Web Accessibility 101: Design for All People, Not Most

Web Accessibility 101: Design for All People, Not Most B Web design is about accessibility. Most web designers aim to create products for the largest swath of people within their audience, casting their designs out like gaping nets to yield them the greatest influx of users. And while there’s logic to that design principle, it

Sounding out the web: accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing people [Part 2]

[Part 2] In my previous post, I spoke with Ruth MacMullen, an academic librarian and copyright specialist from York, about her experience of being deaf and how it affects how she uses the web. In this next post in the series, Ruth shares some of the things that make life easier for her on the web,

10 guidelines to improve your web accessibility

We put together a list of ten web accessibility guidelines that will guarantee access to your site to any person, in spite of their disabilities. There’s a quote by Tim Berners-Lee, Director of W3C and inventor of the World Wide Web, that says, “The power of the web is in its universality”. As people who make a living by

Developers: get started with web accessibility

If web accessibility is new to you, the path ahead can seem overwhelming. If web accessibility is new to you, the path ahead can seem overwhelming. It’s not so bad. I promise! You could chase perfection forever by building accessible products for every user imaginable. That’s no different from design and development more generally: there’s

Renewed push for improved web accessibility policy in the United States | Access iQ

Two separate calls for improved web accessibility of government websites in the United States are gaining momentum. Campaigning to improve web accessibility in the United States has increased, with a recently published petition quickly gaining popularity, while politicians have requested that a review of government policy be completed so that further action can be taken.