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Article Continues Under I’m attempting to be be taught extra about accessibility lately. Fascinated with it extra, studying about it some, and usually being conscious as I write code what I ought to and shouldn’t do in that area. I’m grateful for the oldsters in our neighborhood who work tirelessly to make it possible for … Read more
Article Continues Beneath Tuesday’s article on animations and vestibular problems could have left you questioning what else you are able to do to make your animations accessible. Listed here are just a few sources to start out studying extra about how animation and accessibility can work collectively: WCAG suggestions This can be a good place … Read more
Typically we’ve got to make use of pop-ups — so we’d as nicely do them proper. This text will present you easy methods to make them extra accessible and dependable whereas simplifying their implementation. Article Continues Under For the needs of this text, pop-up hyperlinks are hyperlinks that open in a brand new window, and … Read more
As corporations like Google and Yahoo! have simplified the method of putting data on a map by providing internet companies/APIs, the recognition and abundance of mapping functions on the internet has elevated dramatically. Whereas these maps have had a constructive impact on most customers, what does it imply for individuals with accessibility wants? Article Continues … Read more
A observe from the editors: Whereas sensible for its time, this text not displays fashionable greatest practices. It may be time consuming to make internet varieties each fairly and accessible. Particularly, laying out varieties the place the shape label and enter are horizontally adjoining, as within the picture under, generally is a actual drawback. We … Read more
Kinds pose a sequence of usability and accessibility challenges, a lot of that are made extra advanced when you might want to construct a type to suit right into a small house. Tightly spaced varieties can look nice on paper, however they usually ignore accessibility points altogether. Article Continues Beneath A designer lately handed me … Read more
Internet 2.0 functions typically have accessibility and usefulness issues due to the restrictions of (X)HTML. The W3C’s requirements draft for Accessible Wealthy Web Purposes (ARIA) addresses these limitations. It offers new methods of speaking that means, significance, and relationships, and it fills gaps within the (X)HTML specs and will increase usability for all customers by … Read more