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by alib 2778 days ago
This site didn't load properly in Firefox on a Samsung Galaxy S8 just now, and the accessibility section is "coming soon". I'm sorry Google, but if you're letting key basics like this slip... Accessibility is not a bolt-on for afters, and chrome isn't the only web browser. Deep down you know this too. Those who preach are held to higher standards, and you've let yourselves down badly here.
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magicalist 2778 days ago
> This site didn't load properly in Firefox on a Samsung Galaxy S8 just now

Check your extensions. It loads fine for me.

> you've let yourselves down badly here.

...because an article on accessibility is "coming soon"?

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alib 2778 days ago
I can't replicate it in private browsing. I'm not running any mobile extensions and my internet is as good as it comes. First time I loaded it the blue line at the top was there for ages. I was scrolling the site for a good 20 secs marvelling at the irony of a site teaching performance not performing. It felt like something to do with the service worker not working. The cookie notice only appeared after I refreshed. Now it works fine, and loads fine each time. So it was something to do with the initial caching of assets.

And yes, the accessibility section coming soon sends the wrong message very subtly but powerfully. It's something we all need to be better at, and when you've got the resources of Google there just isn't any excuse. Those two small words on that missing section quietly absolve us all. Because if Google can't do it right, why should we? It just isn't good enough, so yes, they have let themselves and our community down. I know they're strong words, but someone needed to say it.

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magicalist 2778 days ago
> The cookie notice only appeared after I refreshed

Maybe it's a geo thing. Are you in Europe? I see no cookie notice (US).

> I know they're strong words, but someone needed to say it.

Eh, it needs to be there but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. It's apparently in "beta" and according to this hn thread robdodson is working on it, so odds are the accessibility section will be handled just fine.

Regardless

> Those who preach are held to higher standards

is a bad take. You can criticize a tutorial site without standing on such a flimsy soapbox.

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