Category: Best practices

When building accessible web applications, developers have long relied on ARIA and role attributes to fill gaps in native HTML.

But today, many of those gaps are gone. Modern browsers support a wide range of semantic HTML elements and built-in behaviors that make ARIA redundant in most cases, often with better results and fewer bugs.

This shift towards native accessibility features means that developers can now create accessible web applications using built-in browser elements and attributes, rather than relying solely on ARIA and ROLE only.

We’ll explore the native built-in browser elements and attributes that you can use today to improve accessibility, and how they can replace or complement ARIA and ROLE attributes in your web development workflow. By leveraging these native features, you can simplify your code, improve maintainability, and create more accessible web applications for everyone.

Semantic HTML. The term itself might sound technical and niche, but its impact on the web is anything but. It’s the foundation upon which accessible, maintainable, and search engine-friendly website content is built. Let’s dive into the core principles of semantic HTML, exploring its benefits, common pitfalls, and ultimately, why it’s a crucial skill for any web developer.

Uppercase reading is more difficult to read since the forms of all uppercase letters are rectangular, and readers are not used to reading text in this way. As a result, it is more difficult to scan, less efficient, and hence less readable.

However, all caps are accepted for words that do not need reading, such as logos and acronyms.

One of the simplest methods to improve your website’s content is to use consistent capitalization guidelines. Above all, do not use all capital letters (commonly known as all caps) in your headings and text.

Optimizing SVG code involves several best practices aimed at reducing file size without compromising the visual quality of the graphics.

Here are some recommended best practices for optimizing SVG code.

There isn’t a single definitive way to determine if a string is valid HTML, as HTML itself is flexible and can be malformed. However, we can use various methods to check for the presence of HTML-like structures in a string.

One method is to use DOMParser API and its method parseFromString.

The DOMParser API interface allows you to parse XML or HTML source code from a string and convert it into a DOM Document. It is used to convert a string of XML or HTML into a structured DOM object that can be easily manipulated using JavaScript.

Did you know that optimizing your digital content for dyslexic users may not only boost your website’s accessibility but also increase your customer base? With an estimated one out of ten people having dyslexia, that’s roughly 780 million people worldwide (1 out of 10 people have dyslexia) who could benefit from dyslexia-friendly design.

Dyslexia is a specific learning disability characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and poor spelling and decoding abilities. To ensure that your content is inclusive and accessible, consider implementing certain design considerations.

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:

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.

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.

Agile accessibility is the incorporation of accessibility principles and practices into the agile software development methodology.

Ensuring accessibility is 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.