Is swiping a path-based gesture?
A path-based gesture involves an interaction where not just the endpoints matter. So does that include swiping? Well … it depends.
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Articles for digital accessibility professionals exploring web development issues, techniques, design patterns, auditing, WCAG, and resources of a technical nature.
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How to test 2.4.11: Focus Not Obscured (Minimum)
This SC requires that interactive controls are not entirely obscured by author-created content, at the point when they receive focus.
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What AI Can Do For (and To) Existing Web Accessibility Tools
This article explores the role of Artifical Intelligence in enhancing web accessibility tools, especially what AI can do now.
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How to test 3.3.8 Accessible Authentication (Minimum)
This SC is concerned with cognitive function tests that are used to authenticate users, such as username and password input, CAPTCHA, and 2FA.
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How to test 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum)
Resuming our series after the season’s hiatus, this article looks at testing for minimum target size and spacing of interactive controls.
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Making Math Accessible
When creating math content for digital consumption, the information, structure, and relationships that are conveyed visually needs to be programmatically determinable.
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What’s Wrong With this Picture? [Quiz]
When is it acceptable to post images of text on your web site? When does it cross the line and fail WCAG SC 1.4.5 Images of Text? Lloydi is back with another quiz format to test your thinking.
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Doing what’s required: Indicating mandatory fields in an accessible way
What’s required to indicate that a field is required? This requires David Swallow once again to fill us in with the fine details of SC 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions.
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Tech Events Calendar
A calendar of almost 200 conferences and other events around the world of interest to people working in the digital accessibility industry.
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Money Talks! Formatting Currency in Web Content
How do different screen readers announce money amounts in web content? Do they recognize and announce correctly the symbols we use to denote currencies? We did some testing to find out.
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Blog Maintenance Update
Blog Maintenance Update: from today we have subdivided the TPGi blog into two sections: the Business Blog and the Technical Blog.
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The Road to Accessible Drag and Drop (Part 3)
The conclusion to our mini-series is detailed documentation, with everything you need to configure and use the DragAct codebase.
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The Road to Accessible Drag and Drop (Part 2)
Drag and drop can indeed be made accessible to assistive technologies. This article explores some techniques and solutions for achieving that.
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The Road to Accessible Drag and Drop (Part 1)
How can drag and drop be made accessible to assistive technologies? We’ll explore this question over three articles, beginning with a fundamental question.
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Reflow Red Flags
Reflow issues can be tricky to fix. Knowing what the usual suspects are is half the battle. TPGi’s Doug Abrams highlights 4 red flags to watch out for.
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Making data visualizations accessible
While their aim is to make information easier to understand, data visualizations can have specific accessibility implications for people with disabilities.
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Native or Custom? A Guide to Recognizing Focus Styles
How can an auditor be sure that they’re looking at a custom-styled focus indicator, versus the default styling provided by the browser or operating system?
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How to test 2.5.7 Dragging Movements
This article is about testing for 2.5.7 Dragging Movements, which requires that things like drag and drop can also be operated by single pointer actions.