“accessibility” Archive
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- Avoid Read-Only Controls (by) · · html, forms
- How to Use Lighthouse Wisely in Your Front-End Projects (by/via) · · guest-posts, how-tos, lighthouse, google, performance, seo, best-practices
- Alt Text: Not Always Needed (by/via) · · alt-text, writing
- Accessibility Misinformation (by) · · wcag, apca
- Accessibility (by/via) · · web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
- My Anti-Overlay Client Letter (by) · · overlays, business-relations, communication, advocacy
- Unlocking Accessibility: Content Designers Share Their Experience and Advice (via) · · interviews, design
- How to Test JavaScript for Accessibility Compliance (by/via) · · how-tos, javascript, compliance, wcag, testing
- Beautiful Focus Outlines (by) · · css, focus, examples
- The Only Accessibility Video You Will Ever Need (by) · · videos
- JavaScript Do’s and Don’ts (by) · · javascript
- 25 Accessibility Tips to Celebrate 25 Years (by/via) · · tips-and-tricks, aria, html
- “Functionality” Is Not Constrained by Content (by/via) · · pdf, wcag, content
- Testing With a Screen Reader Is an Important Step (by) · · testing, screen-readers, user-agents, assistive-tech
- Reducing Digital Accessibility Litigation Risk (by) · · legal, standards, processes
- PDF Accessibility on the Web: Tricks and Traps (by/via) · · pdf, tips-and-tricks
- Tooltip Best Practices (by/via) · · best-practices
- Clarifying the Relationship Between Popovers and Dialogs (by/via) · · pop-overs, modals, html, comparisons
- Naming Things Is Still a Common and Enduring Challenge in Accessibility (by) · · naming
- Designing for Anyone: The Power of Accessible Products (by) · · design, dei
- Talkin’ Tables (by/via) · · videos, tables, html
- Accessibility for the Deaf / Hard of Hearing and Progress Over Perfection (by/via) · · videos
- Improving Accessibility Through Design Systems (by/via) · · videos, design-systems
- The Internet Is Unusable—the Disabled View (by/via) · · videos, web
- Six Things Not Related to Accessibility That Will Improve Your Disability Inclusion Efforts (by) · · dei, culture, leadership
- Making Accessibility Accessible (by) ·
- What’s New in WAI–ARIA 1.3 (by/via) · · videos, aria
- Accessibility Challenges With Single Page Applications (via) · · videos, single-page-apps
- Accessible Design: WCAG or Trendy? No, WCAG and Trendy! (by/via) · · videos, design, wcag
- 10 Simple Ways to Make Your Social Media Posts Accessible (via) · · social-media, content, alt-text, captions, contrast
- Foundations: Form Validation and Error Messages (via) · · forms, validation, errors, usability
- If You Care (by) ·
- Developing a Web Site Nonvisually in a Linux Environment (by) · · unix-like, hugo, pico, processes
- Tips for Inclusive and Accessible Hiring and Recruiting (by/via) · · dei, hiring, tips-and-tricks, myths, strategies
- “aria-activedescendant” Is Not Focus (by) · · aria, focus
- What Makes a Font Accessible? A Designer’s Guide (via) · · guides, design, fonts, typography
- Understanding VPATs and ACRs: Key Insights (by) · · vpat-acr
- Design Systems and How to Use Them in an Accessible Way (by/via) · · videos, how-tos, design-systems
- The Elephant in the New Accessibility Law: PDFs (by) · · legal, pdf
- AI for Accessibility Conformance Testing? Why? (by) · · compliance, testing, ai
- The Value of Accessibility Annotations in Inclusive Design (by/via) · · design, dei
- Why GOV.UK’s “Exit This Page” Component Doesn’t Use the Escape Key (by) · · user-experience, keyboard-navigation
- Shopify, Accessibility Lawsuits, and “Compliance” · · shopify, legal, compliance
- No Industry for Old Men (by/via) · · videos, retrospectives, html, aria, screen-readers, user-agents, assistive-tech, w3c
- Designing for Accessibility: Enhancing Math Learning for the Blind Using the NVDA Screen Reader · · design, nvda, screen-readers, user-agents, assistive-tech
- Reminder—Automatic Accessibility Testing Can Detect Inaccessibility but Can’t Detect Accessibility (by) · · testing
- How a Bottom-Up Design Approach Enhances Site Accessibility (by/via) · · design, processes
- Practical Accessibility Tips You Can Apply Today (via) · · tips-and-tricks, html
- How to Identify a Toxic Accessibility Culture, and What You Can Do About It (by) · · how-tos, culture
