Accessibility Gives Usability a Boost
summary
Kronos proves that building to WCAG 2.0 AA measurably improves usability: designers change color palettes for contrast, enlarge labels and touch targets, and simplify a tap-and-hold gesture to a single tap. The team ships an accessible workforce app on iPad + VoiceOver with zoom and inverted colors, adds accessibility specs to wireframes, runs automated checks plus manual tests with assistive-technology users, audits each release, and uses end-to-end use cases and style guide + semantic HTML so customers can now complete workflows they previously could not.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:37Presentation Outline
- 5:30Accessibility
- 7:35Web Accessibility
- 8:40Why is accessibility important
- 10:58Firstperson stories
- 13:07How does accessibility help
- 17:16Windows High Contrast
- 18:08Demo
- 19:12Strategy
- 22:43Guiding Principles
- 23:09Usability and Accessibility
- 27:26Operability
- 38:46User Experience
- 41:34Persona
- 42:57Examples
- 47:57Questions
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