Writing HTML with accessibility in mind

Writing HTML with accessibility in mind An introduction to web accessibility. Tips on how to improve your markup and provide users with more and betters ways to navigate and interact with your site. If you don’t want to read the preface, jump right to the tips. Personal development and change in perspective When I made my firstContinue reading “Writing HTML with accessibility in mind”

3 steps to fulfill 80% standards with 20% effort

3 steps to fulfill 80% standards with 20% effort Make your website usable with keyboard only: make sure that focus outline is visible all the time and user can determine which element is currently focusedno extra/unnecessary TAB stopsno tabstop traps (when you cannot get out of an element with the keyboard) Implement smart focus management:Continue reading “3 steps to fulfill 80% standards with 20% effort”

Simple Ways to Make Your WordPress Site Accessible

Web site accessibility has been a lingering issue on the Internet for quite some time. However, with several laws in the US pushing website accessibility as a primary feature in public and private web entities, it has affected the Internet on a wider scale. Accessibility has been proven to be beneficial to websites, public orContinue reading “Simple Ways to Make Your WordPress Site Accessible”

Part 2: How to Conduct a Basic Accessibility Audit on Your Site : Adobe Team

Continued from Part 1. Part 2: How to Conduct a Basic Accessibility Audit on Your Site In case you missed it, catch up on Part 1 of How to Conduct a Basic Accessibility Audit on Your Site. In this post, we are going to learn how to do keyboard, screen reader and automated code testing.Continue reading “Part 2: How to Conduct a Basic Accessibility Audit on Your Site : Adobe Team”

Part 1: How to Conduct a Basic Accessibility Audit on Your Site : Adobe Team

Part 1: Visual Accessibility and Manual Code Inspection Accessibility is really important: Accessibility benefits everyone. By paying attention to accessibility you will improve the UX of your site for all of your users.Making sure your site is accessible expands your customer base. People with a range of disabilities make up a significant portion of theContinue reading “Part 1: How to Conduct a Basic Accessibility Audit on Your Site : Adobe Team”

Blind Arduino Blog: Arduino Setup and Accessibility Tips for Windows

In a world of talking iPhones, sexy accessibility announcements, and high-quality open-source screen readers, the naive sighted person could be forgiven for assuming that we have finally reached the point where a blind person could simply download and use the same exact software tools as everyone else for any given problem. Blind people know thatContinue reading “Blind Arduino Blog: Arduino Setup and Accessibility Tips for Windows”

Accessibility 101 – 8 tips for a better user experience

As designers and developers we usually work with particular people in mind when creating something. This is our target end-user: someone with a certain set of goals, characteristics and motivations that will be accessing your services. Yet, even if you segment your users and consider usage scenarios for various behaviours, there are inherent qualities that,Continue reading “Accessibility 101 – 8 tips for a better user experience”

8 Website Accessibility Best Practices to Improve UX

Often, accessibility best practices are just best practices overall — simple interfaces, alternative user pathways to suit user preferences, etc. Below, we’ve listed the best practices that specifically aid handicapped users and don’t spell out hours of extra work. Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source: 8 Website Accessibility Best Practices to Improve UX

Five ways to increase video accessibility and minimise cost | Access iQ

Making your video content accessible is one of the most costly components of web accessibility, but there are several ways you can reduce expenses. Five ways to increase video accessibility and minimise cost | Access iQhttp://www.google-analytics.com/ga.jshttp://www.accessiq.org/sites/default/files/js/js_xAPl0qIk9eowy_iS9tNkCWXLUVoat94SQT48UBCFkyQ.jshttp://www.accessiq.org/sites/default/files/js/js_bv1N0E-8M9Npquu8rVaxXXhjc-kkOcMBiiDE2L8sel8.jshttp://www.accessiq.org/sites/default/files/js/js_R9UbiVw2xuTUI0GZoaqMDOdX0lrZtgX-ono8RVOUEVc.jshttp://www.accessiq.org/sites/default/files/js/js_YslV4i4VWxDl7sv7StaIaYaouOUygZcgWLxkrMXM3Nc.jshttp://embed.player.vioapi.com/Script.axd?compress=falsehttp://www.accessiq.org/sites/default/files/js/js_dTzpEfg5C8aCKXF1xNgEebophY6fm3bvn1HT7ZtCxpM.js// http://www.accessiq.org/sites/default/files/js/js_IDBX5SzkJ9gGNq7x-qOE_2DZsexqguTJQGMKvi4w-Uw.js// http://www.accessiq.org/sites/default/files/js/js_TXOvDcKBaO3aKLd7-sviY9sKGUIhT0mTQWBSccBoT7M.jshttp://www.accessiq.org/sites/default/files/js/js__qGb4_0gUJSHyiuPOCImqyOMKvoDA7KCDvyltuH26Yk.js// With more than half the population accessing videos online, there’s no doubt that multimedia is a powerfulContinue reading “Five ways to increase video accessibility and minimise cost | Access iQ”