- “Straight to the Pool Room”: The Pitfalls of Placing Accessibility Issues in the Backlog (via) · · processes, prioritization, project-management
- JAWS (Only) No More (by) · · jaws, nvda, voiceover, apple, screen-readers, user-agents, assistive-tech, support
- Celebrating WebAIM’s 25th Anniversary (by/via) · · anniversaries
- The State of Accessibility (by/via) · · videos, podcasts, standards
- Making Maps Accessible to Screen Readers (via) · · screen-readers, user-agents, assistive-tech, link-lists
- Challenging the Case for Delayed ADA Compliance (by/via) · · podcasts, interviews, compliance, legal
- Accessibility Is Everyone’s Responsibility (by) · · culture, dei
- Your Accessibility Questions Answered by a Blind Person (via) ·
- A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting a Web Accessibility Audit (via) · · guides, auditing, testing, processes
- Accessibility Preference Settings, Information Architecture, and Internalized Ableism (by) · · information-architecture, wcag, apple
- Brief Note on Disclosures in Fieldsets (by) · · forms, pop-overs
- But Why?? (by) · · slides, design-patterns, testing, keyboard-navigation, contrast, colors, zooming
- Good Forms (by) · · forms, best-practices, usability, validation
- Prioritize Accessibility in Procurement for Better CX and EX (by/via) · · prioritization, processes
- The Folly of Chasing Demographics (by/via) · · videos, dei
- Understanding the “Why” Around Neurodivergent Inclusive Web Design (by/via) · · videos, dei
- Using Controllers for Keyboard Accessibility (by/via) · · videos, keyboard-navigation
- How to Find the Accessible Name of a Button With Google Chrome (by) · · how-tos, buttons, chrome, google, user-agents, dev-tools
- WCAG and Accessibility Beyond Naive Misconceptions (by) · · wcag, testing, auditing
- Stop Recreating the Wheel: Local Government Organizations Sharing Accessibility Information (by/via) · · podcasts, interviews, processes, vpat-acr
- Mobile Accessibility Testing: Enhancing User Experience for All (by/via) · · user-experience, testing, mobile
- “display: contents” Is Not a CSS Reset (by) · · css, resetting
- I Need an Accessible Hero (via) · · design-patterns
- Avoiding Accessibility Barriers With a Checklist for Custom Controls—Opinion (via) · · mobile
- Should Form Labels Be Wrapped or Separate? (by/via) · · html, forms, user-agents, assistive-tech
- Another Stab at Truncated Text (by/via) · · design, usability, css
- Tackling a System’s Accessibility Without Testing (by+/via) · · wcag, case-studies, heuristics
- Be Careful When Using Generative Artificial Intelligence to Produce Code (by) · · ai, code-generation
- Headings (via) · · html, headings
- An Enhancement to Accessible Responsive Tables (by) · · tables, responsive-design, javascript
- Harnessing Copilot and Other Gen-AI Tools to Increase Digital Accessibility Efficiency (by) · · videos, ai, microsoft, tooling, alt-text
- What the Heck Is ARIA? A Beginner’s Guide to ARIA for Accessibility (by/via) · · videos, guides, aria, html
- Paragraphs (by) · · html
- Building Better Logins: A UX and Accessibility Guide for Developers (via) · · guides, user-experience
- The “aside” Element (by) · · html, semantics
- Make Me One (Input) With Everything (by/via) · · html, forms, simplicity
- Why Is Reaching WCAG Level AAA Not Recommended? (by) · · wcag, standards
- WCAG’s A and AA Distinction Is Mostly Academic (by) · · wcag, standards
- Is Using “aria-label” to Add Alternative Text But No “alt” Attribute Still a WCAG Fail? · · discussions, html, aria, alt-text, images
- Improving the Screen Reader Experience for “Learn WCs” (by) · · user-experience, user-agents, assistive-tech, screen-readers, apple, voiceover, case-studies
- Spoiler Alert: It Needs to Be Accessible (by) · · html, web-components, aria
- Foundations: Labelling Text Fields With Input and Label (via) · · forms, html
- Understanding WCAG 2.1’s Success Criteria 1.4.10 Reflow (via) · · wcag, reflow, zooming
- Basic Keyboard Shortcut Support for Focused Links (by) · · links, focus, support, browser-engines, keyboard-shortcuts
- Batteries Included Accessibility: A Pragmatic Guide to Get Started Today (by+/via) · · videos, guides, introductions
- Accessibility Specialists Warn Against Using AI for Alt Text (by/via) · · alt-text, images, ai
- The “Other” C in CSS (by/via) · · videos, css
- How Can Accessibility Improve Your Conversion Rate Optimization Efforts? (by) · · user-conversion, optimization, usability, economics
