AMA: Ask Masto Anything
Eh not everything.
My question is to HTML and accessibility people:
Can we now happily use <input type="date"> or are the OS implementations of date pickers still too bad?
Basically, want to rip out date pickers because they're such an a11y minefield.
Thank you in advance!
#HTML #a11y #accessibility
Sara Joy :happy_pepper:
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