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When you turn on keyboard shortcuts, you can press keys to make changes to your Google Calendar and quickly navigate to certain pages.

Keyboard shortcuts save you time by letting you explore Remember The Milk quickly.

Save time navigating in Gmail by using keyboard shortcuts.

Facebook verfügt über Tastenkombinationen für Nutzer, die nur mit ihrer Tastatur auf Facebook navigieren möchten.

Ich lieb es, beworbenen 1000000ten Workshop zum Thema "Barrierefreie Webseiten" eben im Internet gefunden, von Riesen wie Öffentlich Rechtlichen mitgestaltet, von "Sozialorganisation" finanziert, ABER der Workshop selber ist nicht barrierefrei zugänglich. Was sagt uns das?— Lela Finkbeiner (@LelaFinkbeiner) August 29, 2022

(Anmerkung: Website erfüllt _nicht_ Kriterien der Barrierefreiheit.)

Wie nutzen Menschen mit Behinderung das Smartphone und die Sozialen Medien? evangelisch.de hat Heiko Kunert getroffen. Er ist blind und Teil der Initiative #barrierefreiPosten.

In this article, Catherine Houle and Ilknur Eren share how their organization “Understood” removes barriers for people who learn and think differently by combining accessibility and usability in their processes. They also cover basic steps on how to fix common accessibility issues.

For users with color vision deficiencies, certain color combinations can have detrimental effects on their use of the Bloomberg Terminal.

UX is about function, but also delight, whimsy, wit and beauty. But when it comes to accessibility, we tend to take the term literally…

We are surrounded by a world of motion and I would like to get off of it

Before color-contrast(), stylesheet authors needed to know accessible colors ahead of time. Often a palette would show black or white text on a color swatch, to indicate to a user of the color system which text color would be needed to properly contrast with that swatch.

WP Accessibility fixes common accessibility issues in your WordPress site.

In this Make WordPress Accessibility Handbook you will learn what the best practices are for web accessibility, the many great accessibility tools, the testing we do to improve WordPress, themes, a…

Eine barrierefreie WordPress-Website zu erstellen ist einfacher als man denkt. Es sind nur wenige Regeln zu beachten, die wir euch hier erläutern.

In this article, we will explore how an accessibility-first approach can lead you down the path of creating a better visual design for charts. Throughout the article, you’ll learn to use the Web Content Accessibility Standards and how this approach leadd to an unexpected yet better outcome for everyone.

Ever wondered how a screen reader user accesses the web?Follow @LeonieWatson and @brucel as they go exploring and share their findings from a range of websites for @smashingmag.https://t.co/y4HR20tIaG— TetraLogical (@TetraLogical) July 7, 2022

A small project debunking common accessibility myths.

WCAG 3 will use a new color contrast method called APCA (Advanced Perceptual Contrast Algorithm).It's a big improvement over the current system but there are a lot of changes to get your head around.🧵 pic.twitter.com/yLbujn3hG4— Dan Hollick 🇿🇦 (@DanHollick) December 9, 2021

Here you can find the three talks and the panel discussion from our Smashing Meets for All community event around web accessibility. Enjoy!

How can we make sure to design with accessible colors?

In our age of ubiquitous digital displays, adults often read in short, opportunistic interludes. In this context of Interlude Reading, we consider if manipulating font choice can improve adult readers’ reading outcomes. Our studies normalize font size by ...

Have you wondered how to anchor accessibility in an engineering team, one that isn’t yet producing accessible sites or apps? Some options to start with, for further refinement and discussion.

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.

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