WebAIM: Web Accessibility Gone Wild – Now even wilder!
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Web Accessibility Gone Wild Now even wilder!
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Alt text blunders
Accessibility options are rarely a good solution
Until user agents…
Accessibility > Compliance
Accesskeys and tabindex
Hidden content for screen readers
Gratuitous skip navigation links
Fixing screen reader deficiencies
Improperly associated form details
Title attribute
Layout tables
Invisible link focus
Noncompliant HTML != Inaccessible
Accessibility statements and compliance badges
Note
This article presents a wide variety of mistakes, misconceptions, over-indulgences, intricacies, and generally silly aspects of modern accessibility. While most accessibility issues are due to lack of knowledge, sometimes the most egregious errors are made by well-meaning developers who simply misunderstand the concepts or take their limited understanding of accessibility to an extreme level – thus web accessibility gone wild. Our hope is to provide an overview of many of the finer aspects of accessibility that are often misunderstood and misapplied in hopes that they can be properly implemented in the future.
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Alt text blunders
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