Blocked aria-hidden: The Warning is Right, and Every Fix You’ve Found is Wrong

To properly close an accessible modal, focus must leave the region before that region becomes hidden or inert, ensuring screen reader users do not lose their place.

CSS-Tricks

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Stories from Wednesday, 12 August 2026

UX & Thinking

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The CSS hack that extends your website on iOS Safari

A CSS hack can extend a website's background color into the notch and bottom bar areas on iOS Safari, enhancing the immersive user experience.

Website Inspiration: luis kantor

Luis Kantor designs and builds digital sites for agencies and startups on his personal one page website.

Website Inspiration: ScreenTune

ScreenTune is a one page Mac app for capturing, editing, and exporting screenshots and screen recordings.

State of AI in Design Systems

A study of 20 design systems reveals how they implement and distribute agentic tooling for design system contribution and consumption, detailing specific AI affordances.

Beautiful UI

Beautiful UI components are designed for AI-native interfaces, including loading states and streaming text.

I’m leaving OpenAI to build Jurassic Park

A former OpenAI employee is leaving to build Jurassic Park, a startup focused on resurrecting dinosaurs to defend against misaligned AI.

1 day ago3 min read

Curator's picks

Must read today

The pieces worth pausing on, hand-selected from today's edition.

UX & Thinking

UX Collective

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Design’s dreaded phrase is coming back. This time we’re in control.

The resurgence of "Everyone can Design" empowers designers to initiate projects without seeking permission, fostering a proactive approach to creative work.

1 day ago