Issue #457
Featured: Improving client-side page routing for better accessibility
“Today I’d like to focus more closely on one way that single page app frameworks create barriers for people using assistive technology—client-side routing. For those that may not be familiar, client-side routing is where navigating between pages happens dynamically instead of your browser making separate requests to the web server.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- A11y 101: 2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts (blog post - tarnoff.info)
- Testing methods: Orientation (blog post - dennisdeacon.com)
- A convenience for some; necessary for others (blog post - accessaces.com
- Please, can we have ARIA Notify (blog post - nicchan.me)
- Accessible by design: Building inclusive digital products from the ground up (blog post – nira11y.com)
- 2025 midyear accessibility lawsuit report: Key legal trends (blog post – blog.usablenet.com)
- Malleable software (blog post – inkandswitch.com)
- A label and a name walk into a bar (blog post – html5accessibility.com)
- How keyboard traps impact web accessibility (blog post - a11y-collective.com)
- WCAG 2.2 and beyond: Updates and essentials you need to know (video/talk - youtube.com)
- Fast, simple, high impact: DIY accessibility testing for any team (blog post - a11y.is)
- #ARTY could get you sued (blog post - adrianroselli.com)
- Eight skunkworks projects that advance accessibility without approval (blog post - buttondown.com/access-ability)
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