James and Amy discuss common accessibility mistakes that you should avoid in your web applications.

Sponsors

ZEAL

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

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Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

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DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

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Show Notes

00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:54 - What is Accessibility
00:10:59 - Sponsor Shoutout: Dato CMS
00:11:52- 1. Not Using Alt Tags on Images
00:15:30 - 2. Not Using Semantic HTML Tags
00:22:16 - 3. Not Checking for Accessible Colors and Contrast Ratio
00:24:18 - 4. Relying on Color To Communicate
00:26:10 - 5. Not Adding Validation to Your Forms
00:29:39 - 6. Setting Outline to None
00:30:45 - 7. Ignoring Reduced Motion Preferences
00:33:08 - Sponsor Shoutout: Zeal
00:34:00 - 8. Using Non-descriptive Link Text
00:35:16 - 9. Not Using Aria Role Tag
00:37:29 - 10. Not Labeling Your Input Fields
00:39:16 - Additional Resources
00:40:50 - Grab Bag Questions
00:41:16 - Picks and Plugs

Links

Give a Damn About Accessibiility - https://www.accessibility.uxdesign.cc/
A11ycasts - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNYkxOF6rcICWx0C9LVWWVqvHlYJyqw7g
Storybook - https://storybook.js.org/
Deque - https://www.deque.com/
Ekster Wallet - https://ekster.com/
Peak Design Bag - https://www.peakdesign.com/products/travel-duffel