At my work, we struggle with constant turnover of full-stack developers working on the frontend who haven’t been trained in accessibility best practices. We’re limited in what we can teach them due to our team’s capacity so we came up with six quick checks for developers to complete in a web browser before submitting a … Continue reading “Web accessibility smoke testing”
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Bad example: Timesheet submit button
This month at work, we’ve started using new time tracking software for submitting our timesheets. The process for submitting a timesheet in this system is a truly cursed design pattern. Behold, the “Submit Timesheet” button. I tried clicking on the “Submit Timesheet” text and nothing happened. I expected this text to be a button because … Continue reading “Bad example: Timesheet submit button”
Accessibility testing spreadsheet version 2
I’ve updated the spreadsheet I use for tracking accessibility audits with three big additions. WCAG 2.2 success criteria added I’ve added the six new WCAG 2.2 level A and AA success criteria (SC) to the “WCAG Success Criterion” column in each component’s tab. This brings the total number of SCs for an audit to 55. … Continue reading “Accessibility testing spreadsheet version 2”
Autocomplete accessibility bookmarklet
Drag the autocomplete bookmarklet to your bookmarks bar. I created this bookmarklet for testing WCAG success criterion 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose (AA) which requires that if an input field requests personal information about the user, we must apply the appropriate autocomplete value to the field. For example, an input field requesting the user’s full name … Continue reading “Autocomplete accessibility bookmarklet”
Comparing Level Access automated tools to manual accessibility testing
Last updated: 27 January 2023 This article is in response to Adrian Roselli’s article Comparing Manual and Free Automated WCAG Reviews. Go read it first for background. Automated accessibility testing tools cannot test all of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) success criteria. Adrian tested four free tools and compared them to his manual testing … Continue reading “Comparing Level Access automated tools to manual accessibility testing”