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Accessible User Experience & Design Supporting the Design Phase with Accessibility Heuristics Evaluations

Accessibility heuristics are a set of rules to help designers understand WCAG in design, which can be difficult to interpret if you’re not an expert.

Accessibility in the News Making Waves in India 2023: Why Accessibility Deserves a Spot on Tech Giants’ Radar

With a growing tech-savvy population and and a surge in digital solutions, India is in its digital era. But, amidst this tech-savvy chaos, Accessibility needs everyone's attention.

Accessibility Best Practices Understanding WCAG 2.1: A History of WCAG

A WCAG standards contributor walks through the history of WCAG and what to expect from the upcoming WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards.

A11y for Developers SwiftUI & Accessibility: Goodies & Gotchas Part 1

Let's review the out of the box accessibility features that come with the SwiftUI framework for native iOS development.

A11y for Developers Accessibility Tips in Single-Page Applications

To capture a more complete picture of accessibility in single-page apps still in a concise format, I’ll start with the “accessibility rules” listed in the Smashing Book chapter and add a few extras that are still on my mind now that it’s been published.

Accessibility Compliance Matters What does European accessibility standard EN 301 549 mean for US organizations?

Let's discuss the European accessibility standard EN 301 549 with one of it's contributors, Shadi Abou-Zahra of the W3C and how it impacts compliance.

Accessibility Compliance Matters Accessibility Legislation & Regulation Roundup – A LOT Happened in Just July

Let's look at the regulatory and legislative movements and pending deadlines around the world for digital accessibility compliance.

Company News & Updates Axe DevTools Extension Update: New Color Contrast Analyzer

With this release, Pro users can now leverage the power of our machine learning algorithms to determine if any “needs review” color contrast issues are, in fact, are issues or not.

Accessibility Best Practices Change Management for Accessibility: Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) Model

Let's review the plan, do, check, act (PDCA) change management model for accessibility, which includes monitoring and adjusting steps to help foster organizational change.

Accessible User Experience & Design Design Systems Teams: Understand Your Users So They Can Serve Theirs

For a design system to be consumable and gain traction, teams should understand their users while focusing on usability and accessibility simultaneously. The accessibility information included in the system will be useless if it’s not targeted and appropriate to the audience.

A11y for Developers 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.

Accessible User Experience & Design Design Your New [Year’s] Measurements for Success

Start off the new year designing strong goals that will allow you to tell a positive story about the success of your accessibility program.

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