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While compiling a video recently for my company’s design site, I was flagged for forgetting a web captions file. Being both an accessibility advocate and having never created one of these assets before, I did some research and manually crafted one for the minute-long piece. It was fascinating. It’s practically never talked about in the […]
In part 1 of Respecting Font Preferences, I discussed how in almost every major browser, users have the option to adjust the font family and sizes of their fonts to meet their unique needs. However, just because one font family is set to an equivalent of 16 pixels (the common default), does not mean another […]
Content is king. So respecting how users choose to consume that content is absolutely critical. (PS: If you’re just here to see how to scale iOS font sizes to respect user preferences, click here for that and the TLDR) Out with the old Early in my career, I consistently chose a fixed pixel size for […]
A while back when reviewing common animation transitions for pages & elements I compiled a massive list of web-based motion and how I recommend you use them. Remember, using a ‘prefers-reduced-motion’ fallback doesn’t mean you must remove all animation. Reduce X or Y pixel movement and keep transition speeds gentle. Crossfades, color shifts, and blurs […]
Emojis. Love them or hate them, they’re part of our online experience. Well for most of us. I was recently messing around with these fun little pictograms and thought “Hey. What do they sound like to a screen reader? Is it possible to make screen-reader-friendly emojis?” Unsurprisingly, the support for readback was very patchy. Testing […]
While doing exploration on a larger article I’m currently writing, I realized that my FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) Android ways prevented me from using most Google services. I thought this also meant Talkback, the only AT (Assistive Technology) for Android. However, on further exploration, Talkback is bundled into the “Android Accessibility Suite” which […]
If you ever wanted a quick run down on how a UX designer should consider accessible challenges, check out my new article “UX for All: Designing for accessibility in 8 steps” on Pega. Read “UX for All: Designing for accessibility in 8 steps” now.