- WCAG 2.2 Summary and Breakdown (by) · · wcag, guidelines, overviews
- 80/20 Accessibility (by) · · principles
- Designing for Accessibility: A Checklist for Designers (by/via) · · design, checklists
- Alternatives to Using Pure Black (“#000000”) for Text and Backgrounds (by/via) · · design, colors, backgrounds
- Captions vs. Subtitles: Leave No Viewer Behind (by) · · captions, readability, multimedia, comparisons
- Writing Alt Text for a Scientific Figure (by) · · alt-text, writing, information-design
- Context Is King: Long Live the King! (by/via) · · usability, techniques, aria
- The Importance of Communication in Accessibility Testing (via) · · testing, communication
- Things to Do Before Asking “Is This Accessible?” (by) · · terminology, communication
- The Most Important Thing to Look at When Choosing an Accessibility Auditor (by/via) · · auditing, vpat-acr
- Design Patterns and WCAG (by/via) · · design-patterns, wcag
- Good Intentions, Poor Context (via) · · microcontent, images, buttons, links
- When It Comes to Digital Accessibility Lawsuits, the Best Defense Is a Good Offense (via) · · legal
- WCAG 2.2 Map by Theme (by) · · wcag, standards
- The “abbr” Element (by) · · html, semantics
- Disability Data Alarmingly Absent From AI Algorithmic Tools, Report Suggests (via) · · ai, tooling
- Let’s Make a Simpler, More Accessible Web (by) · · web, web-platform, tooling, simplicity, usability, optimization
- European Accessibility Act Requires Culture to Shift! (by) · · legal, culture, leadership
- AT Is More Than Screen Readers (by) · · user-agents, assistive-tech, screen-readers, terminology, concepts
- Attitudes to Digital Accessibility 2024 (via) · · surveys
- Types of Accessibility Approaches (by) · · processes, career, collaboration
- How to Make the Internet More Accessible (by+/via) · · how-tos, web
- The Anatomy of Accessible Forms: Best Practices (via) · · forms, html, best-practices
- Interop 2024: Chrome at 100% for the Accessibility Focus Area (via) · · interoperability, user-agents, google, chrome
- Decoding WCAG: “Change of Context” and “Change of Content” (via) · · wcag, standards
- Developing a RACI Matrix for Accessibility (by/via) · · processes, project-management
- WCAG, VPAT, S508, Level A—What on Earth? (via) · · standards, legal, terminology, wcag, vpat-acr, section-508
- Accessible Heading Structures for Home Pages (via) · · headings, homepages
- User “Wants” vs. Accessibility (by) · · usability
- The Infuriating Inefficiency of Accessibility Audits (by) · · auditing, efficiency
- What a New Accessibility Class Action Lawsuit Means for Agencies (via) · · legal, business-relations
- Green Accessibility for Web Developers (via) · · videos, sustainability
- Assessing Components and Patterns for WCAG 2.2 (by) · · wcag, components, design-patterns
- Getting to the Bottom of Minimum WCAG-Conformant Interactive Element Size (by/via) · · design, wcag, css
- How to Incorporate Accessibility Into Your Agile Sprints (by) · · how-tos, agile, processes, technical-debt
- Alternative Text in Action (via) · · images, alt-text, writing, examples
- What ARIA Still Does Not Do (by) · · html, aria, standards
- To Hell With the Business Case, Again (by) · · economics
- It’s Really This Thing That Gets Me (by) · · overlays
- Going With the PDF Reflow (by/via) · · wcag, pdf
- Rian Rietveld on Understanding the European Accessibility Act and Its Impact on Websites (by+/via) · · podcasts, interviews, legal, wordpress
- How to Check and Document Design Accessibility in Your Mockups (by) · · how-tos, auditing, documentation, prototyping, design
- Exploring the Challenges in Creating an Accessible Sortable List (Drag-and-Drop) (by/via) · · keyboard-navigation
- Don’t Use web.dev for Accessibility Info (by) · · learning
- A Quick-Ish Accessibility Review: shadcn/ui Charts (by) · · information-design, tooling, auditing, link-lists
- How to Transform Your Approach to Digital Accessibility From a Reactive Break-Fix Cycle to a Proactive Shift Left Approach (by/via) · · how-tos, processes, best-practices
- A Practical Guide to Designing for Colorblind People (by) · · guides, design, colors, color-blindness
- European Accessibility Act (EAA): Top 20 Key Questions Answered (via) · · legal
- Dialog Dilemmas and Modal Mischief (by/via) · · videos, modals, pop-overs
