WCAG posts
Designing for people with low vision
Low vision affects millions of people worldwide, yet it's often overlooked in the design process. The design choices we make, from how we emphasise content to where we position controls, can either empower people to customise their experience or create unnecessary barriers. By understanding these impacts and designing with flexibility in mind, we can create interfaces that truly work for everyone.
Designing for people with anxiety
Most of us will experience anxiety at some point, sometimes triggered by a stressful moment, other times as a chronic condition. By taking thoughtful, intentional steps, we can ensure our designs at the most reduce stress, and the very least, do not contribute to or amplify it further.
Designing for people with disabilities
At the heart of inclusive design are people. Not technology, and not standards. Technology is what people use, and standards provide a foundation for access, but inclusive design is shaped by real use, not rule sets.
Common accessibility misconceptions
Our Common accessibility misconceptions series sheds light on many misunderstood aspects of accessibility.
Common misconceptions about WCAG
Most people working in digital are aware of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and know they can help make digital products work for everyone. However, the way the guidelines are discussed often leads to mixed assumptions about what they cover and how they should be used.
Screen reader HTML support tables
With the addition of Gez Lemon to the editing team, work continues on expanding and improving the HTML and screen reader support information.
Foundations: Keyboard accessibility
By prioritising semantic HTML and offering keyboard-friendly alternatives for complex interactions, you help create a more inclusive experience for people who use a keyboard.
Understanding the European Accessibility Act (EAA)
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) requires that products and services made available within the European Union (EU) are accessible. Like most EU Directives, the EAA (DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/882) is hard to understand, and this has left many people unsure about what it means - and more importantly, what they need to do to make sure their products and services comply.
With this in mind, we'd like to share our understanding of the EAA as it applies to digital products and services.
Foundations: grouping forms with <fieldset> and <legend>
In this post, we explore how to use the <fieldset> and <legend> elements to group and label form elements effectively, creating a more accessible and well-structured experience.
Foundations: form validation and error messages
As well as labelling text fields with input and labels, and grouping forms with the <fieldset> and <legend> elements, form validation and error messages are also essential to making forms accessible to everyone.