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Mark Robbins @goodemailcode.com · 11/09/2026

🎉 Great news folks, the good people at Gmail have finally fixed the forced dark mode issue. In both the iOS and Android apps 🎉 They now support setting the color-scheme meta tag prevent the forced dark colors being used <meta name="color-scheme" content="light only" /> #EmailGeeks

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 01/07/2026

Me: How do I implement x? AI: Option 1 (recommended) [explanation...] Option 2 [explanation...] "I actually prefer this approach because it's cleaner."

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Email Markup Consortium @emailmarkup.org · 21/05/2026

While developers play a role here, the reality is this is a systemic ecosystem problem across senders, tooling and email clients. Accessibility needs to become part of the authoring and QA process itself, rather than a post-build checklist.

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Email Markup Consortium @emailmarkup.org · 21/05/2026

The result: • 99.88% triggered Serious or Critical accessibility issues • Only 8 emails passed all automated checks • Most failures were basic, machine-checkable issues

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 21/05/2026

The report highlights a harsh reality. It points fingers, but collectively and at all players in the ecosystem If you take pride in (your product) being an integral part of the email ecosystem, we encourage you to take that role seriously and allocate adequate and regular attention to accessibility

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 21/05/2026

EMC's annual report on the State of Accessibility in Email is our way to participate in #GAAD in a meaningful way While overall stats are negative, the response to past reports has always been encouraging based on our talks with developers, framework/build tools and email clients

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Mark Robbins @goodemailcode.com · 12/12/2025

The Email Markup Database is live! Did you know that ~20% of emails collected still use the <center> element but only 0.5% of emails use <picture>. Well you do know, and there is loads more exciting information to find as you dig in database.emailmarkup.org

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The Email Markup Database

Usage metrics and insight from 1M+ real world emails

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 12/12/2025

Real usage metrics from 1M+ real-world emails. The Email Markup Database is a major step toward a more transparent and collaborative ecosystem. With this level of data, we can identify gaps and have constructive discussion on how email clients and ESPs can evolve.

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Email Markup Consortium @emailmarkup.org · 13/10/2025

This kind of openness and collaboration benefits everyone in the email ecosystem. We’d love to see more email clients follow Proton Mail’s lead in sharing accurate, transparent data with the community. emailmarkup.org/en/blog/2025...

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Proton Mail rise up the accessibility rankings | Email Markup Consortium

We’ve updated our 2025 Accessibility Report after Proton Mail updated its data on “Can I Email?”. It’s a reminder of how transparency and collaboration can push the email industry forward.

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Email Markup Consortium @emailmarkup.org · 13/10/2025

Proton Mail (@proton.me) noticed that some of their data on "Can I Email?" was outdated, and took the initiative to update it themselves. As a result, our 2025 Accessibility Report now reflects a much more accurate picture of Proton Mail’s strong accessibility support.

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 30/09/2025

The Netanyahu list is just as bad as the Epstein list

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rem / Remy Sharp @remysharp.com · 30/09/2025

This is grotesque. I lost any love for Vercel & Next years ago, but seeing him cozy up with genocide in Gaza — is beyond words. I feel for the employees. The horrifying truth: businesses that worked with the Nazis didn’t fall to capitalism. It’s down to us, we have to take our business elsewhere.

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 30/09/2025

There’s never been a better time to switch from Next.js to Astro nitter.net/rauchg/statu...

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 14/07/2025

Google Play Store app preview images: Clicking on the first image enlarges the last image and vice versa. As a result, the user needs to swipe in the opposite direction.

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 14/07/2025

Instagram Story editor Edit mode: text defaults to RTL. Preview mode: text defaults to LTR. This is easy to see when you use characters that have weak or neutral directionality (BIDI algorithm), like numbers and emojis.

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 14/07/2025

LinkedIn app: swipe in reverse App is set to Arabic (RTL). Slider is LTR. Slider indicators are RTL.

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 12/07/2025

The progress bar on YouTube videos: RTL when browsing videos LTR when watching a video

Youtube app: progress bar when browsing videos is RTL

Youtube app: progress bar when watching videos is LTR

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 12/07/2025

Football score notification (Google app) in One UI's Now bar vs. notification bar is reversed. Is your team winning or losing?

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 12/07/2025

Media controls in notification area: The progress bar is RTL The back/forward buttons are LTR Android 15. One UI 7.

Media controls in notification area on One UI 7:
The progress bar is RTL
The backward/forward buttons are LTR

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 11/07/2025

The back arrow icon on @bsky.app points in the forward direction. In RTL layout, back = right, forward = left.

