Conversations around web accessibility
Short discussions with disabled people about the barriers they encounter on the web. Hear about web accessibility in our own words!
Paul points out that he doesn’t have barriers all the time with the use of color alone, particularly red and green, but when he has a blocker, it’s a doozy.
Myriam says “Most people don’t even consider that people like me could have an issue with their website. They don’t even think about it.”
Albert stresses the importance of letting users control their experience, through settings and various controls.
Amy says that if you cut text off and don’t provide a way to expand it, she can’t read your content.
Amy tells us that sticky elements are a problem for her as they can hide content. And overlays don’t help.
Dacey says, among other things “If you’re going to include animated GIFs, I would recommend them not playing by default, but allowing the user to click a play button.”
Listen to disabled people year round, not just on International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Kelly says “if you have long tables and lists actually put borders on them”, so she knows what she’s picking up.
Kevin says: Give user choice: “Obviously what’s good for me won’t be good for someone else. We shouldn’t be designing for a kind of homogeneous grade of people.”
Ruben, talking about text reflow, says sometimes “text will actually go over the container and sometimes I can’t even see what things say. I have to open up the developer console and actually look at it”.
