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Becoming More Accessible on YouTube: Adding Closed Captions and Other Tips

Google’s YouTube is easily the world’s most popular video platform. With 1.86 billion users worldwide, the service...
Oct 27, 2021

Designing for Color Contrast: Guidelines for Accessibility

Color is a core element of web design. Designers may use it to direct attention or represent a brand, or they may...
Oct 21, 2021

Structuring Your Website for Accessibility: Avoid These Header Tag Mistakes

Heading tags (also called header tags or H tags) are a semantic tool for providing structure to web content. If...
Oct 6, 2021

Avoid Accessibility Issues When Using ARIA's "Application" Role

WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications), often referred to as ARIA, is a...
Oct 5, 2021

What Are H Tags? How Headings Affect User Experience

Heading tags (also referred to as H tags or header tags) are semantic HTML elements that help to organize your...
Sep 30, 2021

Making Pages Accessible for People with Visual Field Scotomas

According to the National Institutes of Health, about 6 percent of Americans aged 12 or older have visual...
Sep 28, 2021

What Are the Fundamentals of Mobile Accessibility?

According to Pew Research, 85 percent of Americans own a smartphone; about half of Americans own a tablet. 15...
Sep 27, 2021

The 5 Most Common Website Accessibility Issues (And How To Fix Them)

Every year since 2019, the Institute for Disability Research, Policy, and Practice’s WebAIM project has published...
Sep 23, 2021

What is ARIA? Common Misconceptions About Accessible Rich Internet Applications

Websites are often designed with a specific audience in mind: People who use a keyboard and mouse to navigate. Of...
Sep 22, 2021

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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

Accessibility Tips: Let Users Control Font Size

Oct 26, 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

All-Caps Headings: Are They Bad for Accessibility?

Web designers have a responsibility to think about users with disabilities when building content. That extends to...
May 1, 2024

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

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