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This is a follow-up to PR #1645 to address the dead links reported in #1647.

I saw that some of the resources deleted in #1645 had simply moved to new URLs, while other dead links had been missed entirely. This PR restores those valid resources and does additional cleanup.

Changes Made

  • Restored 4 resources that were deleted in Fix: replace dead color contrast checker link with active tool #1645 by tracking down their new URLs:
    • Alicia Jarvis' Inclusive Design Blog -> alicia.design
    • Apps For All -> Smashing Magazine's new book store URL
    • Inclusive Design Patterns -> Smashing Magazine's new book store URL
    • Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace -> jenniferbrownspeaks.com/books/
  • Removed 12 completely dead links, including 8 from the original issue, plus 4 additional broken links that were discovered during our audit (tota11y, Accessible Podcast, Simply Open, and DMOZ list).
  • Added David Mello's WCAG Color Contrast Checker (preserving the addition from Fix: replace dead color contrast checker link with active tool #1645 to replace the defunct Josef Eines tool).

Why the links were removed

For historical context, the 12 removed links were confirmed completely down:

  • tota11y: Abandoned project (last update 3+ years ago)
  • Color Contrast Checker: Host alarmsystem.no is down
  • Future Date: Heroku eliminated free tiers, taking down the site
  • Thinking about Digital Accessibility: The Everand link is 404
  • Considerations when writing alt text: Removed from the Shopify UX blog
  • Introduction to Web Accessibility: Dr. Michele Williams rebranded her site, resulting in a 404
  • Giving a damn about accessibility: The uxdesign.cc subdomain is dead
  • PDF accessibility introduction: pragmaticaccess.com is unreachable
  • Accessibility for Teams: The accessibility.digital.gov subdomain fails DNS resolution
  • Accessible Podcast: The timothybuck.me archive is 404
  • Simply Open: simplyopen.io domain is unreachable
  • List of online accessibility tools: DMOZ is defunct

Fixes #1647

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mikeyil marked this pull request as draft May 23, 2026 13:25
Follow-up to PR a11yproject#1645
Fixes a11yproject#1647

- Restored 4 resources from PR 1645 by updating their URLs to new destinations.
- Removed 8 dead links from the original issue.
- Found and removed 4 additional dead links.
- Added David Mello's WCAG Color Contrast Checker as a replacement for the defunct Josef Eines tool.
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mikeyil force-pushed the fix/resources-dead-links branch from 6e0c798 to 109d08c Compare May 23, 2026 13:26
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mikeyil marked this pull request as ready for review May 23, 2026 13:27
@davatron5000 davatron5000 added the resource Links to external sites. label Jun 17, 2026
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[Bug] 12 dead links in resources file

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