All articles in category: Web development

Learn the four core principles of content accessibility to create an inclusive website.

Consider these points before using an accessibility overlay on your website. Often they can make the user experience worse for the disabled people they claim to help.

Web accessibility resources to help you build inclusive design best practices into your work.

There are 14 million disabled people in the UK, many who rely on website accessibility. But designing for disability results in designs that benefit everybody.

A brief guide to the devices, software and equipment that disabled people use to navigate the web.

Forms are an essential part of most websites. They’re the main channel for users to sign up, buy products and contact your business. Here’s how you can make sure they are accessible to all your website visitors.

Here are some points I wish all web developers could hear before building their next website.

An audit is the starting point in understanding how accessible your website or service is. Here's how to get it right.

We explain how charities and organisations can meet new public sector bodies regulations and improve the accessibility of their digital services.

These are the five most annoying inaccessible web elements I face as a blind screen reader user every day, and how to fix them.

Scope set out to redesign its website and digital services in February 2019 to coincide with the launch of its new brand. But it was also an opportunity to show how websites can be functional, accessible and beautiful (at the same time).

Having an accessible eCommerce store is good for business. Here are a just a few of the commercial benefits of making your online business inclusive.

Feedback from our reporting tool addresses the emotional cost of website inaccessibility.

A common argument against the business case for accessibility is that calculating the return on investment (ROI) is either too difficult or impossible. In reality, there are many business opportunities to be had in making your websites, apps and services inclusive.

We’ve heard it all before. Whether you’re a sceptic, a newbie, or an advocate – you’ve probably got some preconceptions about accessibility. Digital creative agency (and accessibility champions) HeX Productions explain 11 common web accessibility myths.

We developed The Big Hack Reporting Tool to gather feedback from disabled people on how accessible the online world actually is. This article shares some of the feedback we have already received from survey respondents.

Accessibility is a factor that has traditionally been on the margins of SEO and web development. But there are solid business reasons why accessibility should be a top consideration. Accessibility can have a positive effect on sales and SEO.

Accessibility determines the user experience of the web apps you build. This quick guide from Jessica Jordan will give you an introduction to user testing for blind and visually impaired users who rely on screen readers to navigate the web.

This article provides an overview of common conditions and impairments and how they can affect the way a user interacts with a website.

HeX Productions discuss the differences between automated testing, manual and user testing when it comes to accessibility.