Website Accessibility
You're probably asking yourself, what the heck is website accessibility, and why does it matter to me.. Don't worry we have the answers!
Making Your Website Accessible
Below we will walk through our process of testing website accessibility, as well as steps to fix any issues that come from the audit.
Website accessibility is the practice of making websites accessible to those who may not be able to interact with content in the normal fashion. Examples would be people who may not be able to use a mouse, but they can use a keyboard to navigate through a website.
As developers, most of us put in safeguards to assist with these navigations.. but as the internet continues to age, websites get older and older, some companies have sites that are 10-15 years old that even me as a developer would likely have a hard time navigating with a mouse.
Just like in everyday life, we try our hardest to help disabled folks by creating accessible features among society. With the digital world growing more and more everyday. It is important that as we grow as a digital society we make sure there are features put in place to assist those who do not navigate the same way as you.
With laws changing as much as they do, and the push for inclusivity, websites at one point will all likely to be required by law to be accessible. According to ADA Site Compliance, website accessibility is required by law for public facing websites. There are certain tax breaks depending on business size that allows you tax credits if you “Make your site accessible”. Schedule a call with us today to learn more about those advantages.
Here at FullStack, we have been making websites accessible for over 5 years. With the ever growing presence of drag and drop website builders, website accessibility has actually become quite a problem. While the build experience for your designer is great, the end user experience ends up being pretty messy. The experience is usually slow loading, which will end up turning into a poor search result rating (unless you are paying thousands of dollars for paid ads and social likely $10k+/Mo).
Next time you visit a site, HECK, you’re on mine right now, start tabbing through it. EVERY piece of my website is completely accessible to everyone. If you want to get really nitty gritty, download a chrome app that can voice over the website for you so you can test that accessibility feature as well.