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How Text Fragments Can Improve Web Accessibility

Text fragments (or scroll-to-text fragments) are hyperlinks that point to arbitrary text within a web document....
Aug 9, 2023

4 Ways to Improve eCommerce Experiences for Screen Reader Users

If your eCommerce site isn’t compatible with screen readers, you’re ignoring potential customers.
Jul 27, 2023

Building an Accessible Website with Joomla: 4 Tips

Joomla isn’t the most popular content management system (CMS) on the internet, but it maintains an enormous user...
Jun 26, 2023

Low Contrast Text Remains the Most Common Accessibility Issue in 2023

Web accessibility is slowly improving — but for the fifth consecutive year, the most common web accessibility...
Jun 20, 2023

Mobile App Developers: Don’t Forget About Screen Readers

The first step of mobile app development is to identify your target audience. You want to provide actual value to...
Jun 14, 2023

Why Your Accessibility Strategy Shouldn't Stop with ADA Compliance

You’ve talked with your legal department, and you’re confident that your website fulfills your basic obligations...
Jun 7, 2023

What Is the Best Browser for Testing Screen Reader Accessibility?

Developers often ask us how we use screen readers for testing accessibility — and more specifically, which screen...
Jun 1, 2023

WCAG Tips: What’s a 'Change of Context?'

One of the core principles of digital accessibility is understandability. If users can’t predict how a website...
May 31, 2023

Avoiding Common Mistakes with ARIA’s 'Menu' Role

WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications) markup can improve accessibility...
May 30, 2023
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Why Justified (or Centered) Text is Bad for Accessibility

Justified text is text that is spaced so that the right and left sides of the paragraph have the same edge. In...
May 9, 2023

Web Accessibility Tips: Don't Disable Zooming (Yes, Even On Mobile)

If your users can’t zoom in on your content, you’re probably making a mistake. Zooming (or scaling) is common,...
Oct 14, 2022

How to Fix: "Buttons Do Not Have Accessible Names"

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) require interactive elements to have both a “label" and a “name.”...
May 26, 2022

Accessibility Tips: Let Users Control Font Size

Oct 26, 2023

What Are the Four Major Categories of Accessibility?

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are organized by four main principles, which state that content...
Sep 13, 2019

Accessibility Tips: Using the DIV and SPAN Elements

Usually, you want use HTML to convey meaning about the structure of your website. However, two HTML elements are...
Oct 21, 2022

Dark Mode Can Improve Text Readability — But Not for Everyone

Dark modes and themes are extremely popular and they’re frequently touted as an accessibility solution. While the...
Jul 7, 2021

The iOS "Increase Contrast" Feature and Accessibility: What to Know

Apple’s iOS offers a number of accessibility features that enable users to tailor their mobile experiences. One of...
Sep 26, 2022

Does Comic Sans Benefit People with Dyslexia?

Comic Sans is controversial. Since its release in 1994, the playful, Batman-inspired font has been panned as...
May 16, 2023

Text Spacing and Accessibility: Tips for Web Designers

As a web designer, part of your job is making written text look good. That’s not always easy — in addition to...
Jan 13, 2023

5 Quick Ways to Self-check the Accessibility of a Website

Ensuring your website is accessible is imperative for business, legal, and practical reasons, but it can be hard...
Apr 3, 2019

How to Fix Google Lighthouse's 'Sufficient Contrast Ratio' Error

Google Lighthouse is a free tool for auditing website performance, search engine optimization (SEO), and web...
Apr 25, 2023

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