Category: Articles
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Text styling that stays readable
Zoom a page to 400% and most designs fall apart. Ours does not: fluid type, a comfortable measure, and spacing that grows with the…
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Forms people can actually fill in
A form is a conversation. When labels are attached, errors are announced, and the keyboard order follows the visual order, everyone finishes it.
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Why we made accessibility the default
The issues an audit usually flags are already solved in every template of this theme. This post explains the decisions behind that.
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Audit findings that actually get fixed
A hundred-page PDF nobody reads is not an audit. Findings get fixed when the report is written for the person who will fix them.
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Design for glare, light and low vision
Screens live in the real world: sunlit rooms, cheap panels, ageing eyes. Designing for low vision starts with respecting light.
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Colour contrast in the real world
The Colour Contrast Analyzer does not care what looks nice. That is exactly why we trust it with every palette decision.
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Keyboards, switches and sore wrists
Not everyone who navigates by keyboard is a screen-reader user. Motor disabilities, RSI and switch devices all ride the same Tab key.
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Alt text that actually helps
Alt text is a writing skill, not a compliance checkbox. What would you say about this image over the phone?
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Focus styles people can see
outline: none has locked more keyboard users out of the web than any other two words of CSS.
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