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Welcome
A collection of keyboard shortcuts for Mac apps, Windows programs, and a variety of websites.
·usethekeyboard.com·
Welcome
Is There a Legal Requirement to Implement WCAG?
Is There a Legal Requirement to Implement WCAG?
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) provide the most-accepted path to accessibility, but does the law require WCAG compliance? Get your answer here, brought to you by the Bureau of Internet Accessibility.
·boia.org·
Is There a Legal Requirement to Implement WCAG?
What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type?
What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type?
In August of 2015, my hands stopped working. I could still control them, but every movement accumulated more pain, so every motion came with a cost: getting dressed in the morning, sending a text, lifting a glass. I was interning at Google that summer about to begin a PhD in Scotland, but coding all day would have left me in agony. In relating this story, I often mention that for months before I learned to work without my hands, I had nothing to do but go to a bar and order a shot of vodka with a straw in it.
·nsaphra.github.io·
What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type?
How Privilege Defines Performance, Tatiana Mac @ #PerfMatters Conference 2019
How Privilege Defines Performance, Tatiana Mac @ #PerfMatters Conference 2019
In theory, performance, accessibility, and inclusive design all have similar goals: Provide the best, most consistent experience to all people using the minimal amount of resources. In practice, this often falls apart. Product creators define what it means to be performant from where they stand, which is typically from places of privilege with unseen biases, struggling to find true empathy with their users. Through this talk, we'll examine how to build conscientiously, looking within to resist systematic problems in order to create more truly performant, accessible, and inclusive systems fo...
·youtube.com·
How Privilege Defines Performance, Tatiana Mac @ #PerfMatters Conference 2019
How accessibility trees inform assistive tech
How accessibility trees inform assistive tech
The web was designed with built-in features to make accessibility possible; these have been part of the platform pretty much from the beginning. In recent times, inspectable accessibility trees have ...
·hacks.mozilla.org·
How accessibility trees inform assistive tech
6 Tips for Accessibility in Form Design
6 Tips for Accessibility in Form Design
Forms are a really important part of the web experience. They catalog requests, complete purchases, assist signup flows, and play a crucial role in your business’ key metrics. Here are some best...
·webdesign.tutsplus.com·
6 Tips for Accessibility in Form Design
6 Actionable Tips for Accessible Emails
6 Actionable Tips for Accessible Emails
WHO suggests that 1.3 billion people all around the world have some kind of visual impairment – which includes 217 million people with moderate to severe vision impairment; 36 million people are blind worldwide; 15% of the global population have some kind of disability. With the advancements in adaptive technologies, such as screen readers, magnifiers, eye-tracking, joysticks, and sip-and puff technology, visually impaired and disabled people are able to use computers, tablets, and smartphones. Emails that are designed taking into consideration only people with a normal range of vision, hea...
·webdesignerdepot.com·
6 Actionable Tips for Accessible Emails
I Used The Web For A Day Using A Screen Reader
I Used The Web For A Day Using A Screen Reader
A sighted user puts himself in the shoes of a non-sighted user. Chris Ashton experiences first-hand difficulties that visually impaired users face and describes what we can do as web developers to help.
·smashingmagazine.com·
I Used The Web For A Day Using A Screen Reader
The web we broke.
The web we broke.
I read something depressing last Monday, and I can’t stop thinking about it.
·ethanmarcotte.com·
The web we broke.