#accessibility (449 links)
- Truths about digital accessibility | Eric Bailey ericwbailey.design
- Humane by Design humanebydesign.com
A resource that provides guidance for designing ethically humane digital products through patterns focused on user well-being.
- Accessibility Insights accessibilityinsights.io
- Visually Hidden Text gist.github.com
- Progressive Tooling progressivetooling.com
- Vox Product Accessibility Guidelines accessibility.voxmedia.com
- Accessible SVGs css-tricks.com
- Graphics Contrast | AlastairC alastairc.ac
- What we found when we tested tools on the world’s least-accessible webpage | Accessibility accessibility.blog.gov.uk
- Accessibility and Performance marcysutton.com
- WAI-ARIA basics developer.mozilla.org
- Soundcloud Icon Buttons a11ywins.tumblr.com
- Thomas Byttebier - The best icon is a text label thomasbyttebier.be
- Accessible Interface Design medium.com
- Web Components punch list paciellogroup.com
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Building an interactive accessible website is often thought of as a black art. A look at the learnings from building the Government's website, GOV.UK. I will talk about real world accessibility and practical tips and tools you can use today. Covering the mistakes and pitfalls we made building GOV.UK I will explain how to check to see how you are currently doing, and how accessibility isn't,as scary as you first thought.</blockquote>
- When Do Elements Take The Focus? sitepoint.com
- Practical ARIA Examples heydonworks.com
- Using the HTML5 section element - The Paciello Group Blog blog.paciellogroup.com
<blockquote>The heading is important. If you can’t think of a suitable heading for the content within a section element, there’s a good chance you shouldn’t be using the section element at all. Time to consider a div instead.</blockquote>
- Accessible custom checkboxes and radio buttons | 456 Berea Street 456bereastreet.com
- JAWS, IE and Headings in HTML5 | Articles | Accessible Culture accessibleculture.org
- Hacker News | Asking for accessibility gets you nothing but grief. news.ycombinator.com
Fairly depressing.
- On using h1 for all heading levels in HTML5 | 456 Berea Street 456bereastreet.com
"You can keep using h1-h6 in HTML5, but you can also choose to use only h1 elements for all headings and rely on the HTML5 outline algorithm to sort out the heading hierarchy. If you do this, however, you should be aware that currently there is very little support for the HTML5 outline in web browsers, screen readers and developer tools." Possibly not ready for production quite yet, then.
- Accessibility. You’re doing it wrong. | nicepaul.com nicepaul.com
Excellent, excellent article.
codepo8: A must read for your web dev teams! > RT @charlesarthur: Why we should support users with no Javascript >> Punkchip http://bit.ly/h55ILx
- Juicy Studio: Colour Contrast and CSS Sprite Maps juicystudio.com
CSS sprite maps improve efficiency by making fewer HTTP requests to the server, but most implementations cause serious problems for users who view content in high contrast mode.
- HTML5 accessibility html5accessibility.com
This site is a resource to provide information about which new HTML5 user interface features are accessibility supported in browsers, making them usable by people who rely upon assistive technology (AT) to use the web.
- How many users have JavaScript disabled? · YDN Blog developer.yahoo.com
While 2% of U.S. visitors may not seem like a lot, keep in mind that over 300 million users visit the Yahoo! homepage each month. That means 6 million users visit each month without the benefit of JavaScript. So even though it’s worth spending your time on the JavaScript-enabled version of the site, there are still a non-trivial amount of users out there who won’t be able to use it. While the percentage of visitors with JavaScript disabled seems like a low number, keep in mind that small percentages of big numbers are also big numbers.
- My First Week with the iPhone | Behind the Curtain behindthecurtain.us
Last Wednesday, my life changed forever. I got an iPhone. I consider it the greatest thing to happen to the blind for a very long time, possibly ever. It offers unparalleled access to properly made applications, and changed my life in twenty-four hours. The iPhone only has one thing holding it back: iTunes. Nevertheless, I have fallen in love.