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Questions tagged [accessibility]

A general term used to describe the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible. Accessibility is often used to focus on people with disabilities or special needs and their right of access to entities.

Accessibility is a general term used to describe the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible. Accessibility can be viewed as the "ability to access" and possible benefit of some system or entity. Accessibility is often used to focus on people with disabilities or special needs and their right of access to entities, often through use of assistive technology.

Questions having the tag regard rules, guidelines, design and implementation of accessibility in the context of User Experience.

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Why should our website be made handicap accessible?

Personally, the answer is "It's the right thing to do." I'm a web developer for a fairly major news-media site. We are U.S-based but have a global audience. When I initially floated this idea, my boss said, "I don't think it's worth the time for a…
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Left-handed persons and usability

I have never seen any UI that depends on what hand a person prefers. I have never seen any options or profile settings for left-handled persons. Maybe it is a strange question, but I have to ask it. Is it common to skip these users? Maybe it is not…
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Accessibility statements: Worth having on websites?

Currently working for a client who had a very vague, generic accessibility statement on the site, until a couple of months ago when the site was redesigned and the statement was left out of the IA. They are now looking to reintroduce it, albeit…
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Are there accessibility guidelines or good-practice standards?

Very novice web-developer here designing a web-site for my new employer (US). I've been asked to ensure the website is accessible to avoid any potential legal issues. I went looking for specs and saw WCAG 2.0 which, to me, was absurd. For videos…
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Error message or disabled action button

Is it better to give a warning message for completing certain action before submitting it (in an online form)? If not, then will disabling the main action (submit) button to avoid any error be of any help?
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Quick website evaluation checklist

I want to make a small checklist to evaluate my sites. I want to make SEO , usability and accessibility checks. Which are the most important checks I have to make?
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Syntax highlighting and accessibility

There are a lot of tools that automatically detect the programming language used in code blocks and add proper syntax highlighting. For example: Highlight.js and google-code-prettify. Given that using those is fairly straightforward (add bit of CSS…
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Accessibility in modern web applications

I'm currently part of a team that develops a complex web application for a German customer (sorry, cannot say anything about the project). We would like "to be a good citizen" and develop the application with accessibility in mind. We are now faced…
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Should off-screen elements be accessible prior to being toggled?

Reading around the web on accessibility is like trying to comprehend the cloud. Too much information, too many opinions, too few real world test cases. Which brings me to my question: Should off-screen/hidden content be rendered in the DOM prior to…
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Feasability of blind-focused Spotify Windows desktop app

I originally asked this on StackOverflow, but was told it wasn't appropriate for SO and was told to ask it here instead see original question. If it's still not in the right place, I apologise. As a blind music fan, I've always wanted an accessible…
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Digital signatures for the visually impaired

I'm working on a web application that allows users to digitally sign financial documents. I need to make this accessible for people with visual disabilities but I cant' find good information for this. Are there standard solutions to this problem or…
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Should I use alt on "img" or aria-label on "a" to describe the link?

All of the guidelines of WCAG and some related articles suggest to always set the alt attribute on the img elements, if the image links to other page, alt should be the place the image leads to. But why not setting the aria-label on the a element,…
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What size should I make my icons so that people with some degree of visual impairment can use my application?

My application has to cater for people with a degree of visual impairment. Should I have larger icons throughout or have an option that allows the user to select the icon size (small, normal, large)? Are there any recommendations for these sizes?
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Is a hyperlink opening a dialog confusing to screen readers?

I was recently told that if a link opens the requested content in an HTML dialog instead of navigating to an entirely new page that the link should be converted to a button because people using screen readers only expect links to navigate to a new…
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How to know when to be concerned about accessibility?

Every so often, a popular answer to a question on this site receives a comment like "looks great, but how accessible is it?", or "try that out with a screen reader and see how much fun you have". These comments make me realize that I don't think…
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