- Accessible Form Validation From Scratch—Preparing for Validation (by/via) · · forms, validation
- Overlays Misunderstand Accessibility (by) · · overlays
- Guidance on Applying WCAG 2 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT) (by/via) · · guides, wcag
- Feedback on a Pagination Pattern (by) · · pagination
- European Accessibility Act (EAA)—What You Need to Know (by/via) · · legal
- Accessible PDF Forms Online—There’s a Catch (by/via) · · pdf, forms
- 7 Ways to Champion Accessibility in Your Company (by) · · advocacy
- A Proposal for MDN to Use the APG (by) · · documentation
- Accessibility Object Model (by+/via) ·
- The State of Digital Accessibility in Europe (via) · · websites, research
- How to Make a Strong Case for Accessibility (by/via) · · how-tos, communication, advocacy
- Two New Artificial Intelligence Laws and Their Effects on Accessibility (via) · · ai, legal
- Why Is It So Difficult to Give Best in Class Accessibility Examples of Websites? (by) ·
- In Detail: 1.4.11 Non-Text Contrast (User Interface Components) (by) · · wcag, colors, contrast, borders
- Design Extremes of Custom Accessibility Actions (via) · · design, customization
- A Brief Introduction to Keyboard Accessibility (by/via) · · introductions, keyboard-navigation, focus
- What Does “aria-hidden=true” Actually Do to Interactive Elements? (by) · · aria, user-agents, assistive-tech, screen-readers
- How to Create Truly Accessible Forms (by/via) · · videos, how-tos, forms
- The European Accessibility Act and Irish Law (via) · · legal
- How to Browse the Web With the Keyboard Alone (by) · · how-tos, keyboard-navigation
- Can ADA Title II Local Government Accessibility Be Efficient? A Response to Richard Hunt (via) · · legal
- Support for “aria-errormessage” Is Getting Better, but Still Not There Yet (by) · · aria, errors, support, user-agents, assistive-tech
- How to Use “rem” Units in CSS for Accessible Design (by/via) · · how-tos, css, units
- The Ultimate Guide to Accessible Website Design · · guides, user-experience
- Improving Web Accessibility With Web Platform Tests (via) · · web-platform, testing
- Maybe Don’t Name That Landmark (by) · · html, semantics
- Doing My Heading In (by+) · · interviews, html, headings
- The Unclear Case of Usability Widgets on Your Website (by) · · usability, embed-code, maintainability
- What’s Wrong With VPATs? (by) · · vpat-acr
- Semantic Code in HTML: What Is It and Does It Still Matter? (by) · · html, semantics, seo, maintainability, performance
- World Wide Accessibility—Benefits of Standardization (by) · · standards, legal, web
- Applying the Four Principles of Accessibility (by) · · wcag, principles
- Creating an Accessible Toggle Switch in Tailwind CSS (by/via) · · tailwind, toggles
- Typographer vs. Accessibility (by/via) · · videos, typography
- My Approach to Alt Text (by) · · processes, alt-text, link-lists
- Alt Left (by) · · html, alt-text, anti-patterns
- A Complete Guide for Adding Captions to YouTube Videos (via) · · guides, captions, multimedia, youtube
- Predictors of Postsecondary Web Accessibility, 2012 to 2022 (by+/via) · · studies, research
- Two Important AI Developments Affecting Accessibility (via) · · ai, legal
- What AI Can Do for (and to) Web Accessibility (by+/via) · · videos, ai
- Why Are There No Mobile Accessibility Guidelines in WCAG? (via) · · wcag, mobile
- Not So Short Note on “aria-label” Usage—Big Table Edition (by) · · aria, html
- DOJ ADA Title II: Small Government WCAG Accessibility Guide (via) · · guides, wcag, legal
- Danger! Preventing Zoom From Changing Text Size (by/via) · · zooming, resizing
- “contrast-color()” Is a Good Thing, but Also Solving the Problem at the Wrong Layer (by) · · colors, contrast, css, functions
- WAI–ARIA: “role=deletion” (by) · · aria
- WAI–ARIA: “role=strong” (by) · · aria
- W3C Unveils 174 New Outcomes for WCAG 3.0 (by/via) · · wcag, standards, w3c
- The WCAG 3 Working Draft Update Is Ready for Your Review (by/via) · · w3c, wcag
- Rethinking Text Resizing on Web (by/via) · · resizing
- ADA Title II and You (via) · · videos, legal
- Dark Mode and Accessibility Myth (by) · · dark-mode, myths
- I’m Worried About the Tabbing Behaviour, Rather Than the Syntax and Name of CSS Masonry (by/via) · · css, layout, masonry, keyboard-navigation
- Understanding the Role of ARIA “role=alert”: Best Practices and Common Issues (by) · · aria, best-practices
