Google Lightouse measure accessibility scores for quite some time. New agentic browsing scoring partially re-uses the same audit. Will this encourage real accessibility?
It has the potential, but only when human understands accessibility.
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Canvas element in HTML enables tremendous possibilities – from two dimensional graphic interfaces to amazing three dimensional experiences, directly in the browser. It will soon be simpler to sync the visuals with the semantics.
If you use AI agents – you still need to be able to take over manually. WebMCP is a standard proposal for a new in-browser AI control and it still requires accessibility, it can make us more efficient, but all users need to have the possibility to take control at any time.
Staying curious and learning more about AI and where it can help with accessibility, I see a lot of work done with bolting it on instead of shifting it left. Seems that shift left needs us once again.
Perhaps well-intended, the auto-scrolling content can be a real nightmare for multiple groups of users. I’ve done a mobile app audit and turning on screen reader exposed quite a messy experience – and yes, web can suffer from the same issue.