Writing Accessible Form Messages
Forms are everywhere on the web. The words we use to tell users how to fill in online forms are very important, and become critical for people with some kinds of disabilities.
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What is Usability Testing, and Why is it Important?
Usability testing is an important part of any quality assurance (QA) process when designing and building websites, applications, and other digital resources. Effective usability testing can validate whether people can…
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Overlays: Just Another Disability Dongle
Accessibility overlays are nothing more than Disability Dongles, “contemporary fairy tales that appeal to the abled imagination” and don’t solve real problems while creating new ones.
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Accessibility Theater
Booking a theatre seat can be tricky for people who can’t easily perceive the physical layout. Doug Abrams investigates options to improve this experience.
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Managing Multiple WCAG Failures
Identifying different kinds of multiple failures and understanding their nature will ultimately help web developers, designers, and content authors create accessible websites, and auditors to provide better guidance when they don’t.
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WCAG 3.0: Further On Up the Road
On 24 July 2023, the W3C Accessibility Guidelines Working Group published the latest Working Draft of the WC3 Accessibility Guidelines Verson 3.0. In this blog post, we’ll look at what changes this latest draft brings to WCAG3.
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How Does Reflowing Content Affect People With Screen Magnification?
Andrew Nevins explains how important it is to let your content reflow to accommodate multiple screen sizes, zoom levels and magnification.
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Making Numbers in Web Content Accessible
Numbers are a key part of web content. It makes sense, then, that when we use numbers, they must be accessible.
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Assume the Position—A Labeling Story
Does the incorrect position of labels of form fields always constitute a failure of WCAG Success Criterion ‘3.3.2 Labels or Instructions’?
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Short Note on: Button or Link?
When is it right to fail a button or link in an audit for misuse? Kirby Tucker has some thoughts on how to decide.
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Five Screen Reader Accessibility Tests Your QA Team Should Do
If your company is working on improving the accessibility of the website for people with disabilities, ensuring your content is accessible to screen reader users will be one of the…
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Software Accessibility Checklist: SaaS and ADA Compliance
Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms have changed the way businesses are run. Because they allow users to log in via a web browser anywhere there’s an internet connection, companies…
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Fieldsets, Legends and Screen Readers again
I wrote an article in 2007 called Fieldsets, Legends and Screen Readers. It was my first post on the TPGi blog. I have been meaning to provide an update to…
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Respect your children
A subset of ARIA roles are defined as having presentational children. These are mostly a subset of widget roles Presentational Children The DOM descendants are presentational. User agents SHOULD NOT expose descendants of this element through the…
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A Whole Lot of Bovver Over Hover
Should you fail interactive elements that have questionable hover styles under WCAG SC 1.4.11? Spoiler alert: the answer is no.
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The Knowledge and How to Get it: Part Two
Part Two of an edited transcription of the presentation delivered by Hans Hillen (in person) and Ricky Onsman (via video) on 15 March at CSUN 2023, in which they share some of their experiences setting up the TPGi Knowledge Center.
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The Knowledge and How to Get it: Part One
Part One of an edited transcription of the presentation delivered by Hans Hillen (in person) and Ricky Onsman (via video) on 15 March at CSUN 2023, in which they share some of their experiences setting up the TPGi Knowledge Center.
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What Makes a Good Screenshot?
Do you use screenshots when logging issues? They can really help to clarify problem areas. Ian Lloyd provides pointers on what makes a useful screenshot.
