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Common mistake: Missing or unhelpful alt texts
One of the most common accessibility issues is missing or unhelpful alt texts. Text Alternatives is the very first guideline of WCAG: 1.1 Text AlternativesProvide text alternatives for any non-text content so that it can be changed into other forms people need, such as large print, braille, speech, symbols or simpler language. The requirement is…
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Common mistake: Ignoring focus states on smaller screens (mobile)
I admit: in previous years you might have heard me say “focus states only apply to desktop”. Because that was often the universal truth among my project members, that is, until we learned better. So I understand why I often encounter this mistake when performing accessibility reviews. Focus states actually need to be properly implemented…
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Common mistake: Not adhering to HTML coding standards
As a frontend developer and accessibility expert, I often run into the same issues over and over again. In a series of blog posts, I will address some of these issues, and I will start with perhaps the most basic one: not adhering to HTML coding standards. This of course includes an endless array of…
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Welcome – and the whats and whys
Welcome to the a11yblog. That’s a-eleven-y blog, or rather accessibility blog, as the following image explains. This is going to be a blog on web accessibility, which has to do with how we ensure web pages are possible to use in a multitude of ways, catering to the typical user as well as users relying…