3 Tools to Help Fix the Web’s Most Common WCAG 2.2 Failures, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):
#WebAIM
WebAIM Million Results Show That Shopping Sites Have Worst Accessibility, by @cerovac_a11y:
#WebAIM 2025 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 websites is out. #TYPO3 is ranked 4th behind Divi, Webflow, Adobe EM. This makes it the #1 #opensource CMS for web accessibility & the go-to solution for #free and #accessible solution for #digital #sovereignty https://webaim.org/projects/million/#CMS
About the complexity in websites, my observations are in line with the new #webaim million report:
The #GAAD Foundation is partnering with #WebAIM to collect and share anonymized salary and other job-related data with the first annual Global Digital #Accessibility Salary #Survey (GDASS). The goal is to inform both organizations investing or ready to invest in accessibility, as well as the people who make technology or digital products accessible as they start or progress in their careers.
Complete the survey at https://gaad.foundation/what-we-do/gdass
#A11Y
Just did the "Global Digital Accessibility Salary Survey" by #WebAim. Looking forward to the results!
If you want to participate, go here:
https://webaim.org/projects/salary/survey
The link on the website shown after submitting the survey is wrong, by the way...
Barrierefreiheit wird bald zur Pflicht: Was Firmen an ihren Websites ändern müssen
#Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz #Barrierefreiheit #WebAIM #webdev
listening to the #WebAIM #accessibility conference today! https://conference.webaim.org/schedule
Decoding WCAG: “Change of Context” and “Change of Content”, par #WebAIM https://webaim.org/blog/decoding-wcag-change-of-context/
Used my Saturday morning rainy cafe run to work on my #WebAIM conference slides. The first time I have brought anything other than a book with me. I must be panicking. At least this time none of the 7am crowd asked me what kind of pedestrian book I was reading (though there was a side conversation about remote gaming and VTTs).
1½ weeks to me rambling about tables:
https://conference.webaim.org/schedule
The votes are in, looks like #biden won this one, sorry #trump
"Both sites are better than average pages found in the #WebAIM Million, but both could improve significantly with a few relatively simple changes that would not require throwing out an entire widget or design. They would just involve tweaks to what’s already there."
@heiseonline Das Rot auf Dunkelgrau in eurem Forum ist laut #WebAIM nicht kontrastreich genug. #a11y
https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/?fcolor=CF091A&bcolor=323232
For the past 3 hours, I have been learning to use the essentials of #VoiceOver (the built-in #iOS, #iPadOS, and #macOS screen reader) with the help of an article on #WebAIM.
It is really helpful giving an overview and also being a cheat sheet for common commands.
What browser are you using together with VoiceOver? I guess it works best with #Safari, but I am using it with #Firefox for now.
Quite a lot to learn, but already having many aha moments!
While I am on my #accessibility soapbox, happy 10th anniversary to WebAIM for their recently released screen reader user survey at https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey10/ I have learned so much from #WebAIM over the years back when I was in the vibrant accessibility community on the bird site. If someone asks for a starting point to learn about accessibility, I will give them links to WebAIM. It's perfect for developers, engineers, and my own #TechWriting community. They have advice on colour contrast, font sizes, linking, and so much more that is just the teensy tiny tip of the iceberg.You have to start somewhere, and the small things can actually make a big difference and encourage you to learn more. #techcomm
As a front-end developer, there are some things that jumped out to me in the recent screen-reader survey. I'll share a couple of them, but keep in mind that I don't typically use a screen reader myself. You can take a look at the results yourself at:
Results of the 10th WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey are now available. A must reference for those involved in digital accessibility.
#WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #10 Results: https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey10/ #ScreenReader #Blind #VisuallyImpaired
A few words on the results of the #WebAIM Screen Reader #a11y survey, as they have just come out:
The results are likely not very representative of current screen reader usage at all, as the survey targets the same audiences each year. They are completely missing out on #blind people who are not as competent with computers - and to become competent gets harder and harder each year.
Continues as a thread.
Oof!
> Respondents without disabilities were nearly 3 times more likely to use Mac OS than respondents with disabilities.
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