niomband.blogg.se - october 2023

Do you have to scroll horizontally to read everything? If so, how does that impact your experience?.

What about overall layout? Does the page seem to adapt to the new viewing dimensions? Does the content start to stack vertically instead of using a lot of space horizontally?.

What happens to page navigation? Do navigation bars or menus get replaced with mobile-style menus?.

Does any of the content overlap or get smushed together, or become really far apart?.

Is all the content still present on the page and is it still in an order that makes sense?.

Take note of what happens, paying special attention to the following: Navigate to a website and go into your browser options to set the display to 200%. WCAG success criterion 1.4.4 Resize Text requires that content can be zoomed to 200% without the use of assistive technology (like a screen magnifier) and without the loss of content or functionality. People who consider themselves to have pretty good vision also use this feature at times, especially when font sizes are small or to reduce eye-strain. People with low vision, low-contrast vision, or otherwise less-than-perfect vision may wish to magnify web content in order to make it legible or less-strenuous to read. What does browser zoom have to do with digital accessibility?

One of those tests is really easy: zoom your internet browser to 200% and see what happens to the content and layout of the webpage. Certainly, some checkpoints are more in-depth than others, but there are things you can do with your own computer right now to detect and develop appreciation for the accessibility needs and challenges some people may face.

People sometimes assume that spotting accessibility issues requires highly-technical knowledge and expensive tools.