Posts tagged with accessibility
– liamhammett.com - submitted by Liam Hammett
It may only be a side effect of its colour palette and class naming conventions, but as a colourblind developer, Tailwind has made it SO EASY to design with sensible colours - a superpower I've been missing my whole life
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If you’re about to build a web app and you’re pretty sure it requires JavaScript, why not pause and consider whether you can provide a read-only version.
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– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta
This post discusses three equitable design considerations to avoid creating unintentional barriers and cultural or social biases for potential users.
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– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta
This post discusses accessibility design considerations that will help users with disabilities successfully use and navigate your website or application.
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Here's how Wes Bos goes about adding PPP for his courses.
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Another nice post by Sara Soueidan.
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– stitcher.io - submitted by Brent
There are one or two parallels with the history of braille that Brent thinks we can learn valuable lessons from.
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Here's how to let password managers recognise your login form and let you use their features on your fields.
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– tighten.co - submitted by Matt Stauffer
In the age of internet tracking, more users are turning to blocker software for protection. Sara Bin shares some tips to improve your website's UX for these users—and everyone else!
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– dev.to
Emma Bostian demonstrates some lesser known HTML elements.
HTML is a powerful markup language which can be used to give our web applications structure and provide powerful accessibility benefits, but only when used appropriately. Thus, today we’ll discover ten HTML elements you might not have known existed in the hopes that you can create more accessible, and structurally-sound web applications.
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Sara Soueidan shares valueable insights on the importance of accessibility.
A few years ago I didn’t know what the term “accessibility” meant. I built Web sites that were partially inaccessible because I didn’t know better. Fast forward to today, I know enough to be able to write, speak and run workshops on accessibility, helping others build more a accessible and inclusive Web. Much like everyone else in our field, I am still learning. But since I started, I learned a lot of valuable lessons and core values that drive my work today. Here are a few of them.
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? PSA: <title> tags matter (especially for people browsing the web with screen readers)
— Caleb Porzio (@calebporzio) May 28, 2019
ICYMI: https://t.co/g7IdUkEjiQ pic.twitter.com/ANIjMZUMDN
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Here are some good reasons why you shouldn't use a first name and last name field.
The structure of a name is not the same across cultures. Users who visit your site will consist of a broad range of people from different countries. Your name field should be culturally inclusive so that no one struggles to fill out your form. With most things in life two is better than one. But when it comes to name fields one is better than two.
Read more [uxmovement.com]
Last week my company released a vue-tabs-component, a quality Vue component to easily display tabs. You can view a demo of the component here. In this post I'd like to tell you all about it. Why we created it If you're just want to know what the component does, skip to the next section. Nearly all…
Wes Bos shares a quick tip to make phone numbers on websites tappable.
I’m talking about when phone numbers on a website aren’t tapable. Often the HTML is so that mobile operating systems cannot select the phone number alone and you are forced to remember/recite or write down the actual number.So, when you put a phone number on a website, don’t just use any old element, use a link with the tel protocol.
http://wesbos.com/lets-talk-about-phone-numbers-on-mobile-sites/