Blog by Steve Frenzel

Another job that seemed like a perfect fit for me!

Table of contents The story so far Smaller changes Missing skip link Color contrast issues Inconsistent focus ring Skipped heading levels Bigger changes Improved form validation Improved screen reader support Emojis aren’t announced Getting rid of the toa…

Table of contents Foreword Writing Music “AI” eating itself Foreword As I write this, I’m still looking for a job as a front-end developer or quality assurance engineer/tester, and the job market is really tough right now.

Table of contents Global changes Layout Global CSS file Specific pages Individual changes Single-purpose components Checkout components Accessibility issues Coming up In this series, I’ll be exploring the topic of quality assurance, as it’s something that…

Table of contents Why I’m using GoatCounter Most visited pages (top ten) Top referrers (top six) Browsers Systems Locations Languages (top six) Sizes Final thoughts Why I’m using GoatCounter After I launched my blog in 2023 and gradually started seeing mo…

Table of contents Why I’m doing this The test subject Turning it into an Astro project Making things work Making things look right Testing the tests Some nice-to-have’s Coming up Here’s the second part and the third part of this series.

Table of contents What it’s supposed to do Things I like Things I’m not sure about Conclusion What it’s supposed to do You can read the proposal here: Request for developer feedback: focusgroup.

Table of contents Foreword Getting rejected by Deloitte Trying to make contact Theory 1: Just not the right fit Theory 2: Job posting isn’t real Theory 3: Bad timing Conclusion Foreword This article originally appeared on LinkedIn, and to be honest, I don…

I resisted writing a post about “AI” for a long time.

Table of contents “Finisterre” by Der Weg einer Freiheit “Earth Is A Black Hole” by Teenage Wrist “The Sky, The Earth & All Between” by Architects “Viel zu lang Zuversicht” by alles wird ganz schlimm “Everything and Nothing” by Hammock “Wishing” by Seeking

Table of Contents Why I’m writing this Reason 1: Spotify does not pay artists fairly Reason 2: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invests in technology for killing people What you can do today A word on Bandcamp Why I’m writing this Lately, my YouTube feed has been fi…

Table of contents Tech is political Migrating my GitHub repositories to Codeberg Deploying my website on statichost.eu instead of Netlify Automatically deploying changes using web hooks Moving my domain from Netlify to STRATO Updating custom security head…

Update from May 18, 2025: Thank you once again James Edwards from TPGi and Adrian Roselli, who pointed out issues with automated translation, hidden elements, as well as code smell and a potential risk of failing a WCAG success criterion!

Table of contents TL;DR Why I’m writing this Example project File and folder management Changing the order Renaming Color-coding and symbols Clean-up Gain staging Markers Creating alternatives TL;DR For fast and effective work in a Logic Pro X (mixing) se…

Updated from April 29, 2025: Thanks to James Edwards from TPGi, who suggested to mention the pagination pattern much later in the article.

Musically 2024 was a great year, I listened to a lot of cool stuff.

In this format, I will share everything I find interesting at random intervals.

There’s no introduction for this, it’s music I listened to in the past six months and now I’m sharing it with you!

Table of contents Why I’m writing this Back & forth in Figma Smallest & largest viewport Annotations (with Stark) Alt-Text Focus Order Headings Landmarks Measure Tools Creating the ticket User story Tasks Design Doing the hand-off Conclusion Why I’m writi…

Table of contents TL;DR How I got hooked Taking a step back Implementing it My Webmentions component Conclusion TL;DR You want to get started right away?

Five years ago today, I received my certificate from the Spiced Academy, which recognized me as a “Fullstack Developer”.

I usually only associate a few albums with a particular year, even if there were many more that touched and moved me.

I recently gave several smaller workshops on the subject of web accessibility and started with a rough overview of the topic.

It’s time for the second article in a series where I test how various music player widgets interact with the four most popular screen readers and web browsers.

I had actually planned to write my next article for my “screen reader check” series, which I started with the SoundCloud widget.

Update from February 1, 2025: Added more conferences.

Today is international women’s fight day and I want to celebrate all the women who help me get through the day with their music, lift my spirits or simply put me in a certain mood.

iA Presenter is THE tool for me to create presentations easily and quickly.

It doesn’t matter whether you’ve just started to get to grips with the topic of web accessibility or are already more familiar with the subject: The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) can be challenging and confusing at times.

This article was inspired by a post on Mastodon by FINOkoye.

There are many opportunities for simple web accessibility wins.

The last time I was in Austria must have been in the mid-nineties.

Table of contents Disclaimer Prologue A solid foundation Bonjour Tristesse WAI would you do that Let’s talk about form and region Land in sight The case for SEO Conclusion Disclaimer I use the abbreviation “AT” in the text, which stands for “assistive tec…

Table of contents Prologue The day things changed Parallels to music production How I will learn Research for the exam Predictions Prologue It must have been about two years ago that I started noticing the topic of web accessibility.

Disclaimer: When talking about “links”, I actually mean anchor elements.

When I made this list, I thought it would be much longer.

Photo credit: Cover image by Markus Winkler on Unsplash, example screenshots by James Edwards Short answer: No There’s no benefit for the user to have truncated text and it’s a CSS feature which should have never made it into production in the first place.

Image credit: Disabled And Here When working with people from different cultures and countries, there are a few things you can keep in mind to ensure that everyone feels equally integrated.

It’s a shame that TIDAL doesn’t offer a summary at the end of the year like Spotify, but you can see which artists you’ve streamed and how much each month.

I predict that Overlay vendors will make a lot of money with their false promise of adding a widget (with AI) to solve all accessibility problems.

It’s fascinating to see how people can get creative when it comes to making a link look (and work) like a button and vice versa.

Disclaimer: All screenshots in this article were taken on macOS Ventura 13.4.1, in Arc Browser 1.2.1.

Last updated on April 24, 2025.