Color is a core element of web design. Designers may use it to direct attention or represent a brand, or they may...
October 21, 2021
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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...
October 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...
October 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...
September 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...
September 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...
September 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...
September 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...
September 22, 2021
Avoid "Keyboard Traps" To Make Your Site More Accessible
While some accessibility issues cause minor annoyances for users, others have more severe consequences: If your...
September 17, 2021
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What Are the Four Major Categories of Accessibility?
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are organized by four main principles, which state that content...
September 13, 2019
Best Fonts To Use for Website Accessibility
Font style is one of the most important considerations of accessible website design. Although screen readers can...
May 20, 2017
What is a11y?
You may have seen the term "a11y" floating around the Internet as a hashtag or popping up in tech discussions....
May 4, 2017
Is There a Legal Requirement to Implement WCAG?
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are often referred to as the gold standard in accessibility and...
August 22, 2019
What Is an Example of Accessibility?
Sometimes, we're asked, "What is an example of accessibility?" An example of accessibility would be any content or...
November 24, 2020
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...
April 3, 2019
Checklist for Creating Accessible Videos
Videos are everywhere and are being regularly-consumed by more people everyday. According to Statista, there are...
April 2, 2019
Why Is It Important for Accessibility to Use Actual Text Instead of Images of Text?
On the web, we use images everywhere! Images (such as maps, graphs, info graphics) can be an effective way to...
December 24, 2018
What is a VPAT and how is it used?
A VPAT, or Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, is a document that allows your company or organization to...
August 21, 2017
Make Your Hashtags Accessible
Hashtags may be one of the best ways to reach new audiences on social media, letting people who don't yet know...
February 5, 2019
What is color contrast?
Colors are an essential feature of web design and how they're used is a core consideration of a website's or app's...
April 20, 2019
8 Common Image Alt Text Mistakes to Stop Making
When alternative text, or using text to describe images and other non-text content, is done well, it improves both...
March 17, 2020
