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Deque Unifies Accessibility Software Offerings Under The axe™ Brand
Deque’s WorldSpace Suite of enterprise products, all built on the axe-core accessibility rules library, will now be repackaged using the “axe” name.
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Accessible Speaking Best Practices
Speakers and presenters must remember to keep many accessibility in mind to provide an equal and accessible experience to attendees with disabilities.
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Reflecting on the Deque-Microsoft collaboration
Preety Kumar, Deque CEO, provides some added color and personal opinions you may have missed in the recent joint press release with Microsoft.
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A11y Wars: The Accessibility Interpretation Problem
It is time to stop the accessibility interpretation wars. There is no "one best way" of interpreting accessibility standards. There are different interpretations, each valid and useful in their own right. The Accessibility Peace Model identifies the following key perspectives used for accessibility testing
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Housing, It’s a Human Right (Part 3)
Read the third installment of this blog series to learn about the importance of digital accessibility in the processes of acquiring housing.
How Current Design Trends Affect Web Accessibility
Discover which new design trends are inaccessible to people with disabilities, and learn some inclusive design tips to fix these issues.
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Axe-core gets WCAG 2.1 rules
As of axe-core version 3.1, Deque will be adding rules for WCAG 2.1. For this first version, we have added the following rules..
Accessible Client-side Form Validation with HTML5, WAI-ARIA, & the jQuery Validation Plugin
In the series: accessible form validation and usability enhancements, we're adding the jQuery Validation plugin ensuring form accessibility.
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Much Ado About ARIA
In this beginner series about ARIA, developers will learn the introduction of ARIA, when to use ARIA vs. HTML, and the complexities and nuances of ARIA.
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Deque Adds React Native Testing and Linting to axe DevTools Mobile
New features include automated accessibility testing support for apps built with React Native, new WCAG 2.2 touch target spacing rules, iPadOS support, and machine learning…
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Building Accessible Android Apps with Jetpack Compose: How Accessibility Service Interacts with Jetpack Compose
In part one of this blog series on building accessible android apps with Jetpack Compose, you'll learn how Accessibility Services in Android interacts with Jetpack Compose as compared to Imperative or XML type of views.
Accessibility for Mobile Web: Improving Color Contrast
Learn how color contrast accessibility best practices vary on mobile devices and what to pay attention to as a designer.