The Joomla project has invested considerable effort in making the CMS accessible to everyone. With every release we continue to improve this even more. Joomla’s core does well. The Joomla Community Magazine has published extensively on accessibility over the past years....
Accessibility is a key aspect of our sites and from the JAT we put our efforts into making Joomla more accessible. But Joomla is just one of the pieces in the final puzzle of your website. The final result depends on your template and other extensions you use.
Accessibility testing is a never ending story – this is not the first article in our magazine and will not be the last one.
Forms are a major area in accessibility testing, and ensuring they are fully accessible is essential. Clicking the wrong link on a website might be annoying, but submitting a credit card number in a text field to the wrong recipient can be costly and may even end up in court.
What does a value in a table cell mean? Simply look at the header at the top of the column and/or somewhere at the beginning of the row. But what if you are blind?
Buttons.
Yes, buttons. Have you ever noticed how often you click one? It probably seems effortless — after all, you can see the button, use a mouse, or tap a screen. But have you ever stopped to think about what it takes to make a simple button usable for everyone?
In the last article today's topic was already mentioned: the use of the keyboard on websites. It was found that none of the testing tools detected whether a bypass element was present. In this article, we’ll take a look at what the testing tools have to say about focus.
The accessibility tester strikes again! In this article, we introduce another "blind spot" of automated accessibility testing tools: the bypass – and it’s not what you might think at first.
I still clearly remember how different the internet looked about 20 years ago. Websites were mostly built using table layouts - at the time, there were hardly any other options for structuring content. Design trends like drop shadows, rounded corners, and bright colors dominated the visual style. Mobile devices weren't a consideration yet, and responsive design simply didn't exist. Usability played a very different role back then, and content maintenance was mostly a technical task reserved for developers. For editors, it was often a real challenge.
When you're designing or building a website, you'll probably make sure it appeals to your target group, or your client's target group. You'll carefully choose the images and the colours and for the content you'll use wording and vocabulary that fits the target group. But have you thought of the usability and accessibility? Not all visitors can navigate the same way. If you can't use a mouse, how do you know where you are?
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