan, but I don't understand, why your pricing
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    Yes, that's why I've added the second link. Someone posted a tutorial on how to bypass the BILD Anti-Adblock. He argued that this is not an "effective" protection, but a court ruled an "Anti-Adblock" script as
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    In Germany, this is defined in § 95a UrhG [0], as in "bypassing safeguard measures to gain access to copyright material". "Anti-Anti-Adblocks", as in Adblock filters bypassing adblock popups, were already declared illega
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    Did you reach out to Maciej to include it on Pinboard as an unofficial extension? I think many users would find it useful (I'm not using Pinboard myself).
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    From a 5 min glance, this framework looks really inaccessible. Most outlines ("focus rings") are removed and it's really hard to navigate the components with a keyboard, even as a sighted person. The focus indicator for butto
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    arrify(null) returns null, unlike the arrify library . I expect that a function which turns things into an array returns an empty array as fallback. This ist just an example for why one would favor well-tested utilities over re-inventing th
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    by darekkay 8y ago

    I get the "dependency hell" issue in Javascript world, but why would I rewrite this particular utility? It's well tested (both unit and field tested), includes edge cases and has zero dependencies. As a dependency, I will als