After a few days off work, your daily frequent11y newsletter service has been resumed! How anyone can make Maps more accessible Google relies on its community of Local Guides to update Google Maps information by, for example, inputting whether a restaurant has tables suitable for people who use wheelchairs. These guides share some actionable tips… [Read More]
Should you use an <h1> in email code? A thorough investigation by Mark Robbins, looking at the state of webmail across a dozen different providers. 60% of screen reader users prefer pages containing just one <h1> with the document title, whereas 33.3% prefer two <h1> headings, for the site name and the title. Given a preference for… [Read More]
Shifting left: how introducing accessibility earlier helps the BBC’s design system Sophie Beaumont writes about working on the BBC’s design system. A team had hoped to re-use one of the existing components in a new feature they were building, because it matched their visual design. However, on closer inspection, the underlying HTML semantics were unsuitable… [Read More]
Yesterday was Global Accessibility Awareness Day! There were lots of events all over the web, and it was hard to choose what to attend. Aside from a couple of internal work events, I mostly attended sessions at the very well run Festival of Accessibility. Digital by Default: Baby Boomers and the impact of COVID-19: “Over… [Read More]
These are my notes, which I wrote while attending the BBC’s “Wednesday 19th May: Motion” event to mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day (which is Thursday 20th May). There were a range of speakers in the 1-hour session. The BBC are running sessions all week, so it’s worth signing up for the others! Vivek Gohil, is… [Read More]
These are my notes, which I wrote while attending the BBC’s “Tuesday 18th May: Vision” event to mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day (which is Thursday 20th May). There were a range of speakers in the 1-hour session. The BBC are running sessions all week, so it’s worth signing up for the others! Talk by Molly… [Read More]
These are my notes, which I wrote while attending the BBC’s “Monday 17th May: Hearing” event to mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day (which is Thursday 20th May). There were a range of speakers in the 1-hour session. The BBC are running sessions all week, so it’s worth signing up for the others! Keynote from Jenny… [Read More]
Shifting left: how introducing accessibility earlier helps the BBC’s design system Sophie Beaumont writes about working on the BBC’s design system. A team had hoped to re-use one of the existing components in a new feature they were building, because it matched their visual design. However, on closer inspection, the underlying HTML semantics were unsuitable… [Read More]
Should you use an <h1> in email code? A thorough investigation by Mark Robbins, looking at the state of webmail across a dozen different providers. 60% of screen reader users prefer pages containing just one <h1> with the document title, whereas 33.3% prefer two <h1> headings, for the site name and the title. Given a preference for… [Read More]
What Is It Like to Use a Screen Reader? Anthony Vasquez shares some things you may not know about how some people use screen readers. The article is a follow-up to a Screen Readers in the Wild seminar. Some video demonstrations from the seminar are linked below: Using JAWS to find a video on YouTube… [Read More]
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