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 11/07/2025

The RTL experience on many apps just has untested-still-in-dev feel. Sometimes it is indeed tricky (e.g. media controls), but basic things are often overlooked.

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Lea Verou, PhD @lea.verou.me · 08/07/2025

🔥 I have news! After a 1y hiatus, I’m once again leading this year’s #StateOfHTML survey, thanks to generous funding by Google. ❤️ 🙋🏽‍♀️ Is there is an HTML feature or Web API you're dying to see progress on? Suggest it and it could be included! [1/2] lea.verou.me/blog/2025/de...

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Influence the State of HTML 2025 Survey! • Lea Verou

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Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 25/06/2025

Still a week left to take the State of CSS survey! The survey hasn't got as many responses as last year, so any help sharing will be much appreciated :) survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey...

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 23/06/2025

Email preview text has never had a proper spec, but it could. Google's Gmail and Yahoo Mail already support Schema structured data. Adding support for a standardized metadata-based preview text isn't a technical leap; it's the natural next step.

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Email Markup Consortium @emailmarkup.org · 10/06/2025

Sign the EMC supporters list and show the industry Email Accessibility matters! Add your name: emailmarkup.org/en/supporters/ #a11y

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Supporters of the Email Markup Consortium

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 06/06/2025

Web sites with a Facebook pixel were communicating with local native apps (Instagram, Facebook, maybe WhatsApp) to log (and attribute) incognito web browsing activity. Write-up: localmess.github.io Story: english.elpais.com/technology/2...

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Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android

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Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 04/06/2025

The 2025 State of CSS survey is now open! survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey...

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 04/06/2025

Does anyone else "feel the clipboard" at the tip of their fingers after they copy something on their computer?

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 03/06/2025

If you're building or configuring an email client's sanitizer, accessibility should be a consideration just like security and privacy are. If you're working on an email client or related tooling, we'd love to collaborate to help make email more inclusive.

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 03/06/2025

At @emailmarkup.org, we recognise that email comes with unique security and privacy challenges. This doesn't mean accessibility should be deprioritized.

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 03/06/2025

Products with better accessibility are built when accessibility is considered early in the process, not as an afterthought. The same principle should apply to email clients.

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 27/05/2025

It's hard to reconcile the excellence of Google Chrome with the limited accessibility support in Gmail. We know Google has the talent and track record; so why not bring that same energy to email?

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Mark Robbins @goodemailcode.com · 23/05/2025

Government communications are often required by law to be accessible. Yet 100% of the emails we tested failed basic automated accessibility tests. #A11y

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Mark Robbins @goodemailcode.com · 16/05/2025

Following on from the @emailmarkup.org Accessibility Report yesterday. If you support the work we're doing to make email markup more accessible, more consistent and all round better. Please add your name to the list. emailmarkup.org/en/supporters/ #EmailGeeks

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Supporters of the Email Markup Consortium

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 16/05/2025

If you believe in the importance of accessibility in email, join 200+ industry professionals and add your signature: emailmarkup.org/en/supporters/

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Supporters of the Email Markup Consortium

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Mark Robbins @goodemailcode.com · 15/05/2025

We've just put our the latest Email Accessibility Report. There has been some improvement from previous years, but the results are still pretty dire. So today on #GAAD please take a moment to look at fixing at least one thing in your emails.

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 15/05/2025

Today is GAAD, a good opportunity to reflect on the state of accessibility in the email ecosystem (email clients, ESPs, build tools, developers). Looking at real-world data, the sad truth is the whole ecosystem is failing the recpients - the most important party of the ecosystem.

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 28/02/2025

Feed the machine. Do it for the humans. The machines will repay you.

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 28/02/2025

Sometimes the only way to make stakeholders care about accessibility is by showing a direct impact. An all-image HTML email looks flashy, but dies in the inbox An accessible HTML email is consumed by both humans and computers. Free push notification 🔔

Google Assistant sends a push notification after it analysed an accessible HTML email instead of an all-image email

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 06/01/2025

I've switched my phone to Arabic and was reminded how many apps aren't properly tested in right-to-left layout. I've not switched my laptop though.

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 12/12/2024

This is a great example of how standards make a massive difference. Dealing with accessibility issues in web dev can feel like "easy mode" in comparison to email dev where there is zero standards when it comes to HTML messages.

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Hussein Al Hammad | حسين آل حماد @hussein-alhammad.com · 09/12/2024

This is a fun frontend challenge. You don't have to be interested in email to find this interesting and discuss it with us.

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