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(uxd )Oct 22, 2022 801 writing , alt-text , images , twitter+x The Truth Behind Implicit/Explicit Form Labels Oct 22, 2022 800 html , forms , labels SEO and Accessibility Are Symbiotic (deq )Oct 19, 2022 799 seo How to Build the Foundation for Digital Accessibility (deq )Oct 18, 2022 798 how-tos , policies , processes Digital Accessibility—Ask Me Anything (tpg )Oct 18, 2022 797 videos Why We Need CSS Speech (tin )Oct 18, 2022 796 css , voice Google on Alt Text SEO and Accessibility (sea )Oct 17, 2022 795 google , seo , writing , alt-text , images Designing for Users With Disabilities: 10 Factors to Consider (uxm )Oct 17, 2022 794 design , usability Common ARIA Mistakes and How to Avoid Them (ale )Oct 17, 2022 793 html , aria , mistakes New Brutalism and Web Accessibility: What You Need to Know (uxd )Oct 14, 2022 792 design Accessibility Checkers—a Good Start, Not a Solution Oct 14, 2022 791 testing , tooling What I Learned About SVG Accessibility (Among Other Things) From NBC News’ Senate “What If” Project Oct 13, 2022 790 svg , images , lessons Some Things I Took Away From an Event Apart 2022 in Denver (geo /css )Oct 13, 2022 789 web , css Intro to Why Accessibility Is Important for Good SEO (deq )Oct 13, 2022 788 introductions , seo Representation in “alt” Text (aar )Oct 12, 2022 787 dei , writing WCAG 2.2 Success Criteria Oct 10, 2022 786 wcag How to Write Good Alt Text (cfe )Oct 10, 2022 785 how-tos , writing , alt-text , images 4 Required Tests Before Shipping New Features (5t3 )Oct 7, 2022 784 testing Five Months Worth of Takes on the Digital Accessibility Space Oct 6, 2022 783 testing , tooling Foundations: HTML Semantics (tet )Oct 5, 2022 782 fundamentals , html , semantics Where Are the Accessibility Statements? Digital Accessibility Shouldn’t Be a Surprise (deq )Oct 4, 2022 781 documentation When Going Somewhere Does a Thing: On Links and Buttons (kil )Oct 4, 2022 780 html , links , buttons , semantics 3 Things to Consider Before You Implement CAPTCHA for Accessibility (uxd )Oct 4, 2022 779 captcha A Beginner’s Complete Guide to Form Accessibility: The 5 Things Accessible Forms Need and How to Fix Common Errors (pop )Oct 3, 2022 778 guides , forms Learn Accessibility (car /dev )Sep 30, 2022 777 courses Yes, Accessibility Is Also a Backend Concern (eri )Sep 29, 2022 776 Intersectionality, Accessibility, and Inclusion (int )Sep 29, 2022 775 videos , dei Websites Need to Be Accessible to Be Inclusive Sep 28, 2022 774 dei A Deep Dive Into WCAG 2.2—and Beyond (yat )Sep 27, 2022 773 podcasts , wcag , deep-dives Accessibility (htt )Sep 26, 2022 772 web-almanac , studies , research , metrics Blind People Need to Be Considered More When Making Data Visualizations Sep 22, 2022 771 information-design The Indisputable Truth About Accessibility Sep 22, 2022 770 videos A Designer’s Guide to Documenting Accessibility (ste )Sep 22, 2022 769 videos , design , documentation Attitudes to Digital Accessibility Survey 2022 Sep 22, 2022 768 surveys , dei A “details” Element as a Burger Menu Is Not Accessible (ger /clo )Sep 20, 2022 767 html , disclosure-widgets , semantics It’s Good to Make Mistakes (tem )Sep 20, 2022 766 design , mistakes Clarifying Color Contrast and Font Size Guidelines (mar )Sep 20, 2022 765 colors , contrast , readability Accessibility Is Systemic (ada )Sep 20, 2022 764 How to (Not) Make a Button Sep 16, 2022 763 how-tos , buttons , semantics , html Accessibility Is for Every One Sep 16, 2022 762 Brief Note on Super- and Subscript Text (aar )Sep 16, 2022 761 html , support , assistive-tech Designing for People With Cognitive Disabilities and Everyone Else Sep 15, 2022 760 videos , design Why the Number Input Is the Worst Input Sep 15, 2022 759 html , forms , validation Accessibility in Times of Headless (sma )Sep 15, 2022 758 content-management , headless Five Things You Can Do to Be More Inclusive (dbo )Sep 15, 2022 757 dei Buttons and the Baader–Meinhof Phenomenon (mat )Sep 15, 2022 756 buttons When Is It OK to Disable Text Selection? 