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It’s not too late for European Accessibility Act activities

Less than a month before EAA start and some organizations still wait with accessibility activities. It is not too late. Stay calm, but make sure you are preparing. It is about process improvement, not perfection.

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Shopping apps are, unsurprisingly, very inaccessible as well

A couple posts back I pointed out latest WebAIM Million shows shopping websites have worst accessibility, and it seems that shopping native mobile applications also share this unfortunate faith.

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How to prepare your agency for European Accessibility Act

You have already read about why is it important and I hope you also understand that it’s not a project but a continuous program, or even better – an upgrade of a culture. But how to prepare?

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European Accessibility Act and support services

Not a very well known fact, but all products and services that are in the scope of EAA and include support services will also need to have them accessible.

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Where to start with game accessibility?

We have a lot of good accessibility guidelines for web content, documents and multimedia. But what about accessibility of games on mobile phones and tablets? Things can be quite complex there, but that also allows for innovation.

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Testing navigation with physical keyboard on Android hint – keyboard navigation cluster

You connect your physical keyboard to an Android device and start pressing the tab key. And then shift tab. And sometimes – you circle around the UI but can not reach all interactive elements. Is this a WCAG 2.1.1 failure? Maybe it is, maybe you need to try harder…

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Common Accessibility Issues of Norwegian Mobile Banking Applications

This is a summary for my Universal Design 2024 (UD2024) conference contribution, where I was using parts of EN 301 549 and WCAG to check how (in)accessible are iOS and Android mobile applications from 4 largest Norwegian banks.

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Some tips for keyboard support on native mobile applications

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines touch keyboard accessibility in a couple of success criteria. It’s essential for your native app to support keyboard interactions for it to be accessible. But how?

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Accessibility group – often overlooked native mobile app pattern

Grouping is not an exact science, but all designers and developers touching native mobile applications need to be aware of the simplification possibilities it can bring.

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Why should all organizations establish feedback mechanisms for accessibility?

European public sector websites and mobile apps are required to have feedback mechanism. I believe that such feedback helps any kind of organization, even single person businesses.

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Native mobile app accessibility – choice of platform is essential

Native mobile applications are often more focused and with that – less noisy for users (and I meant that visually and non-visually). But platform choices can lead to inevitable inaccessibility as some abstractions lack support.