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Flexibilität ist das Zauberwort, wenn es um die Entwicklung mobiler Websites geht. Worauf es beim Design für mobile Endgeräte ankommt und wie man damit umgeht beschreibt der Webentwickler Jens Grochtdreis.

A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

Inclusive Design is a methodology, born out of digital environments, that enables and draws on the full range of human diversity. Most importantly, this means including and learning from people with a range of perspectives.

Inclusive design describes methodologies to create products that understand and enable people of all backgrounds and abilities. It may address accessibility, age, economic situation, geographic location, language, race, and more.

A small project debunking common accessibility myths.

Web Accessibility is a must in every web development project, yet it seems to remain a mystery for many web developers. Like it's something legendary instead of an essential skill needed for the job. There are many misconceptions surrounding Web Accessibility, most of the time fueled by a lack of knowledge (or interest) in the matter. This article is a collection of some of those accessibility misconceptions or myths. :: Blog post at Alvaro Montoro's Personal Website.

Look at the image above. Don’t you feel some colors are brighter than others? For example, between the yellow and blue: which is brighter?

Good accessibility programs include things that go above and beyond just compliance with the WCAG guidelines

There’s more to a link than just a clickable word or image. So, how do you create the perfect link? Rian tells you in our blog!

It’s more important than ever to consider mental health while designing.

by Kitty Giraudel

by Jon Egeland | Discord Blog

… an easy to use, open-source, native colour picker for macOS. Pika makes it simple to quickly find colours onscreen, in the format you need, so you can get on with being a speedy, successful designer.

A new typeface – greater legibility and readability for low vision readers, free from the Braille Institute

I’ve been reading lots more non-fiction books than normal. And I’m getting increasingly annoyed about footnotes1. Footnotes are a weird skeuomorph hangover from the days of printed text…

Documenting everything through the journey of learning web accessibility.

[…] how we can improve websites legibility using some modern CSS techniques, great new technologies like variable fonts and putting into practise what we learned from doing scientific researches.

Our complete guide to links, buttons, and button-like inputs in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

A macOS app for quick access to WCAG color contrast ratios → https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/contrast-color-accessibility/id1254981365?l=en&mt=12

Colors that look and work great for everyone

Universal design (often inclusive design) refers to broad-spectrum ideas meant to produce buildings, products and environments that are inherently accessible to older people, people without disabilities, and people with disabilities.