Accessibility Testing or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Ignore WCAG
summary
Argues that knowing when not to apply WCAG is as important as applying it, and lists concrete exceptions, thresholds and fixes: controls need programmatic names not alt text, audio that auto‑starts only needs a control if it lasts >3s, moving content needs pause/stop only if it lasts >5s, contrast uses 3:1/4.5:1 thresholds and tools like Color Contrast Analyzer and Google Accessibility Developer Tools help check large‑text and logo exceptions, parsing follows the spec, and resize must allow 200% text zoom.
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chapters (28)
- 0:00Start
- 5:38Text Alternative
- 6:13Pure Decoration
- 6:24Specific Sensory Experience
- 6:54Exceptions for Non-Text Content
- 9:56Exceptions
- 10:38Music Success Criteria the Media Alternative Exception
- 11:59Use of Color
- 15:00Audio Control
- 16:08Keyboard Success Criteria
- 19:31Auto Updating Content
- 20:10Blinking
- 22:41Link Purpose Exception
- 26:41Exception for Link Purpose
- 28:06Parsing
- 29:48Unique Id Attributes
- 30:09Exception to Parsing
- 31:52Contrast Exception
- 32:32Contrast Ratio
- 33:09Large-Scale Text
- 35:20Exempt from Contrast
- 37:09Logos
- 38:51Resize Text Summary Text
- 39:54Exceptions to Resizing Text
- 44:41Exceptions to the Multiple Ways Criteria
- 45:20Language of Parts
- 45:42Language of Parts Guideline
- 47:40No Timing
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