Plain Language: Use Descriptive and Meaningful Text in Your Links

Metal chain links

Have you ever visited a website, selected a link, only to discover the page you were taken to wasn’t what you expected?

Or worse, you selected a link on your mobile device, and a 5MB Excel spreadsheet started to download?

Me too. And it irritates me. Continue reading Plain Language: Use Descriptive and Meaningful Text in Your Links

Key Takeaways: UX Fails Accessibility

Alistair Campbell

While website usability has improved over the past 15 years, the same change hasn’t happened with accessibility, said Alistair Campbell in his Where UX Fails Accessibility talk at Interact London 2015.

Most websites and applications launched today aren’t accessible, said Campbell.

The main reason? Continue reading Key Takeaways: UX Fails Accessibility

Tools for Website Accessibility Testing

Woodworking tools hanging on a wall shelf

If you’ve made the commitment to improve the accessibility of your website, or the websites you design and build, congratulations!

There’s a wealth of information, posts, resources, and online tools to help you design and build accessible sites.

But how do you evaluate your website for accessibility? Continue reading Tools for Website Accessibility Testing