Ask HN: Best way to test accessibility of a website?
72 by pcmaffey | 28 comments on Hacker News. Is there a bot/crawler akin to Google's Webmaster Tools that will test, score, and identify accessibility issues on a website? If not, what are some best practices people use to maintain accessibility? Does anyone write tests for this functionality? Would love to learn more, top resources, checklists people use, etc.
Ask HN: News.Y Combinator.com wants to use your devices location
15 by hanniabu | 6 comments on Hacker News. I'm on here nearly every day and today, for the first time, I received a notification (on mobile) with the site requesting to use my location. 1. Has anybody else started receiving this prompt? 2. Why does this site need my location?
Ask HN: Open-Source Maintainers over 60?
14 by awinter-py | 3 comments on Hacker News. I'm looking to interview older open-source maintainers to explore the difference between hobbies & work and to talk about ancient programming paradigms coming back into style. Know any projects maintained by 60+-ers? Post here.
Ask HN: Why do many sites ask for recording permissions on Android?
14 by greggyb | 6 comments on Hacker News. I was reading a story on CNN earlier today (from an HN) link. While reading, after scrolling through part of the story, I was prompted with an Android permissions dialogue asking for access to the device's microphone. This has become a common experience for me when browsing on mobile, but not on desktop browsers. What is going on on these pages such that they are asking for permission to record audio? Here is the story I mentioned, though it is not unique in any way I can discern. https://ift.tt/2JC4PQj
Ask HN: Is it possible to make HN site ‘reader view’ compatible?
10 by mark_l_watson | 0 comments on Hacker News. I notice that I only visit reader view compatible sites on my phone, of sites that are designed for great UI on small devices. I find HN to not be readable on my iPhone 7 (I am in my mid-60s, so maybe my demographic is not so important). There are HN apps but I avoid apps and use web versions of sites. Thanks in advance for any information.
Dr. Dre deletes Instagram post bragging about daughter’s acceptance into USC
Just a day after hip hop legend Dr. Dre took a shot at celebrities and other influential parents caught up in a recent college admission scandal, the famous rapper deleted an Instagram post about his daughter’s acceptance into the University of Southern California.