Is it better to hire external consultants for accessibility assessment or is it better that it is made by the software vendor? I would say that both has its pros and cons and that combination works best.
Tag: WCAG
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I have now evaluated some simple and complex websites, and even a whole banking digital presence and here are some notes and thoughts about lessons learned.
After some practical accessibility statement preparation work I decided to describe some thoughts of mine on the best practices that can be useful for it.
Some thoughts and investigations of mine on compliance and what does it really mean to be compliant. This seems like a simple declaration but is it really so simple?
Just a short explanation to all the developers out there that may not understand the need for skip to content links.
It is possible that our website is 100% WCAG compliant and still not accessible to an assistive technology user. WCAG alone is not enough, we must test manually as well.
When in need for a custom widget / control er even basic site element – it is easier than ever before to just get it from the web or maybe even create one from scratch. This post tries to explain what has to be considered.
Defining testable conditions on multiple levels will make development and testing more effective. This is when acceptance criteria is useful.
New CSS media query that can enable more control for high contrast mode and what high contrast mode actually is and how it is not only a dark mode
Accessibility team as a team of members of other teams that are motivated to take a proactive role in their primary team – so that all teams can really implement accessibility efforts coherently.
Before we start with a review we should have a plan. We should think of providing real value, not just covering compliance. We should define real goals and lead to real results and improvements.
Some reflections on my newly acquired Web Accessibility Specialist certification and a mention of Neuralink that will be demoed today and can have positive implications on accessibility as well. If used correctly.
Exactly one month until all public sector websites in the European Union must be accessible. Or to be more realistic – until they will have to let the users know where they still need work on accessibility. A positive direction nonetheless.
There are still some myths out there about what we can and can not do and there are also some best practices around use of headings. Please do use them is my advice, but it is not a thing for compliance and SEO itself. It is more about usability.
I wanted to expose sweet points from the Making Facebook.com accessible to as many people as possible article that was published on 30th of July 2020 as it is an excellent example of continuous and from-start accessibility in my opinion and we should all implement at least some parts of it in our work-flows.
No, PDF is not accessible out of box, sorry to say. How to make it accessible then – an introduction
I believe all users should have the focus outline visible, but not everybody agrees with me. And there is a new CSS pseudo selector on the horizon – :focus-visible that is somehow connected.
Relying on semantic text highlighting alone can be dangerous as screen readers use to ignore special emphasizing tags to prevent clutter to their users.
It is interesting to compare accessibility errors from a million of popular websites and see if and how are they improving or deteriorating compared to previous year.
I use zoom as well, and it is a perfect example of accessibility feature that is beneficial for everyone, especially in this demographics with population getting older and older…
Sometimes a short checklist is all we need to get our minds set and that we do not forget about important things. This is my short(er) version for designers and developers…
My reflections on the process. And yes – testing early is a requirement. Developers should also use screen-readers to test their components, templates etc.
User agents are sometimes going beyond their own guidelines and helping to improve accessibility with smart accessible defaults.
Web accessibility iniative on testing – valuable resource with a short reflection from me