A presentation at UXcamp Europe 2023 in in Berlin, Germany by Gunnar Bittersmann
Accessibility is a design choice
Gunnar Bittersmann @g16n #uxce23
Top design-focused issues of 2022:
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Low text color contrast
Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run album cover
Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run album cover
Screenshot of codepen “Born to color contrast” with developer toolbar open, showing color contrast checker
Empty links & buttons
Screenshot of codepen “Discovery: accessible scroll buttons”
A Designer’s Guide to Documenting Accessibility & User Interactions by Stéphanie Walter
inclusice design 24 #id24 will return on 21 September 2013
Missing image alt text
Screenshot of UXcamp Europe 23 homepage with developer toolbar open, showing alternative text “UXcamp Europe logo”, should be: “homepage”
“Universal law is for lackeys. Context is for kings.” — Lorca in Star Trek: Discovery S1:E2
Skipped & missing headings
Screenshot of codepen “Heading hierarchy”
sample text: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Screenshot of Tagesspiegel section page, top heading styled as breadcrumb item
The Elements of User Experience diagram by Jesse James Garrett
Missing form labels
Screenshot of codepen “search form”
Accessibility is a design choice
Gunnar Bittersmann @g16n #uxce23
Leaving no-one behind is a design choice
Gunnar Bittersmann @g16n #uxce23
Marcy Sutton .com (on accessibility)
Leaving no-one behind is a design choice
Gunnar Bittersmann @g16n #uxce23
Tom Hanks is Forrest Gump
Top design-focused issues of 2022: low text color contrast, empty links & buttons, missing image alt text, skipped & missing headings, missing form labels.
Collaborarion of designers and developers: documenting accessibility & user interactions
The following resources were mentioned during the presentation or are useful additional information.
A presentation at axe-con by Carie Fisher
Bruce Springsteen, from the album Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live in New York City
by Kezz Bracey
An article by Stéphanie Walter
A presentation by Stéphanie Walter at Inclusive Design 24 2022
A free 24-hour online event for the global community
from The A11y Project
by Eric Eggert
from deque
Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools from WebAIM
from The A11y Project
from Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
diagram by Jesse James Garrett
book by Jesse James Garrett
Smashing book by Adam Silver
Smashing book by Heydon Pickering
Marcy Sutton is a web developer and trainer specializing in frontend accessibility.
Composed by Alan Silvestri
The following code examples from the presentation can be tried out live.
