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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 10/09/2026

Thoughts from the co-chairs on the updated working draft for WCAG 3. #accessibility #WCAG3 #WCAG #a11y alastairc.uk/blog/2026/09...

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WCAG 3 update - conformance

Accessibilty and user-experience thoughts.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 09/09/2026

It seems like the kind of thing that is much cheaper to do now? It takes me out of the story, wondering why they are focusing on a random surfer that isn't Bodhi, but maybe if you like the "behind the scenes" point of view it's different.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 06/09/2026

@chrishewitt.bsky.social Question for the pod: Do you notice and get annoyed when a 4k re-release of a film highlights the stunt-people's faces? The guy riding a horse in True Lies is definitely not Arnie! Or the surfers in Point Break. Why don't they digital update the faces?

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 09/02/2026

Everyone is talking about how being friends with Epstein should have barred Mandelson from the role. But I thought that being a friend of a friend of Trump was the whole point?

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 09/02/2026

Hmm, if Sky (or the NowTV part of it) loses the HBO content, I'll be unsubscribing from that.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 31/01/2026

So the c-suite find massive productivity improvements from AI, but regular workers don't... So the most senior positions should be most at risk of replacement?

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 30/01/2026

Travelling to london for an "Accessible digital futures" event, mostly around use of AI in education and accessibility. I think. Will find out.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 30/01/2026

Normally I read the emails, find them interesting and move on with my day. This time you left such a cliffhanger... you got me.

Last section of the email which reads: "I realize this project sounds kind of boring. But one, it offered me a chance to see what Moltbot could do with all of those services I had stitched together. Two, if it worked, I would create something unique to me that I wouldn't have been able to build myself.
And finally - which I realized only at the end of the process - the specific ways in which it broke persuaded me to uninstall Moltbot from
my computer. Upgrade to continue reading."
And then. it shows an upgrade button.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 22/12/2025

@bsky.app could you test videos in the iOS app please? I keep getting trapped and having to quit the app. It goes full screen, and after a while stops responding to any tap or swipe.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 16/12/2025

Yarp: front right is phone, left for keys and headphone case, back pockets for litter (until I walk past a bin). I’ve given up on wallet and coins, but they used to be left pocket.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 13/12/2025

If they did that, would people know who they meant? I probably wouldn’t.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 27/11/2025

Last week I spoke at the #Virtua11y conference on "AI for good accessibility". Rather than just throw in random examples, I tried to evaluate when and where the newer AI approaches can be useful for accessibility. alastairc.uk/presentation...

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Artificial Intelligence for good | AlastairC

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 11/11/2025

Interesting that a design system has stopped using toast messages due to "their accessibility and usability issues". primer.style/accessibilit... Useful ammunition/documentation for people in teams trying to do the same.

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Toasts

GitHub no longer uses toasts because of their accessibility and usability issues.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 02/10/2025

I do wonder if in future we'll be able to joke that: They came for the NHS, and nothing was done. They came for the Jaguars, and nothing was done. They came for the beer, and holy crap did they unload on the criminals!

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 12/09/2025

The rubber bumper on my old Nokia literally disintegrated. (Found it whilst cleaning out some old boxes. I think it's just over 20 years old.)

An old small Nokia. The outer shell is a fine white powder that comes off on my fingers.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 10/09/2025

I felt it necessary to resort to 24pt bold text in an email, saying: "Screenreader users do not tab through content!!" Having run a training session (admittedly in their second language) and emphasized that aspect, the follow-up needed to be very clear.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 19/08/2025

I'll try not to think about the Jackie Chan aspect when I watch it, that's a high bar to reach (given Chan's abilities). Did anyone else think the chair was pixelated? It isn't, but I had to go full-screen to tell. Hmm, maybe I've watched my kids on minecraft too much.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 23/07/2025

@newsagents.bsky.social re Maxwell, if I had been involved I would be very nervous. I expect her to grass on everyone *except* Trump. So she can walk, Trump is clear, and others take the punishmen.

nervous.as

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Hidde @hidde.blog · 16/07/2025

A while ago, I posted about “views”, a new definition we've been working on. Good news, we resolved on using a specific definition (draft). Updated my post to explain: hidde.blog/views/#headi... thanks to all who chimed in, and specifically the efforts of co-chair @alastairc.uk to make this happen

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Views on views

Web pages hold us back. What about views?

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 13/07/2025

Amused that for almost all the person posts on Facebook (by local people or people I know) all the comments are filtered out by default as not-relevant.

A moany post about the local playground, with only the most relevant comments showing, which is none.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 11/07/2025

We had a pretty long period of 'free' stuff as there was a land-grab for users, with few safeguards. Now they have to turn a profit and put in safeguards, so the products become less attractive.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 27/06/2025

An online find-a-nanny service doesn't let you send a phone number. Unless you do "My phone is zero, seven..." My inner Beavis is chanting "breakin' the law, breakin' the law"

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 09/06/2025

That fear in me escalated when on a Japanese platform and one train split into two and left in different directions… and I cannot read Japanese.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 05/06/2025

Received an email where the first line included "compliance is my passion". Admittedly they are an accountant, but it still made me shudder.

