Allison Ravenhall

Sometimes I dream that the digital accessibility industry (and by extension, my job) doesn’t exist because everything just works. #a11y

Join us at A11y Camp 2024 as @RavenAlly, a key player in the @CommBank's digital accessibility team, shares insights from her hands-on experience with the CommBank app redesign! Don’t miss her talk: events.humanitix.com/a11y-camp-aust… Full program: a11ycamp.com.au/speakers-and-p… #A11yCamp2024

So, as much as I like the idea of it, I do not recommend repurposing this popup pattern in your in-page components to maintain a strict layout. Respect your user’s settings, let your text grow in place and adjust the layout to suit.

This is native platform behaviour, not custom. It also works on Android. Their popup is closer to the trigger button, so it’s arguably more useful. It also applies to iPhone segmented controls component (a.k.a. in-screen tabs)

Did you know that if you use a very large text size (AX*) on iPhone and you long-press on a bottom navigation button, it will show a popup with the selected item in large text? Based on some recent usability testing, it seems no one knows about this handy feature.

@MarkDrehlich Fueled by chocolate wheatens! 🍪

Very pleased that DDD Melbourne and DDD Adelaide are back. What accessibility talk topic should I pitch for a developer audience? Last time I presented “what’s new in WCAG 2.1” at DDD Melb. WCAG 2.2 is about to be published… 🤔

For those on WCAG 2.2 watch 👀

@MrBrokenEyes If you’re in a giving mood, I think @Jennison would be interested to know about your experience. He’s an accessibility lead at LinkedIn. Sorry to hear you’ve had a substandard experience.

Really getting frustrated trying to set up my LinkedIn profile. The interface is confusing as hell from an #Accessibility point of view. Ironic since my primary work is as an accessibility consultant.

@MrBrokenEyes Oh totally. I wish it were possible in Twitter to mark irrelevant slides like that so VoiceOver skips it.

@RavenAlly I got the gist. But my point is still a valid one at the end of the day.

The irony of someone talking about an #A11y story while not bothering to make their own tweet accessible by adding alt text is making me both laugh and despair in equal measure.

This is great: “Making Numbers in Web Content Accessible” tpgi.com/making-numbers… Does a good job looking at language, layout, expectations. Very little about code (appropriately). Ricky is a sharp cookie who does not mix metaphors like I do. #accessibility #a11y

I was pleased to hear an announcement on my train this morning about @metrotrains joining the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower program. Wear a sunflower pin to tell staff you might need assistance or more time. 🌻#Melbourne

If I have to email event organizers to ask for accessibility info, it means I have to ask, "am I welcome?" Consider how it feels to have to do that, knowing the majority of the time, the answer is "no." Give access info up front. Don't make disabled people beg for inclusion.

I always check the speech interface when testing app accessibility, it’s great to see speech-specific techniques get some love. Get on board!

@equalsShaun Oh yes! And similar: “Our platform is conformant, but we take no responsibility for content you upload or create”. Umm, ATAG?

@equalsShaun False claim example: in the months after WCAG 2.1 was published, I had a web chatbot vendor swear their product met “WCAG 3 triple-A” despite being given multiple opportunities to correct. If you’re going to lie, at least claim something that exists!

Config session: "Putting accessibility at the heart of design and code" at config.figma.com/video-on-deman… Registration required - free.

Watching @krambertech at @figma Config on catch-up, my heart sank for her when she had to speak for the screen reader when the audio failed. I had to do the same for my app accessibility talk at NDC Melbourne. Well done Kateryna for pushing through!

It can be WCAG compliant but completely unusable.