Designing for Web Accessibility in 60 Seconds UX Designer David Kennedy writes a short article with some useful quick wins for accessibility, focussed around asking questions. Is the content specific enough in important areas? People skim when they read. Make sure your link text describes the content of the target link, and use concise headings… [Read More]
GOV.UK fixes a noisy screenreader issue GOV.UK had discovered that in recent versions of screen readers, its contact form was too aggressive in announcing how many characters were remaining. This was despite the existing markup of aria-live=”polite”. I’ve been keeping an eye on the GitHub issue for this, and a fix was merged recently. There… [Read More]
US Accessibility Lawsuits There have been a number of accessibility related lawsuits in America of late. As ever, I’ll try my best to summarise, but bear in mind I am no legal expert. On Reconsideration, Judge Albright Transfers AudioEye, Inc. v. accessiBe Ltd. In December 2020, AudioEye accused accessiBe of infringing 9 patents, as well… [Read More]
The Future of CSS: CSS Toggles Article by @bramus, discussing the new CSS Toggles Unofficial Proposal Draft, alongside the demo site for the proposed feature. “CSS toggles are a mechanism for associating toggleable state with a DOM element”. Perhaps this is best summarised in a code example: This should make it much easier to define… [Read More]
Cabinet Office signs £400k deal for digital accessibility audits To audit the accessibility of its digital services, the Cabinet Office has signed a two year deal with Digital Accessibility Centre (DAC) – a non-profit organisation based in Wales. Adding context to the deal, which Civil Service World values at £436,632, the article states: “Research conducted… [Read More]
I’m Deaf And I Have ‘Perfect’ Speech. Here’s Why It’s Actually A Nightmare. Rachel Zemach writes about some of the frustrating encounters she’s had, as someone who became Deaf at the age of 10 (and had already learned to speak). Her speech is indistinguishable from someone who is not deaf, and she can ‘lip read’,… [Read More]
Routing: I’m not smart enough for a SPA I came across this via Anselm Hannemann’s Web Development Reading List. The author, Taylor Hunt, goes into a lot of detail about why they chose a traditional website over a Single Page Application (SPA), for a recent project. There are a lot of accessibility concerns to consider… [Read More]
The Future of CSS: CSS Toggles Article by @bramus, discussing the new CSS Toggles Unofficial Proposal Draft, alongside the demo site for the proposed feature. “CSS toggles are a mechanism for associating toggleable state with a DOM element”. Perhaps this is best summarised in a code example: This should make it much easier to define… [Read More]
US Accessibility Lawsuits There have been a number of accessibility related lawsuits in America of late. As ever, I’ll try my best to summarise, but bear in mind I am no legal expert. On Reconsideration, Judge Albright Transfers AudioEye, Inc. v. accessiBe Ltd. In December 2020, AudioEye accused accessiBe of infringing 9 patents, as well… [Read More]
Google: Accessibility Not A Direct Ranking Factor This is a short article that’s well worth a quick read. Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller says, in an office-hours hangout recorded on March 25th, that accessibility plays no part in Google search ranking. In other words, an accessible site is no more likely to be ranked higher… [Read More]
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