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ARIA Spec for the Uninitiated: Part 2
ARIA authoring practices are patterns and examples that are a great starting point, but they shouldn't be used as is - let's discuss why.
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ARIA Spec for the Uninitiated: Part 1
In part one of this three-part blog series, Gerard Cohen covers an introduction to the official ARIA standard and reviews the 5 rules of ARIA.
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Deque’s Axe-Core Surpasses 250 Million Downloads
Deque Systems, announced today that its open-source accessibility rules library axe-core has surpassed 250 million downloads. Marking significant progress toward Deque’s goal of digital equity for all and growth for the overall digital accessibility industry.
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Not a Checklist: Building Accessibility Compliance into Your Business Processes
Digital accessibility is not about checking the boxes of WCAG 2.0, it's not about compliance with the law, and it's not a one-and-done proposition. Rather, digital accessibility is about having your customers be able to use your website and technology.
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How Jetpack Compose is Helping Put Accessibility First
Android developers we need to make our apps accessible. Jetpack Compose treats accessibility as a first class citizen making accessible Android development much easier.
Will Accessibility Become Increasingly Important for SEO?
With Google's upcoming Core Web Vitals update, the SEO community is focused on UX. Will we see a similar algorithm update promoting accessibility soon?
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Axe DevTools Updates: New Interactive Elements Intelligent Guided Test™ (IGT) and What’s Left to Test
The latest release increases coverage and provides a clear answer to one of your most often asked questions – “What’s left to test?”.
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JavaScript Frameworks & The Lost Art of HTML
We are in the midst of a very large problem in the web development field, where HTML is being left in the rearview mirror in place of JavaScript. The push to know the latest JavaScript framework and understand all its workings vs. knowing how to develop properly with HTML is killing the accessibility of the web.
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A ‘Vue’ of Accessibility: Tips and Tricks to make your application accessible
Vue is a great framework, and its popularity has risen over the last few years. But how accessible is Vue? Let's discover how to make Vue accessible.
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Save the date for axe-con 2022
The axe-con digital accessibility conference will return next year on March 15-17, 2022.
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Innovation Providing Access: How Michigan State University crowdsourced closed captions to make lectures accessible while providing employment opportunities for students
Learn how the transition to remote learning created challenges and led to the creation of a closed captioning program at Michigan State University.
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New axe DevTools Integration: Playwright
Deque's latest axe DevTools integration with Playwright is now available. Find and fix accessibility issues before they make it into your code base.