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The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are a set of criteria that measure different elements of a website. There are 78 success criteria across four sections that are separated into three levels of conformance: A, AA and AA…
Read more of “What is involved in AAA WCAG conformance?”One of my early memories of working in a web development company was an incident that happened with one of my colleagues over an error message (or lack of one). I was making a couple of hurried Christmas purchases online during a l…
Read more of “Error messages: The good, the bad, and the terrible”The European directive on web accessibility for all UK public sector websites became law on 23rd September 2018, This covers everyone from central Government all the way down to local authorities and parish councils. With a co…
Read more of “European directive on accessibility regulations – next steps”Over the last few blog posts we’ve been looking more into the success criteria that were included in the updated Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1. In the final part of this series, today we are looking at Status M…
Read more of “WCAG 2.1 – What is Status Messages?”As part of an ongoing series, we’re looking into the latest criteria that have been added in WCAG 2.1. In this blog post, we’ll be looking into Motion Actuation. We’ve mentioned in a few posts that one of the re…
Read more of “WCAG 2.1 – What is Motion Actuation?”Over the last few blog posts we’ve been examining the recent additions to the WCAG guidelines. In this blog post, we’ll be looking into forms, controls and their labels. What’s in a name? Every object and item that w…
Read more of “WCAG 2.1 – What is Label in Name?”When we think about accessibilty and websites, we might think of keyboard only users, or speech users who interact with a website using their voice. However, many users, including those without a disability, interact with a websi…
Read more of “WCAG 2.1 – What is Pointer Cancellation?”In our main WCAG 2.1 blog post, we mentioned that one of the main reasons why the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released the latest 2.1 guidelines was because of the introduction of mobile devices and touchscreens. Mobile devic…
Read more of “WCAG 2.1 – What is Pointer Gestures?”As part of our ongoing series looking at the new criterion found in WCAG 2.1, today we’re looking at keyboard shortcuts and how they may be adapted to the needs of a user. Keyboard shortcuts are useful as they can be quicker t…
Read more of “WCAG 2.1 – What is Character Keyboard Shortcuts?”Over the last few blog posts we’ve been looking at the new success criteria found within WCAG 2.1. Continuing with this series, in this post we will be looking at Content on Hover or Focus. Sometimes forms may be complicated bu…
Read more of “WCAG 2.1 – What is Content on Hover or Focus?”