Weaving Web Accessibility With Usability — Smashing Magazine
In this article, Uri Paz explains how a site complying with accessibility guidelines may still present usability issues when testing with real users. Find out how weaving accessibility best practices with usability testing, can help as many people as possible to fully use your site.
10 Foolproof Tips for Maximizing Website Accessibility - Zaengle Corp
Making a website accessible for everyone is easier than you may think. We discuss 10 foolproof tips that, when implemented, will improve the accessibility of your website.
Creating Accessible Data Visualizations on the Web - Peatworks
In the age of technology, data is everywhere. The volume of data we encounter can be overwhelming, especially if it relates a concept that is new to us or comes without context. What’s more, the rate of data being collected is doubling every two years!
Pixels vs. Relative Units in CSS: why it’s still a big deal - 24 Accessibility
Long live the modern browser! Browsers are getting better these days. We seem to be in a golden age where there’s a never-ending stream of new features added for the benefit of the users accessing the page, and really great tools for those creating the page. It hasn’t always been the case, though. Earlier versions […]
Maybe You Don’t Need a Date Picker | Adrian Roselli
Calendar controls, date pickers, date widgets, whatever you call them, however they are described, they follow the same basic principle — present the user with a calendar to enter a date (and sometimes a time). Chris Blakeley, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The native implementations come from browsers when authors use
Duet Date Picker is an open source version of Duet Design System’s accessible date picker. Try live example at https://duetds.github.io/date-picker/ - duetds/date-picker
marcus.io · Twenty inclusive strategies for building web apps in 2020
With the start of the new year, it is a good opportunity to look into the accessibility of your web app. Here are 20 starting points to make your web app more inclusive in 2020. Covering the basics is 90% of the way ...
Painfully slow demonstration of the example table resizing and different media queries kicking in. After writing (again) that it is ok to use tables, and after providing quick examples of responsive tables, I received questions about why I used some of the code I did. I am going to attempt…
Tables, CSS Display Properties, and ARIA | Adrian Roselli
This post has two separate but related things going on. One is an example of one of my responsive tables with ARIA added, and the other is the Twitter conversation that started this along with some generalized responses. Responsive Table with Semantics Retained by ARIA The Tweet What You Can…
The most useful accessibility testing tools and techniques — Artem Sapegin’s Blog
Shipping accessible features is as important for a frontend developer as shipping features without bugs, learn about tools and techniques that will help you achieve that.
We are a virtual meet-up group that features speakers and conversations around the topic of digital accessibility. Find us a11ytalks.com and on Twitter @ A11...
WCAG 2.1 Is the Current Standard, Not WCAG 2.0 — and WCAG 2.2 Is Coming | Adrian Roselli
The title kind of says it all. WCAG 2.1 has been the standard for over two years — it was published in June 2018. If you rewind to when the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AGWG) was asking for feedback on its near-final 2.1 draft, many of the Success Criteria in…