Mikhail Prosmitskiy is a Software Engineer who loves making complex things feel simple — and fast. He’s spent years building everything from crypto trading platforms to IoT-powered office tools and large-scale AdTech systems, always with a focus on usability, accessibility, and long-term resilience. Mikhail believes great products aren’t just built — they’re crafted with care for the people using them.
The web is mired in a struggle to eliminate third-party cookies, with the World Wide Web Consortium Technical Architecture Group leading the charge. But there are obstacles preventing this from happening, and, as a result, many essential web features continue to rely on cookies to function properly. That’s why detecting third-party cookie blocking isn’t just good technical hygiene but a frontline defense for user experience.
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WCAG is evolving. Since 1999, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines have defined accessibility in binary terms: either a success criterion is met or not. But real user experience is rarely that simple. WCAG 3.0 rethinks the model — prioritizing usability over compliance and shifting the focus toward the quality of access rather than the mere presence of features. Could this be the start of a new era in accessibility?
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