One of the 'new' HTML5 elements - input type="date" - was intended to simplify the collection of dates on websites, and to reduce user errors whilst doing so. So is…
Accordions are useful components in web pages for temporarily hiding content until it's needed. But is it possible to make an accessible accordion component? Here's an illustrated walkthrough of the code…
After a comment on my previous blog post about accessible accordion patterns, I decided to do some investigation on the details and summary HTML elements. They could be the best…
As a developer who cares about accessibility, should you or shouldn’t you be supporting Internet Explorer 11? I’ll explore both sides of the case for continuing to develop for it...
There are many different ways to collect dates from users in website forms. But what's the best way to do that in a way that's accessible to everyone? In this…
The usual way of making images accessible for people who can't see them is to provide alternative text using the alt attribute of the element. However, in many websites, images…
Older people could be your web site or app's most underserved audience. Turn them into customers with our poster of tips from our Digital Accessibility Experts Live webinar last week...
HTML5 sectioning elements like <header>, <nav>, <main> can be good for accessibility, as screen reader users can hear them voiced as ‘landmarks’, but only if they are used correctly...
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