2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap: If keyboard focus can be moved to a component of the page using a keyboard interface, then focus can be moved away from that component using only a keyboard interface, and, if it requires more than unmodified arrow or tab keys or other standard exit methods, the user is advised of […]
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Links VS Buttons: A Perennial Problem
Once a friend told me about a site and asked me to sign up to do some course. He told me that “Sign up” was a link that I needed to click to register myself on the site and do the course. I pulled the links list in my screen reader and searched for some […]
Continue reading Links VS Buttons: A Perennial ProblemUnderstanding SC 2.2.1 Timing Adjustable
2.2.1 Timing Adjustable: For each time limit that is set by the content, at least one of the following is true: (Level A) Turn off: The user is allowed to turn off the time limit before encountering it; or Adjust: The user is allowed to adjust the time limit before encountering it over a wide […]
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Here are some of the Web Accessibility Podcasts from around the web. We tried to collect as many as we can that are relevant & listed them here. Please alert us to any more web accessibility podcasts that need to be added. Accessible Design = Better Design with Derek Featherstone #A11y Rules Podcast – Conversations […]
Continue reading Web Accessibility Podcasts RoundupUnderstanding SC 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide
2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide: For moving, blinking, scrolling, or auto-updating information, all of the following are true: (Level A) Moving, blinking, scrolling: For any moving, blinking or scrolling information that (1) starts automatically, (2) lasts more than five seconds, and (3) is presented in parallel with other content, there is a mechanism for the user […]
Continue reading Understanding SC 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, HideGlobal Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2018
Join us on Thursday, May 17 2018 and mark the seventh Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) access/inclusion and people with different disabilities. The target audience of GAAD is the design, development, usability, and related communities who build, […]
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