by Carol Gann | Nov 7, 2020 | Accessibility
Although the skip link I developed in part one worked, it was not a perfect solution. In this post I will discuss some potential drawbacks of my Squarespace skip link. As a reminder, a skip link is a link at the top of a web page (i.e. first in the tab order) that...
by Carol Gann | Nov 6, 2020 | Accessibility
Third quarter accessibility lawsuits have been on the rise, despite the dramatic drop earlier this summer. At first glance, the Q2 decrease in digital accessibility lawsuits looked like a good indication that the transition from in-person to online was going well....
by Carol Gann | Nov 5, 2020 | Accessibility
GAAD Co-Founder and Founding Partner of Diamond, Joe Devon has been appointed as the 2020 Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) Program Chair. AIR is an award-winning global web accessibility competition and virtual volunteer event: teams of designers and developers...
by Carol Gann | Nov 4, 2020 | Accessibility
The tech industry has the ability to make the world a significantly more accessible place for everyone. Groceries, prescriptions, clothes, and other household items can be delivered to your door in just a few clicks. TV shows can be captioned. Books can be read aloud....
by Carol Gann | Nov 2, 2020 | Accessibility
Using accessibility overlays to make your website accessible to everyone might sound like a great idea. Installing an overlay plugin and trusting it to do the complex and nuanced work of correctly structuring tag trees on your website is tempting if you just don’t...
by International Associations | Nov 1, 2020 | Accessibility
Web Site Accessibility Analysis has Mixed Results A survey of 1,000,000 web site home pages conducted by Utah State University in February, 2019 collected a huge amount of accessibility data. The survey results give a close look at the state of web...
