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Web Accessibility (Visual Impairments)

Abdulqudus Abubakre on June 03, 2020

In the previous article, I discussed what accessibility is all about and why you should consider making your websites accessible. In this article,...

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Ben Calder • Jun 5 '20

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 ;)