Usable software for all
summary
Argues that accessibility helps far more people than assumed — about 80 million people in the EU and many temporarily impaired — and saves time if included early. Shows experiments: a homemade date picker proved inaccessible and required rework; automated checks with Lighthouse and Chrome DevTools catch some issues but keyboard and screen‑reader tests find the rest; a blindfolded-style game using a hide-screen plugin had almost everyone finish the task under five minutes and sparked teams to fix dozens of issues.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:57People with disabilities
- 1:48The population of Germany
- 3:25Benefits of accessible software
- 4:33Accessibility guidelines
- 5:45Manual testing
- 6:40Task source
- 7:42Results
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