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Tables – Section 508 Accessibility Guidelines
Accessibility GSA Section 508
Info and Relationships> Info and Relationships # Information, structure, and relationships conveyed through presentation can be programmatically determined or are available in text. Content/Design Considerations Use simple tables instead of complex tables whenever possible Development Considerations
Making Your Website Accessible
Accessibility W3C WAI
Many aspects of accessibility are fairly easy to understand and implement. Some accessibility solutions are more complex and take more knowledge to implement. It is most efficient and effective to incorporate accessibility from the very beginning of projects, so you don’t need go back and to re-do work.
Keyboard and Focus – Accessibility Guidelines
Accessibility GSA Section 508
Keyboard> Keyboard # All functionality of the content is operable through a keyboard interface without requiring specific timings for individual keystrokes, except where the underlying function requires input that depends on the path of the user’s movement and not just the endpoints.
Multiple Ways – Accessibility Guidelines
Accessibility GSA Section 508
More than one way is available to locate a web page within a set of web pages except where the web page is the result of, or a step in, a process.
Alternative versions – Accessibility Guidelines
Accessibility 18F GSA
Alternate versions of web pages should only be used when the main page can’t be made accessible. There are very few instances where they would be necessary. Live dynamic mapping applications are one example.
Sensory Characteristics – Accessibility Guidelines
Accessibility GSA Section 508
Sensory Characteristics> Sensory Characteristics # Instructions provided for understanding and operating content do not rely solely on sensory characteristics of components such as shape, size, visual location, orientation, or sound.
What is the European Accessibility Act?
Accessibility
The complete title is Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services. Compared with other parts of the world, accessibility of Europe’s private sector (which means: companies) is not yet regulated.
Links and Buttons – Accessibility Guidelines
Accessibility GSA Section 508
Link Purpose (In Context)> Link Purpose (In Context) # The purpose of each link can be determined from the link text alone, or from the link text together with its programmatically determined link context, except where the purpose of the link would be ambiguous to users in general.