Todd Libby - Making the web equal and accessible
We're welcoming Todd Libby to give us an intro to accessibility and what it means to make the web equal. Todd, a professional web developer, designer, and accessibility advocate for 22 years, provides a plethora of resources that can help everyone to get started and talks about how to advocate for accessibility and equality on projects.
Show Notes:
- toddl.dev
- @toddlibby on Twitter
Things/People mentioned in the episode:
- Making A Strong Case for Accessibility by Todd Libby
- Front Page Express
- Designing with Web Standards
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
- Cass Faris
- Chris DeMars
A11y Learning Resources:
Tools:
- WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
- axe accessibility toolkit
- pa11y command line
- Bookmarklets by Ian Loyyd and Paul J Adams
- Microsoft a11y insights
- Firefox a11y devtools
- Lighthouse automated testing
- Contrast Ratio tool by Lea Verou
- Colour Contrast Analyser
Todd's steps for manual testing:
- Mouse only
- Keyboard only
- Squint test
- Screen readers
- Voice over in Safari
- NVDA or JAWS in Windows
- Orca on Linux
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