Category: A11y for developers

Browse our collection of helpful resources to aide in your accessible development efforts, without impacting your development velocity.

Introduction to feed role attribute

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July 23, 2019 By Suman Damera

Most users probably use infinite scrolling widgets every day. The most common examples of this widget are social networking websites feeds. Stories or articles within…

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Top 5 Rules of ARIA

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July 16, 2019 By Suman Damera

Before we dive into the rules of the ARIA, let’s reiterate what ARIA does. ARIA stands for “accessible rich internet applications” and helps make web…

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WAI-ARIA: Top 6 Mistakes to Avoid

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July 9, 2019 By Suman Damera

Before we dive into the common mistakes of ARIA, let’s reiterate what ARIA does. ARIA stands for “accessible rich internet applications” and helps make web…

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The Anatomy of Accessible Forms: Error Messages

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June 25, 2019 By Raghavendra Satish Peri

Let's review the two methods of validating forms for accessibility: server-side validation and client-side validation.

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Deque’s axe™ Rule Library hits 10,000,000 downloads!

Dylan Barrell
May 16, 2019 By Dylan Barrell

It seems like only yesterday that our axe HTML accessibility rules engine hit one million downloads. Now, a little over a year and a half…

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Learn How To Translate Wireframes Into Accessible HTML/CSS at SmashingConf

Caitlin Cashin
May 7, 2019 By Caitlin Cashin

If you were at SmashingConf San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, you may have run into some members of the Deque team. If you…

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