- Regarding Keyboard Testing (via) · · keyboard-navigation, testing
- Intopia’s WCAG 2.2 Maps (by/via) · · wcag, cheat-sheets
- Accessible SVG Forms (by) · · forms, svg, aria
- Quick Incremental Accessibility Audits for Small Business Websites (by) · · auditing
- All I Want for GAAD (via) · · awareness-days, wish-lists
- Digital Inaccessibility: Blind and Low-Vision People Have Powerful Technology but Still Face Barriers to the Digital World (via) ·
- Best Intention Barriers (ARIA Edition) (by) · · aria, auditing
- Accessibility Overlays Are Not for Disabled People (by) · · overlays
- Manifesto for a Humane Web (by) · · web, principles, dei, security, sustainability, user-experience
- Level-Setting Heading Levels (by) · · headings, semantics, conformance, aria
- Transparent Borders (by) · · css, borders, transparency, contrast
- How We’re Building More Inclusive and Accessible Components at GitHub (by/via) · · components, dei, case-studies, github
- Focus vs. Accessibility Focus (via) · · focus, comparisons
- Mastering User-Centered Design, With 5 Advanced Tips (via) · · usability, user-experience, tips-and-tricks, testing
- Inclusive Digital Experiences: Redesign Strategies for Addressing Diverse Abilities and Accessibility Challenges II (via) · · redesign, strategies, dei
- An Introduction to the European Accessibility Act (EAA) (via) · · introductions, legal
- A Brief Note on Highlighted Text (by) · · colors, contrast, css, selectors
- WCAG After Quarter of a Century—We Still Need More Awareness (by) · · wcag, community
- The Value of Open Source in Furthering Accessibility Goals (by/via) · · videos, foss
- A to Z of Assistive Technology for Reading Digital Text (by) · · user-agents, assistive-tech, readability, concepts
- Quick-and-Dirty Accessibility (via) · · techniques
- Why Are My Live Regions Not Working? (by/via) · · aria, live-regions
- Web Forms: Costly Mistakes You Want to Avoid (by) · · books, forms, mistakes, usability, maintainability
- Web Accessibility in the 2024 [U.S.] Presidential Campaigns (via) · · case-studies
- How to Design Accessible Forms in 10 Steps (by/via) · · how-tos, design, forms
- Accessibility Evolution of Organizations (by) · · processes, economics
- Introduction to Manual Website Accessibility Testing (via) · · videos, introductions, testing
- Conducting Accessibility Research in an Inaccessible Ecosystem (by/via) · · processes, prototyping, research
- Images as the First Thing in a Button or Link (by) · · html, images, buttons, links
- Write Alt Text Like You’re Talking to a Friend (by/via) · · alt-text
- Make Sure That Your Design System Is Accessible (by) · · design-systems
- Long Alt (by) · · alt-text, support, user-agents, screen-readers, assistive-tech
- Building a Culture of Accessibility (by/via) · · culture
- Accessibility Overlays—Friend or Foe? (by/via) · · videos, overlays
- When Security and Accessibility Clash: Why Are Banking Applications So Inaccessible? (by) · · security
- The Impact of Color Contrast on Accessibility (via) · · colors, contrast
- ARIA in HTML (by+/via) · · standards, aria, html
- 10 Top Accessibility Errors and How to Avoid and Fix Them (by) ·
- Beware—Automatic Tools Over-Report Accessibility Issues and Steal Your Time (by) · · auditing, tooling
- My “Skip to Content” Markup Was Breaking the Back Button on iOS (by) · · html, links, mobile
- 9 Signs Your Frontend Code Has Quality Issues That Affect Your Users (by) · · quality, craft, usability, user-experience, conformance, performance
- The Dos and Don’ts of Using “tabindex” in Web Design (by/via) · · keyboard-navigation, html
- Accessible Interactions in JavaScript Apps (by/via) · · videos, javascript, aria
- Web Accessibility Statement: How to Write One (via) · · how-tos, writing
- Socks, Lies, and Accessibility (by) · · awareness-days, link-lists
- Purging Design System “Rot” From Our Checkboxes (by/via) · · design-systems, maintenance, quality, case-studies
- Complete a VPAT: Show How Accessible Your Product Is (via) · · vpat-acr, conformance, documentation
- A Comparison of Automated Testing Tools for Digital Accessibility (via) · · testing, tooling, automation, comparisons
- I Never Knew a Website Could Hurt Someone (by/via) · · videos
- The ADA Now Has Regulations for Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps (by/via) · · legal, web, mobile