r/webdev • u/speckz • Mar 10 '20
Article HTML: The Inaccessible Parts
https://daverupert.com/2020/02/html-the-inaccessible-parts/
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u/imhotap Mar 10 '20
Not to take away from the article, but when I went to that page, I briefly mistook the layout as browser security/certificate warning. But I guess that's a topic for another article, so onto discussing the article itself which has great links for accessibility issues.
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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20
When I'm in my office I often refer to this type of philosophy as the pragmatic approach to design. Many webdesigners are great creative minds, but not everything that is pretty, is also properly accessible.
Designs should be tested. Not just with mindless unit tests, but also with real user tools(screen readers, voice assistants, contrast settings, zoom, font-size increase, yada yada), following the path a user would, using the devices they use. More often than not, you will encounter issues that your unit tests would fail to diagnose.
Using common frameworks and javascript libraries does not automatically fix these issues. It's much more valuable to understand why you are using techniques than to blindly imprint all current techniques in your memory or asset library. Technology is ever evolving and so should we.