Issue #516
Featured: Accessible color choices are about so much more than just contrast
“This article covers the color requirements that WCAG actually contains, followed by the color decisions that affect users and that no conformance requirement addresses.”
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News, resources, tools and tutorials
- When public doesn’t include you (blog post - gracedowwrites.com)
- A11y 101 – 3.3.7 Redundant entry (blog post - tarnoff.info)
- When a disabled submit button becomes a dead end (blog post - cerovac.com/a11y)
- Understanding WCAG 2.2 as EPUB and PDF (resource - doeken.org)
- OZeWAI Ask the professionals: Accessibility deep dive for developers (video - youtube.com)
- Designing for people with no or limited mobility (blog post - tetralogical.com)
- HTML can do that (resource - chrisburnell.com)
- In defense of two-state theme toggles (blog post - joshcollinsworth.com)
- The case for tri-state dark mode toggles (blog post - bram.us)
- The best dark mode toggle is probably none (blog post - lea.verou.me)
- Testing methods: Help (blog post - dennisdeacon.com)
- Understanding aria-details (blog post - maxdesign.com.au)
- They grew up with disability rights. Now, they’re fighting to keep them (article - npr.org)
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