Django’s accessibility track record
summary
Uses HTTP Archive and Lighthouse data to quantify accessibility on Django sites and the admin, showing a median Lighthouse score below the web average and big-picture numbers like 96.3% global sites with basic issues and a Django sample at 95%. Finds frequent, concrete problems—color contrast, missing fieldset/legend for radio groups, broken heading structure, and long tab‑stop sequences—that appear in demos and are usually trivial to fix. Recommends Axe checks in CI, shift‑left practices, and incremental fixes rather than a full rewrite.
AI-written summary · about
chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:26Accessibility in Django
- 3:11Global challenges for Django
- 5:22Lighthouse scores for Django
- 9:01Accessibility issues in Django
- 12:15Live demo of Django issues
- 18:40Django forms and templates
- 21:09Django admin deep dive
- 23:38Progress and next steps
- 27:12Community involvement
- 30:45Q&A
related talks
28mDjango Accessibility for Everyone
23mAn Intro to Web Accessibility in Django
23mWeb Accessibility In Django
48mAccessibility awareness
21mPrevent, Catch and Fix Accessibility Issues
22mPrioritising Accessibility to Web Development
29mProgramming for Accessibility
09mHow We Improved Accessibility Across 10+ Backstage Plugins and How...