These name tags at State of the Map US are beautifully designed, but the name needs to be bigger! I have to get way too close to people to read their name.
What are people using to test their website's accessibility (a11y)?
Since I use Hugo to generate the pages, my source is all Markdown, so I was hoping to find something I can just point at my website, like a linter. Unless there's a Markdown a11y linter I don't know about…
A lot going on here:
• Verbose.
• The instructions sometimes lie.
• Some triggers are a problem.
• Fake-dialog has issues.
• Those are links, not disclosure triggers.
• Verbose.
• Also, verbose.
Aaahhh yes @rachelandrew is going into the problem of placing content in CSS grid, and having it confuse the visual order Vs DOM order, tabbing order, screen reader order.
Over on hell-site @ashleemboyer shared the following she found in the wild:
<nav aria-label="Navigation header with 5 links and 1 dropdown menu with links">
It gave wrong counts, it was verbose, it used lingo, and it was utterly unnecessary (there was one other <nav> on the page, but in the <footer>).
Most sites don’t need to (shouldn’t) have accNames on <nav>. If you have more than on <nav> in the same landmark, then maybe?
Hm. The @EUCommission had a website about accessibility overlays and... Now it's hidden under a SharePoint login? Did someone insist they take it down?
Often times, tools like Trusted Tester certifications are not enough to prove how usable a product is until you truly put it in front of real users who can assess the validity of the software, services and platforms that companies are building. Please everyone, let's change the conversations when we are meeting with these companies. Are we buying into equal and equitable experiences with our purchases and how can we be assured of this? Transparency is crucial.
@JeffBishop Yep. Got it. Yes. Trusted Tester allows someone to learn just one testing methodology using just one accessibility testing tool without actually requiring manual testing with screen readers, keyboard-only, color contrast, etc. It also fails to emphasize shifting left. #accessibility#TrustedTester#fail
#Accessibility tip: if sharing an image of text on social media along with a link to some original source, that link is a lot easier for people to reach if you place it directly in the post instead of the image's alt text.
Please remember that WCAG itself is the bare minimum of #accessibility. Conforming to WCAG does not guarantee something is accessible. It does not even guarantee something is usable. All WCAG does is provide you with a starting point. Lots of WCAG failures suggest the page has not even made it to the starting line.
I think Shawn does a great job highlighting the accessibility features in Venngage and how Canva lacks most of these features. It is important to note that the ability to export to an accessible PDF requires a paid Venngage business or enterprise account. Venngage is best for companies that can provide a paid account to their employees. It is a shame that Venngage's Premium account does not offer the ability to export an accessible PDF. #accessibilityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRH-2zYU-UE
Here's a subtle #accessibility interaction I frequently see developers overlook:
#SwiftUI makes it very easy to customize Button's appearance at the call-site, either by decorating the Button's label or by applying View Modifiers to the Button itself.
Headline: "I Don't Understand why we Need This!": Sighted User Furious at Accessibility Feature for Blind People.
Reginald Cavendish, of Castle Combe in Wiltshire, today made an impassioned plea for a technology company to reconsider their new #accessibility feature for #blind and #lowVision users, aimed at creating visual descriptions of images in a privacy-preserving way.
Speaking to reporters from his 1,800-acre estate, Reginald communicated his confusion about why the feature was being considered in the first place.
"I'm not clear on exactly who asked for this," he said. "When I need something, I ask one of my staff, and it just tends to get done. I take great Solace in that human touch, and I can't really comprehend why people would want computers doing things for them! My son has some friends who've seen disabled people on the television, and he didn't understand it either."
When asked whether he supported increased independence for people who are unable to see, he responded: "Look, some people have the money to pay people to be at their beck and call, to describe images or pick up their eyedrop bottles or what-have-you. I understand that doesn't go for everyone, but if someone can't afford human help, I'd suggest they'd be much happier making peace with the scraps they're thrown by society."
Editor's note: Reginald was asked to describe the featured image for this article. "Man on lawn," he offered over one shoulder, before moving off for a spot of afternoon shooting.