Web accessibility smoke testing for critical issues

Developers can catch 90% of critical blocker accessibility issues with just a few quick checks. If each developer agrees to test their work for accessibility issues before committing to the branch or marking a story as “Done,” they can prevent major accessibility problems from advancing through the development pipeline.

We will walk through two tests for a total of 6 checkpoints you can do in a web browser that should uncover critical blockers that will prevent some people from using a webpage. We will discuss why being able to use a keyboard with your website is critically important and how checking for UI and text scaling can prevent layout issues for people zooming or using small screens. 10 minutes of testing could save you thousands.