Release notes – Scott Olsen

2024.06.19

Removed Material Icons + entry from the Personal section on the Projects page
Content update
Added Mile High Battle entry to the Personal section on the Projects page
Content update

Fixed a bug where the Contact drawer (and all drawers in general) was too narrow for the reCAPTCHA
Bug fix

Corrected Veeva Systems entry in work history on About me page
Content update
Updated table of contents items and section headings to use tabular numbers for better scannability on Release notes page
Usability improvement

Converted sidebars into <nav> elements
Accessibility improvement
Fixed a bug where the sidebar wouldn't scroll vertically for shorter viewports thus cutting off content
Bug fix

Fixed a bug where some pages were too wide on mobile viewports causing unwanted horizontal scrolling
Bug fix
Fixed a bug where the breadcrumbs had insufficient spacing on the right side
Bug fix

Added Veeva Systems entry to work history on About me page
New content
Added cumulative GPA to Westwood College entry in education on About me page
Content update
Fixed a bug where some colors' opacities were incorrect
Bug fix

Fixed a bug where the wrong hero image was shown on the booj Platform page
Bug fix

Fixed a bug with the breadcrumb separator not showing the correct color in the light theme
Bug fix
Added the appropriate aria-label for the breadcrumbs container
Accessibility improvement
Adjusted text link hover/focus/active underline effect to intrude less on the text to help with readability
Styling update
Removed stroke around alerts
Styling update
Changed the color of the text inside of alerts to match its adjacent icon
Styling update
Added category chips to top-level points on release notes page
Styling update
Removed the aria-label from external link UI icon indicating that the link would be opening in a new tab and moved it to the link itself
Accessibility improvement
Added styling for code snippets on release notes page
Styling update

Added Release notes page
New content
- Note: Updates made prior to December 2022 were undocumented and thus have no entries
Updated breadcrumbs to be more accessible
Accessibility improvement
- Previously, page breadcrumbs were nothing more than links for and for decorative purposes
- Now, they follow the proper composition for breadcrumbs described by the W3C for proper navigation and assistive technology

Updated card links to be more accessible
Accessibility improvement
- Previously, entire cards were links for better usability but this came at a cost to accessibility due to the link containing excessive content
- Now, the actual link within the card is the only linked element but its clickable area has been expanded to encompass the entire card
Updated links on Projects page to be more descriptive for assistive technology
Accessibility improvement
Updated inline text links across the site to include "(opens in a new tab)" in their aria-label
Accessibility improvement
Updated the UI icon for external links in buttons and links to include "(opens in a new tab)" in their aria-label
Accessibility improvement

Updated table of contents list items to be more accessible
Accessibility improvement
- Previously, the list item marker was customized with the ::before pseudo element
- Now, the semantically-correct ::marker pseudo-element is used
Updated buttons and links using UI icons to be more accessible
Accessibility improvement
- Previously, the icons were read by screen readers as "image"
- Now, the icons include the aria-hidden="true" attribute so that screen readers will skip over them

Fixed a bug that would prevent table of contents links from landing at the correct depth on first load
Bug fix