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A personal selection of articles that shaped the way I think about accessibility, design, and real-world interfaces. They cover topics from typography and interaction to inclusive design and real user experiences.
Web Accessibility and SEO: A Perfect Fit
Making a website more accessible will also boost your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts and improves its organic search rankings.
The Captcha Conundrum & Accessible Alternatives
The CAPTCHA technology has evolved through the years, but it's still not accessible to all people. Good news, everyone, some accessible alternatives exist!
From A Colourblind Designer To The World: Please Stop Using Red And Green Together
Andrew Wilshere, a red-green colorblind, shares the most common problems he encounters when using websites and apps.
Illustration: Mark Stebnicki
Beyond the Binary: 5 steps to designing gender inclusive fields in your product
Micah Bennett describes five steps to help designers adding more gender inclusion on the products they work on.
The Little Book of Accessibility
This article (it's not a proper book) wrote by Gareth Ford Williams has several different quips, tips, affirmations, and truth that worth to be read and read again.
Illustration: Gareth Ford Williams
How Manual Audits for Website Accessibility (ADA Compliance) Work
Kris Rivenburgh, an independent consultant shares his highlights about how to make a professional manual audit. I appreciate he also shares the real costs and delivery times.
By the way, we need to make this website accessible
JoLynne Martinez, like many developers or designers, heard about web accessibility only once in the field. Her story reflects the common experience met by people who want to start doing accessible code or design: finding some help and resources adapted for beginners.
Simple things are complicated: making a show password option
A good article showing the complexity behind a design pattern that everyone thinks is super simple. I also appreciate the article explains what solutions the team chose to keep the form secured.
Blind people don’t visit my website.
Rian Rietveld, an accessibility specialist, asked to non-disabled people what are their greatest frustrations and hurdles are while using the web. Spoiler alert: everyone benefits from an accessible web!