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WCAG 3.0: are we there yet?

On 7 December 2021, the W3C Accessible Guidelines Working Group published a Working Draft of the W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0. So, that’s it, right? Pack WCAG 2 off to the junkyard? The standard is dead, long live the standard? Well, no.

December 12, 2022Development, World of Accessibility

The anatomy of visually-hidden

You’ve probably used visually-hidden content before. But how does the CSS actually work, and why do we use those particular properties?

November 10, 2022Development

An argument against CSS opacity

Have automated tools told you your site is accessible? If you’re using CSS opacity, those tools may be wrong!

August 30, 2022Development

Subheadings, subtitles, alternative titles and taglines in HTML

How to accurately reflect the document outline and semantics of subtitles without misusing headings.

July 19, 2022Development

The Ballad of Text Overflow

The text-overflow property can be used to show visual indication of truncated text. I’m not a fan, and take every opportunity to discourage its use.

July 5, 2022Development

Beyond WCAG: Losing Spoons Online

There are only enough hours in the day, but for some there are also only enough spoons. Find out what spoons—or a shortage of them—means in a digital context

April 20, 2022Development

Well Color Us Surprised—This SC Can Be a Tricky Customer

SC 1.4.1 Use of Color can sometimes be misused as a tool to enforce underlines on links, but it’s not quite as simple as that. Do you know when it’s a genuine pass/fail?

April 13, 2022Development

Labeling the point: Scenarios of label misuse in WCAG

When do labels fail WCAG? David Swallow highlights scenarios of WCAG label misuse and attempts to bring some clarity to the confusion.

January 6, 2022Development

Provide an Inclusive QSR Restaurant Experience: Three Essential Requirements

After years of working with various QSR restaurants types, the Vispero team noticed industry-wide themes regarding the customer experience. Upon further review, we highlighted three essential requirements for fast-casual, quick-service…

December 7, 2021Development, Kiosk

Five ways to include d/Deaf users in your designs

More than one in twenty people—an estimated 430 million people—experience disabling hearing loss according to the World Health Organization’s 2021 fact sheet on deafness and hearing loss. Some are functionally…

July 7, 2021Development

How you as a site author can help comprehension

For people working in the field of accessibility, we are very much aware that accessibility benefits everyone, not just people with disabilities. Like Billy Gregory’s widely-shared tweet from 2015 said,…

July 6, 2021Development

Two years of W3C participation

It’s already been over two years since I joined the W3C’s Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Working Group. Time flying has pretty much been the nature of my involvement with APA,…

June 29, 2021Development

Whose nine is it anyway? (Feedback on the WCAG 2.2 working draft)

On 31st May 2021, nine new WCAG success criteria and supporting documents were put out for wide review resulting in a wide range of comments and issues being raised on…

June 11, 2021Development

Enough with the role-play—let’s get back to the basics

Having read Steve Faulkner’s post a short while ago about the often-questionable use of roles in HTML when a more suitable native HTML element would be far better, I was…

May 16, 2021Development

Accessibility testing as a screen reader user

When testing a website or mobile application’s accessibility, some might say that someone who routinely uses a screen reader would be best placed to eke out issues, right? While it’s…

May 9, 2021Development

MIDI kit as accessibility tools—music to my ears

I am a failed musician. Actually, it’s a bit rich to call myself a ‘musician’ at all, let alone a failed one. No, I’m more of the type who knows…

April 30, 2021Development

Only 11 Intersections in Chicago Have Accessible Pedestrian Signals

Accessible pedestrian signals consist of two parts: a visual element and an audible element that makes a “tock” sound. Each part of an accessible pedestrian signal is activated by a…

April 28, 2021Development

New Autism Research Emphasizes Positive Characteristics When Measuring “Success”

In the past, the evaluation of children with autism focused on skills the child lacked (in comparison with neurotypical children). Thinking in terms of “deficits” meant that “success” was when…

April 26, 2021Development

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