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(web )Sep 7, 2022 747 design , user-experience , modals W3C Accessibility Maturity Model (w3c )Sep 6, 2022 746 processes , culture , leadership The Realities and Myths of Contrast and Color (sma )Sep 6, 2022 745 contrast , colors , myths HTML Markup Tips for Developing Accessible Websites (low /the )Sep 5, 2022 744 html , aria The Accessibility and Usability Journey of Drupal’s Primary Navigation (sma )Sep 2, 2022 743 drupal , usability Focus Appearance Explained (tem )Sep 2, 2022 742 wcag , forms , focus “Accessibility at the Edge” W3C CG Is an Overlay Smoke Screen (aar )Sep 1, 2022 741 overlays , w3c , history Don’t Overwrite Visual Labels With “aria-label” (ash )Sep 1, 2022 740 html , aria , labels Comparing JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver (css )Sep 1, 2022 739 screen-readers , comparisons , jaws , nvda , apple , voiceover Beginner’s Guide to Lists and How to Make Them Accessible (pop )Sep 1, 2022 738 guides , html , lists Accessible Lists and Tables (pop )Sep 1, 2022 737 html , lists , tables Small Steps: Celebrating Four Accessibility Wins (red )Aug 31, 2022 736 communication Neutrality Isn’t an Option When It Comes to Accessibility (kar )Aug 31, 2022 735 An Argument Against CSS Opacity (tpg )Aug 30, 2022 734 css , colors , contrast Communication Around Digital Accessibility Must Improve: How Users and Businesses Alike Are Failing to Advance Digital Accessibility Aug 29, 2022 733 communication What Is Closed Captioning? Aug 26, 2022 732 multimedia , captions Short Note on “figure” and “figcaption” (ste )Aug 25, 2022 731 html 5 Quick Ways to Check Your Site Against New WCAG 2.2 Standards Aug 24, 2022 730 wcag , compliance Why Every University Needs an Accessible Standard Website Template Aug 24, 2022 729 content-management , frameworks Accessibility and Supporting Internet Explorer (gra /tet )Aug 24, 2022 728 browsers , microsoft , internet-explorer , support Does Accessibility Stifle the Creative Process? Aug 23, 2022 727 processes , creativity Prepare for WCAG 2.2 and Beyond Aug 22, 2022 726 videos , wcag , standards Mac VoiceOver Testing the Simple Way (spa /clo )Aug 22, 2022 725 testing , screen-readers , apple , voiceover Bring Focus to the First Form Field With an Error (aar )Aug 22, 2022 724 forms , focus Inclusion Beats Optimization (eri )Aug 18, 2022 723 dei , optimization Outline Is Your Friend (mat )Aug 17, 2022 722 css Introduction to Screen Readers (Desktop Edition) (bru )Aug 16, 2022 721 videos , introductions , screen-readers , desktop Building Accessible Select Components in React Aug 15, 2022 720 components , react , forms Check Heading Accessibility Using the WAVE Tool (pop )Aug 15, 2022 719 videos , headings , assistive-tech , tooling , testing Accessible User Experience and A/B Testing Aug 15, 2022 718 user-experience , testing , optimization Automation and Accessibility—What You Need to Know Aug 12, 2022 717 videos , automation Results of Quick Testing of Documentation Tools’ Accessibility Aug 11, 2022 716 documentation , tooling Accessibility Is Writing Aug 9, 2022 715 writing SEO Links Obfuscation and Accessibility Problems Aug 9, 2022 714 seo , links , obfuscation Brief Note on Calendar Tables (aar )Aug 9, 2022 713 tables , assistive-tech What Are Best Practices for Creating Alt Text? Aug 4, 2022 712 writing , alt-text , images , best-practices AI-Generated Images From AI-Generated Alt Text (aar )Aug 4, 2022 711 images , writing , alt-text , ai 5 Heading Accessibility Issues and How to Fix Them (pop )Aug 4, 2022 710 headings , microcontent One Year of Coding—Recommendations for Beginners From a Beginner Aug 3, 2022 709 learning , semantics Underengineer Your Websites (aar /ben )Jul 28, 2022 708 videos , interviews Abbreviations Suck (cfe )Jul 27, 2022 707 html UX Principles That Include Cognitive Accessibility Jul 26, 2022 706 user-experience , principles The 10 Affirmations