I’m all for this but please can it be facilitated in a non-intrusive way for people who don’t need accessibility options? I’m fed up with having popups on every single website I visit telling me to opt out or in for cookie settings, I’d really rather not have another popup saying “Would you like to use our accessibility functions? OK or Cancel”
As a disabled person, we get pretty fed up with a pervasive lack of accessibility options literally everywhere, everyday, constantly, forever. Both online and offline.
I agree that cookie popups are stupid but they’re pretty easily avoidable with a browser extension. If the accessibility options are unnecessarily intrusive there will surely be countless extensions as well.
Idk it’s kind of tone deaf to preemptively complain about the mere possibility that accessibility options might inconvenience you in some teeny tiny and completely solvable way. Oh no won’t someone think of the non-disabled people.
I’ve worked as a dev for the national health service in the UK, and all new government services promote a high standard of accessibility. We did a lot of in-person testing with users in labs, in rooms with the one-way mirrors like in a police interview and everything! Users with physical needs, and also users who are simply older, or have low tech literacy.
“Accessibility” covers a huge spectrum This can be the obvious things you might imagine like alt text on images, screen reader compatibility and dyslexic-friendly fonts, but it’s so much more.
We’re talking about things like ensuring good text contrast on all elements, making everything desktop and mobile responsive, using clear and simple language for instructions, and making the steps and user journey straightforward and easy to navigate.
A lot of accessibility concerns don’t only make the service better for people with specific needs, they make it overall better for everyone.
My son has been working on this for his company’s websites for the last while. He had worked on a lot of design for accessibility while in college so was happy to take on responsibility for it.
A lot of it is e.g. proper keyboard navigation and making sure it’s set up well for screen readers, colourblind folks etc.
Thank you. I am so, so proud. He has turned out a beautiful man. One of my best friends is in a wheelchair and hung out with us a lot when he was growing up so he saw the things he struggled with and really embraced accessibility in college (he did product design).
I’m all for this but please can it be facilitated in a non-intrusive way for people who don’t need accessibility options? I’m fed up with having popups on every single website I visit telling me to opt out or in for cookie settings, I’d really rather not have another popup saying “Would you like to use our accessibility functions? OK or Cancel”
As a disabled person, we get pretty fed up with a pervasive lack of accessibility options literally everywhere, everyday, constantly, forever. Both online and offline.
I agree that cookie popups are stupid but they’re pretty easily avoidable with a browser extension. If the accessibility options are unnecessarily intrusive there will surely be countless extensions as well.
Idk it’s kind of tone deaf to preemptively complain about the mere possibility that accessibility options might inconvenience you in some teeny tiny and completely solvable way. Oh no won’t someone think of the non-disabled people.
Accessibility options are often invisible to the average user, as they’re things like alt text describing images.
Exactly :)
I’ve worked as a dev for the national health service in the UK, and all new government services promote a high standard of accessibility. We did a lot of in-person testing with users in labs, in rooms with the one-way mirrors like in a police interview and everything! Users with physical needs, and also users who are simply older, or have low tech literacy.
“Accessibility” covers a huge spectrum This can be the obvious things you might imagine like alt text on images, screen reader compatibility and dyslexic-friendly fonts, but it’s so much more.
We’re talking about things like ensuring good text contrast on all elements, making everything desktop and mobile responsive, using clear and simple language for instructions, and making the steps and user journey straightforward and easy to navigate.
A lot of accessibility concerns don’t only make the service better for people with specific needs, they make it overall better for everyone.
UK government websites are an excellent example of functional and complex websites done well. And a lot of it is open source as well.
My son has been working on this for his company’s websites for the last while. He had worked on a lot of design for accessibility while in college so was happy to take on responsibility for it.
A lot of it is e.g. proper keyboard navigation and making sure it’s set up well for screen readers, colourblind folks etc.
That is some really wholesome work! You must be very proud of your son. Thanks for the insight into behind the scenes :)
Thank you. I am so, so proud. He has turned out a beautiful man. One of my best friends is in a wheelchair and hung out with us a lot when he was growing up so he saw the things he struggled with and really embraced accessibility in college (he did product design).
Here’s a funny text conversation we had earlier.
Belt sander pillows for the people that design this shit, please.