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Léonie Watson @tink.uk · 01/06/2025

I finally got around to jotting down a few notes on using my Ray-Ban Meta Glasses: tink.uk/using-ray-ba... #MetAI #AI #AssistiveTech

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Using Ray-Ban Meta Glasses - Tink - Léonie Watson

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 27/05/2025

I'm got a question about which type of CAPTCHA is best for accessibility. I found my self saying: It's like asking whether sea water is more dry than tap water, they are both intrinsically wet!

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 19/05/2025

Wow, I guess blank page leaves it all to the "imagination". Do you get the same kind of thing each time, or are the topics very different? If they are similar, presumably that says something about the stats of the training data?

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 19/05/2025

Apple's recipe thing, which is part of the News app seems great. Interesting recipes, clear structure and no ads popping up on you. Main problem: How the *bleep* do you find it? It is in the "today" feed if you scroll down a lot, but it is something you need to get straight to, with a button.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 14/05/2025

I'm looking forward to the Magnifier feature on MacOS: www.macworld.com/article/2780... My vision isn't too bad, but I'm old enough that small print on paper is an issue. Also, it could be an adaptable tool for hybrid meetings with whiteboard or paper-based things!

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macOS 16's new Magnifier app uses an iPhone to see far-away objects up close

The Accessiblity features will be part of the next major macOS update, which will be revealed at WWDC25 next month.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 13/05/2025

I have a small second monitor underneath my main large monitor. If there is too much white on the screen, the fan comes on. Dark-mode FTW!

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 08/05/2025

I think it's worth acknowledging when you get a good response from an MP. I'd written to mine (@sadikal-hassanmp.bsky.social) on a particular law, and I could tell he had actually read it. In stark contrast, a similar email on the same law to my previous MP received a canned response.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 06/05/2025

I generally try to think of a visual representation. Doesn’t have to be detailed, just something to have there whilst taking. Could be a diagram or a picture. E.g. I found an architectural diagram of a wheelchair ramp for talking about design/ dev education /not/ including accessibility.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 02/05/2025

In read that the Equalities act and/or the judgement used chromosomes as the basis. My point was that forcing 100% of people into 2 categories on that basis won’t work.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 02/05/2025

Binary implies one or the other, but it doesn't seem that simple. E.g. people with XY chromosomes can grow up female and even (very rarely) give birth novonordiskfonden.dk/en/news/more... Layer on the complexity of hormones and psychology, it seems logical that some people won't fit the binary view.

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More Women Than Expected Are Genetically Men - Novo Nordisk Fonden

BY MORTEN BUSCH Sex chromosomes usually determine whether you are female or male. Women are XX. Men are XY. However, genetically, a few women are actually men. They grow up as women with a woman’s bod...

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 11/04/2025

That jar would last 3 days in my house 😁

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 11/04/2025

Thin sliced on to toast, with a thin layer of bbq sauce underneath and black pepper on top, grilled… lovely.

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rachaelbm.bsky.social @rachaelbm.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

If you missed the WCAG 3 talk at CSUN, a link to the slides and our answers to follow up questions are available. Thanks to @alastairc.uk for putting this together. And as always thanks to the efforts of AG members for moving WCAG 3 forward. #accessibility #wcag

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Follow Up Questions: WCAG 3 CSUN Talk – Wholly Accessible

The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group chairs and staff presented “WCAG 3: The True Story!” at CSUN 2025. Due to time constraints, we were not able to answer all of the audience’s questions. We’v...

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 02/04/2025

How long has Chrome on Android had a zoom feature? I've been complaining that it doesn't utilise the system text-size or zoom settings, but once you increase system text-size a zoom setting is added to the browser.

Chrome's browser menu showing with no zoom option.

The Chrome browser menu showing, slightly larger text, and a zoom option is showing.

Google web page showing in Chrome with a zoom control set at 140%

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 02/04/2025

I seem to be getting a new type of spam email, which is a random selfie from some dude in the US. Not one person, multiple people at random emails. Quite odd, and not an improvement on the many blank emails I get.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 01/04/2025

I forget where I heard it, but there's a theory that this is all so that Trump can de-value the dollar. It would take a lot of work considering how much dollar use there is outside of the US, but he might just do it.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 01/04/2025

Realising it's a joke, but I assume it would be "scrutable" (due to explicable / inexplicable), and that sounds just as odd.

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 31/03/2025

Is there such a thing as the world's shortest river? www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEGz... (No, if you don't want to watch, due to definition problems.) A random video that came up whilst I was struggling with another difficult definition (github.com/w3c/wcag3/di...)

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What counts as the world's shortest river?

YouTube video by Tom Scott

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 28/03/2025

CSUN ATC wrap-up! alastairc.uk/2025/03/csun... Only about two weeks late, but there was so much to see and do at the biggest accessibility conference that it took a while to write up...

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CSUN 2025 conference notes | AlastairC

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Alastair Campbell @alastairc.uk · 21/03/2025

@chrishewitt.bsky.social on the daredevil spoilers, did no one notice the punisher tatoos on the police? From ep2 I think.

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