Measuring the success of a website project can be done through various metrics, depending on the goals and objectives of the project. Here are some common metrics used to measure the success of a website project:
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Italic fonts can have both positive and negative impacts on accessibility, depending on how they are used. Italics can be appropriate in some cases, but with some fonts, it can make your text unreadable.
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Accessible hiding allows an element to be visually hidden while remaining accessible to assistive technologies such as screen readers. The approach is to apply a CSS class to the element that should not be shown.
There are several solutions for this type of CSS class, but we recommend following styles that cover hiding elements and optionally giving the ability to show the element when the element receives the focus or contains an element that has received focus. Useful for Skip to the main content
links. See Adding a link at the top of each page that goes directly to the main content area
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Agile accessibility is the incorporation of accessibility principles and practices into the agile software development methodology.
Ensuring accessibility is an a constant and iterative process throughout the development cycle meaning making sure that software and web applications are designed and developed with accessibility in mind from the very beginning.
Tracking accessibility KPIs is a critical step in ensuring that your digital products are accessible to all users.
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Sass with RTL and LTR support isn’t available out of the box, but it can be done through simple Sass @mixin and @include rules that can be used across all Sass files.
RTL stands for Right-to-Left. It is a writing direction used in languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian. Supporting both right-to-left (RTL), more often bi-directional (BiDi), and left-to-right (LTR) representations of Web pages can be a challenge.
Note that you can also achieve the same with Less (which stands for Leaner Style Sheets).
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 was published as a W3C Recommendation
web standard on October 5, 2023.
According to the World Wide Web (W3) site:
WCAG 2.2 was initiated with the goal to continue the work of WCAG 2.1: Improving accessibility guidance for three major groups: users with cognitive or learning disabilities, users with low vision, and users with disabilities on mobile devices.
This is huge news for anyone who creates websites, digital services, or mobile applications, or if you simply care about making the internet more accessible in general.
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The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is a directive established by the European Union, officially adopted on April 17, 2019. Building upon the Web Accessibility Directive of October 26, 2016, which focused primarily on public sector websites and mobile applications, the EAA significantly expands the scope of accessibility regulations.
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Hiding content generated through the content CSS property can be done with a one-line code.
Headings communicate the organization of the page’s content. The h1 heading, which is usually the largest heading on a page, describes the main topic of the page and typically corresponds to the title of the page. It gives users an indication of what the page is about.
The h1 heading influences visitors’ decisions about whether or not to continue reading a page. It communicates the page’s relevance to search engines.
According to the WCAG headings rules, levels should be used hierarchically, with the main heading being the highest level (h1) and subheadings being subsequent lower levels (h2, h3, h4, etc.). This structure makes it easier for people with visual impairments, cognitive disabilities, and learning difficulties to easily understand the content of a web page.
In this article, we’ll go over all you need to know about the h1 heading and how to make the most of it from the perspective of the user, SEO, and accessibility!
After CSUN 2023 conference we have modified our presentation and here is the result.