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DiscoverUni widget accessibility case study
Many UK universities embed the DiscoverUni widget on their sites to display statistics about courses and this has appa…
Creating a Skip to Content link
Learn why we should add a Skip Link to our sites, who benefits from them and discuss a couple of ways we can build one, …
Meeting WCAG 2.2
WCAG 2.2 is very close to becoming the new standard and at present it adds 9 additional success criteria and removes one…
ARIA controls vs ARIA owns
These 2 ARIA attributes seem to be getting mixed up quite often, we find them used interchangeably and sometimes even to…
The importance of focus indicators
Why are focus indicators important, who needs them, why are some designers and devs averse to them and how can we make u…
Links vs buttons vs other clicky things
Let's take a look at links and buttons and discuss why these two interactive elements aren't interchangeable, as well as…
Visually hiding text
Sometimes we may need to visually hide text, particularly when this is in place of a visual affordance, that requires a …
Site navigation is not an ARIA menu
Site navigation is a fundamental part of a website, it's typically how your users get from one page to another, so it's …
Creating meaningful alternative text
Properly explaining images and other graphics in text provides users of assistive technologies with the best chance of u…
Accessible basic disclosure widgets
Learn how to create accessible basic disclosure patterns, using the correct ARIA and HTML for expandable widgets such as…
Labelling inputs
Inputs must have labels, so users can understand their purpose, let's take a look at several ways of achieving this and …
Using a portable stylesheet across the web
Most websites are inaccessible, this creating barriers to users, this guide will help to override some default styles, w…
Semi-automated accessibility testing tools
This guide is going to introduce some of the tools used throughout the accessibility industry to test pages against many…
Creating accessible links
Learn to create accessible links, in documents, websites and other digital media platforms that are clear, understandabl…