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Discussion on: Web Accessibility (Visual Impairments)

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Ben Calder

I always like to see articles promoting web accessibility - so thanks for writing this :)

A couple of minor comments:

  • just as alt text should be meaningful (or empty for decorative images) link text also needs to give a clear indication of the link target. As such I would replace "site" with something more descriptive like "alt text recommendations".
  • achieving good colour contrast is not just a matter of picking colours opposite each other on the colour wheel. For example your chosen example of red/green is a combination associated with one of the most common forms of colour-blindness: for some it would render content illegible. I wouldn't necessarily remove the example; but I would add a comment warning that this should also be considered ;)