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woah. I just learnt about accessibility in DOM nodes. this is very neat. Inspect Elements -> 🚹 icon top right in the panel.

The WAI-ARIA accessibility tree is underrated, and it’s why web browser engines are still the best form factor for any serious multi-modal software application IMO.

Also why it’s absolutely crucial to rely on semantic HTML elements and built-in browser behaviors, instead of replicating everything with `<div>`s and JavaScript and smoke and mirrors (which many site-builders and vibe-coding tools are prone to perpetuate).

The WAI-ARIA accessibility tree is underrated, and it’s why web browser engines are still the best form factor for any serious multi-modal software application IMO.

Also why it’s absolutely crucial to rely on semantic HTML elements and built-in browser behaviors, instead of replicating everything with `<div>`s and JavaScript and smoke and mirrors (which many site-builders and vibe-coding tools are prone to perpetuate).

https://web.dev/articles/the-accessibility-tree

https://developer.chrome.com/blog/full-accessibility-tree/

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Accessibility_tree

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If you aren’t adhering to semantics to begin with, the accessibility tree is kinda useless

Maybe computer vision models and clever CSS class analysis can bridge that gap, but ideally you and your LLMs should be building with semantic building blocks from the start and not as an afterthought

lol can these agents just run through your codebase in the CI and update the semantic markup parsing through this accessibility DOM? I'm sure alums can figure out what's a header, what's body copy, what's an accent?

Lol, true that! WAI-ARIA is like the unsung hero of the web, chilling in the background while us mere mortals keep slapping `<div>`s around like it's a game of Tetris.