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The A11Y Collective
Company blog · a11y-collective.com/blogwebdesign
The A11Y Collective is the company blog at a11y-collective.com, writing about web and design. Since 2021, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-10-06, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite this blog's post on aria-label versus the title attribute. One quotes it to argue that title attributes are unreliable for accessibility and do not work on touch screens.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Web Accessibility Courses and Training, supporting compliance with the European Accessibility Act (EAA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
What Hacker News says?
The title attribute isn't supportive of accessibility. It also doesn't work on touch screens. From https://www.a11y-collective.com/blog/aria-label-vs-title/ > The content of the title attribute is often ignored or read inconsistently, leaving users who rely on assistive technology at a disadvantage. Regardless of whether screen readers should better support title attributes, that's not the world we live in and blind…
Comment linking /blog/aria-label-vs-title/
on “Fixing my tooltip accessibility mistake”Submitted The A11Y Collective – Web Accessibility Courses and Training as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted When to Use Modal vs. Dialog Components as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding Focus Indicators for Web Accessibility as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The perfect link – The A11Y Collective as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
