With the new version of WAVE launching, I thought it would be a good time to share some tips and features of WAVE that I use all the time. WAVE was my gateway to learning about web accessibility. As a front end developer who was never trained in web accessibility, it was a great tool…
The motivation behind this post is that technical resources for implementing accessibility techniques, especially with modern Javascript frameworks like Angular, are very sparse. There also seems to be a misconception that modern Javascript frameworks impede your ability to make your web application accessible. While there are some accessibility pitfalls involved in using frameworks like Angular,…
Summary: James Pope, one of the Partners at Pope Tech, attended WebAIM’s Accessibility Training. We asked him a few questions about his experience at the training and recorded his answers. What were your expectations going into the WebAIM Training? Prior to WebAIM training and working on our scanning platform, the only experience I had with…
Summary: The Results Icon Dictionary contains all of the Results Icons used in the Pope Tech Platform. The icons are organized into 6 different scanning results categories. The dictionary explains what each icon means, why it matters for accessibility, how to fix it, and provides additional information on relevant WCAG or 508 criteria.
Summary: To review why ambiguous links like “Click Here” and “Read More” present problems for accessibility, usability, and SEO. What are Ambiguous Links? An ambiguous link is a link where its purpose cannot be determined by an examination of the link outside of its surrounding web content (its context). In other words, the link text…