of Good Digital Accessibility (deq )Jul 26, 2022 705 Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Tactical Communication in Accessibility (mer /equ )Jul 26, 2022 704 communication #ADA32: The ADA Has Applied to Digital for Decades (lfl )Jul 26, 2022 703 ada , legal Definitive Guide to CAPTCHA Accessibility Jul 22, 2022 702 guides , captcha Roundup of Recent Document Outline Chatter (geo /css )Jul 21, 2022 701 html , headings , semantics Where’s the Fun in Accessibility? (uxd )Jul 21, 2022 700 user-experience Research Insight: Accessibility of Images (tet )Jul 21, 2022 699 usability , images , research With “:focus-visible”, You Can Have Focus Styles When It Makes Sense (hdv )Jul 21, 2022 698 css , selectors , keyboard-navigation , focus Expert Tips for Color Accessibility on the Web Jul 19, 2022 697 tips-and-tricks , colors Subheadings, Subtitles, Alternative Titles, and Taglines in HTML (ste /tpg )Jul 19, 2022 696 html , semantics , headings , microcontent What Is WAI? The Web Accessibility Initiative Jul 18, 2022 695 Abbreviations Can Be Problematic (tem )Jul 18, 2022 694 html Use Firefox for Accessibility Testing (col )Jul 17, 2022 693 browsers , mozilla , firefox , testing 7 Quick Facts About WCAG 2.2 Jul 16, 2022 692 wcag , standards What Does x% of Issues Mean? 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(lea )Jul 14, 2022 687 html , semantics , aria Perceived Affordances and the Functionality Mismatch (tin )Jul 14, 2022 686 usability , semantics My War on Animation (ver )Jul 13, 2022 685 animations Bag Some AAA Wins Where You Can (tem )Jul 13, 2022 684 wcag What You Need to Know About ARIA and How to Fix Common Mistakes (pop )Jul 12, 2022 683 html , aria , mistakes Building (or Rebuilding) a Website With Accessibility in Mind Jul 11, 2022 682 Generating Accessibility Test Results for a Whole Website With Pa11y CI Jul 11, 2022 681 testing , tooling The Ultimate Guide to Debugging Accessibility Issues Jul 10, 2022 680 guides , debugging Set JAWS Free! (yat )Jul 8, 2022 679 screen-readers , jaws Make It Accessible Jul 7, 2022 678 websites An Accessibility-First Approach to Chart Visual Design (sma )Jul 7, 2022 677 information-design Why the HTML Outlining Algorithm Was Removed From the Spec—the Truth Will Shock You! 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(mer /equ )Jul 6, 2022 674 captions , writing , automation , comparisons The Ballad of Text Overflow (sib /tpg )Jul 5, 2022 673 css , overflow Two Levels of Customising “<selectmenu>” (hdv )Jul 4, 2022 672 html “That’s Not Accessible!” and Other Statements About Accessibility (hdv )Jun 30, 2022 671 Thoughts on an Accessibility “Get Well” Plan (j9t )Jun 29, 2022 670 processes , engineering-management , leadership WCAG 2.1 AA Web Accessibility Checklist Jun 24, 2022 669 checklists , wcag Accessible Design Systems (tet )Jun 24, 2022 668 design-systems How We Designed an Accessible Color Palette From Scratch Jun 23, 2022 667 colors , color-palettes , case-studies Introducing Keyboard Navigation (bru )Jun 22, 2022 666 videos , introductions “text-overflow: ellipsis” Considered Harmful (yat )Jun 22, 2022 665 css , overflow What Is Alternative Text? How Do I Write It for Images, Charts, and Graphs? 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Jun 7, 2022 654 semantics , colors , contrast , user-experience Best Practices for Overlays Jun 6, 2022 653 best-practices , overlays Are You Ignoring Digital Accessibility at Your Job? (the )Jun 6, 2022 652 career WCAG 3 Compliant? Check Again Jun 2, 2022 651 wcag , standards How to Pick the Least Wrong Colors May 31, 2022 650 how-tos , colors , design Writing Useful Alt Text (mic )May 30, 2022 649 writing , alt-text , images Interview With Léonie Watson (tin +)May 29, 2022 648 interviews APCA: The New Algorithm for Accessible Colour Contrast May 28, 2022 647 colors , contrast , apca Just How Long Should Alt Text Be? (geo /css )May 27, 2022 646 writing , alt-text , images What’s the Alternative (Text)? (col )May 26, 2022 645 writing Why Are Iframe Titles Important for Accessibility? May 25, 2022 644 html , iframes , writing Dialog Components: Go Native HTML or Roll Your Own? (css )May 23, 2022 643 modals , components Making Disabled Buttons More Inclusive (san /css )May 22, 2022 642 forms , buttons , focus , aria , html , attributes Accessibility From Different Perspectives (hdv )May 22, 2022 641 Triaging WCAG 2.1 Level AAA (tet )May 20, 2022 640 wcag , standards Automate Accessibility Tests With Storybook (sto )May 19, 2022 639 testing , automation , storybook Web Development === Accessibility May 19, 2022 638 4 Web Accessibility Remediation Mistakes to Avoid May 19, 2022 637 mistakes The Importance of Organizational Leadership in Developing an Accessibility Culture: Buy-In, Metrics, and Structure May 19, 2022 636 interviews , leadership , culture , metrics Let’s Make Accessibility Boring Again May 19, 2022 635 Web Accessibility Is Broken—It’s Time to Fix It (yat )May 19, 2022 634 videos React Accessibility Resources (bru )May 19, 2022 633 react , link-lists Accessibility Not-Checklist (int )May 19, 2022 632 websites , checklists How the HTML “lang” Attribute Helps Accessibility May 17, 2022 631 html , attributes , localization WCAG 2.2 and WCAG 3 Status Updates May 17, 2022 630 wcag , standards Peering Into the Accessibility of Dark Mode (uxd )May 16, 2022 629 dark-mode 24×24 Pixel Cursor Bookmarklet (aar )May 16, 2022 628 wcag , testing , bookmarklets More Common Accessibility Issues That You Can Fix Today (hdv )May 15, 2022 627 Keyboard Testing: The A11y Enhancement to Your Definition of Done May 14, 2022 626 keyboard-navigation , testing Does JavaScript Make My Site Less Accessible? May 13, 2022 625 javascript , wcag Debugging Accessibility With Chrome DevTools (dev )May 12, 2022 624 videos , dev-tools , debugging , browsers , google , chrome Designing for Web Accessibility in 60 Seconds May 11, 2022 623 Why WCAG 2.2 Is Still in the Oven (deq )May 11, 2022 622 wcag Two Approaches to Accessibility on the Web (j9t )May 10, 2022 621 automation A Different View Into Accessibility Overlays May 9, 2022 620 overlays , testing , documentation , auditing What’s Your Heading? (col )May 8, 2022 619 html , headings , semantics Lost in Translation (mat /btc )May 6, 2022 618 videos , design , html , css A Guide to Writing About Digital Accessibility (deq )May 5, 2022 617 guides , writing Please, Stop Disabling Zoom (mat )May 5, 2022 616 zooming , html How Not to Do Accessible Design (uxd )May 4, 2022 615 design , colors The Evolution of WCAG: A Postcard From the Front Lines May 4, 2022 614 wcag , standards , history Under-Engineered Multi-Selects (aar )May 1, 2022 613 html , aria Foundations: Lists (tin /tet )Apr 29, 2022 612 fundamentals , html , lists Let’s Keep the “Content” in WCAG Apr 28, 2022 611 content , wcag Introducing “inert” (dev )Apr 28, 2022 610 introductions , html , attributes , keyboard-navigation Stop Removing Focus (col )Apr 27, 2022 609 focus , css Plain Old Semantic HTML: A Perfect Basis for Accessibility Apr 26, 2022 608 html , semantics 8 Ways to Make Website Accessibility Easier (and Less Expensive) Apr 25, 2022 607 Brief Note on Buttons, Enter, and Space (aar )Apr 20, 2022 606 Beyond WCAG: Losing Spoons Online (tpg )Apr 20, 2022 605 wcag , colors The Role of Policy in Creating a Culture of Accessibility Apr 19, 2022 604 interviews , policies , culture How to Start Testing Your Website With a Screen Reader Apr 19, 2022 603 how-tos , browsers , testing Ensure Third Party Content Is Accessible (ons /tpg )Apr 18, 2022 602 wcag , embed-code Accessibility Why You Need to Work Toward Progress Not Perfection (mer )Apr 14, 2022 601 Why Accessibility Bugs Are a Good Thing and How to Handle Them Apr 12, 2022 600 quality One Million Broken Web Sites—and a Way to Prevent That (cod )Apr 12, 2022 599 browsers , tooling Does Your Website Have Any of These 10 Most-Cited Accessibility Issues? 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