What iOS Traits Actually Do
Accessibility Traits are a useful and important feature in the realm of iOS Accessibility. Let's learn more about what these traits do.
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7 tips for devs and designers to set your accessibility efforts up for success
Accessibility can stall or lose velocity when developers and designers aren't on the same page together. Here are some tips to help keep things running smoothly.
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Supporting the Design Phase with Accessibility Heuristics Evaluations
Accessibility heuristics are a set of rules to help designers understand WCAG in design, which can be difficult to interpret if you’re not an expert.
Building a Culture of Accessibility: Leadership Roles
Organization leaders must be aware of accessibility and have minimal knowledge. In turn, leaders must ensure their team members are aware and have the knowledge to support accessibility as it pertains to their job. Nearly everyone in the organization is responsible for accessibility at some level.
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What WCAG 2.2 Means for Native Mobile Accessibility
WCAG 2.2 wasn’t created to specifically govern native mobile apps but it can be applied directly or with some thoughtful interpretation. Let's review how.
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EU Web Accessibility Compliance and Legislation
Let's review the European Accessibility Act and the EU Web Accessibility Directive, both of which have made great strides for web accessibility in the EU.
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What it takes to minimize your risk for an ADA lawsuit, 33rd-anniversary edition
The ADA turns 33 today, learn what it takes to minimize a lawsuit by listening to your customers with disabilities.
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Top 5 Most Common Accessibility Annotations
Let's review the top five most common accessibility annotations for wireframes: tabs, buttons and links, headings, roles, accessible names.
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What does European accessibility standard EN 301 549 mean for US organizations?
Let's discuss the European accessibility standard EN 301 549 with one of it's contributors, Shadi Abou-Zahra of the W3C and how it impacts compliance.
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Deque Adds New Appium Plugin to axe DevTools Mobile
Works for any app–native or cross-platform. After the simple install, add one line of code to your Appium tests to scan for accessibility.
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AI? Artificial Intelligence? Accessible Intelligence!
In this post, Patrick Sturdivant comments on the positive side of AI’s contributions to people’s lives and, more specifically, those with disabilities.
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Accessibility Tips in Single-Page Applications
To capture a more complete picture of accessibility in single-page apps still in a concise format, I’ll start with the “accessibility rules” listed in the Smashing Book chapter and add a few extras that are still on my mind now that it’s been published.