Doug Abrams
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WCAG refers to testing viewports at 320 px wide and 256 px high. They chose these dimensions in part because they’re equivalent to a midrange desktop resolution when zoomed to 400%. Whenever you need to dig deeper, you should view the same content on one or two laptops and browser-zoom levels to check the experience at 400%. This will help give you a sense of how users with low vision experience the content on similar devices.
I despise accessibility overlays, and get really quite upset when they're mentioned in a serious context. Unfortunately, getting increasingly upset…
Gwendolyn Rak
Tactile Controls: Why Buttons Are Making a Comeback
When I’m driving, it’s actually unsafe for my car to be operated in that way [with a touchscreen]. It’s hard to generalize and say, buttons are always…
GIFs Are Forever, Let’s Make Them Better
Everyone loves animated GIFs, right? Not if you have finite bandwidth, a shaky network connection or motion sensitivity! But fear not: Thanks to newly…
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
The Business Case for Digital Accessibility
Public use of the web is more than 25 years old. It is no longer a novelty but an integrated, critical tool of modern life. As smart businesses integrate…
Arguments for opening links in a new tab or window
A significant percentage of web professionals believe that opening outbound links in new tabs or windows provides a benefit to site owners. Why? Is…
Alistair Shepherd
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