I want to improve my Spanish—a language I started learning in elementary school, took two classes in during high school (regrettably, I took French in college) and encounter almost daily living in Texas. When I heard a News in Slow promo on NPR, I decided to check out that option. The main draw is being … Continue reading “News in Slow Spanish Website”
Category: Desktop
4 Ways Kiva’s Redesign Limits Keyboard Users
Kiva, a microlending non-profit that enables anyone to lend money to help end poverty, recently went through a site redesign. This included major changes to its global navigation, faceted search, and loan display. Here’s a snapshot of the Lend page highlighting four problem areas affecting keyboard users. 1) Global navigation menu doesn’t open When tabbing through the site, the second … Continue reading “4 Ways Kiva’s Redesign Limits Keyboard Users”
Flipboard Accessibility Audit
I’ve never used Flipboard, so I decided to make my first visit an opportunity for a preliminary accessibility audit based on the WAI Easy Checks – A First Review of Web Accessibility heuristics. It was a challenge to get the site’s source code because everything is rendered on the fly with JS. I had to use the Chrome … Continue reading “Flipboard Accessibility Audit”
Image Descriptions Finally Possible for Desktop Tweets
In March, Twitter enabled users of its mobile apps the option to add a text description (alt text) when tweeting images. Last week, the Twitter A11y Team announced this functionality is available to users of its desktop website too. To enable this feature, go to the Profile > Settings > Accessibility screen using the desktop version of twitter.com. Check … Continue reading “Image Descriptions Finally Possible for Desktop Tweets”
5 Ways Buying Alamo Drafthouse Tickets Online Fails
The Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse movie theater chain has moved to assigned seating and the ability to reserve tickets through online ordering. I went through this process for the first time over the weekend and ran into several usability problems. 1) Field types are not marked This one is so basic. I’ve done enough online ordering … Continue reading “5 Ways Buying Alamo Drafthouse Tickets Online Fails”