Month: July 2021
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Confused by the alt, title and longdesc Attributes of Images?
Images have three different attributes that can be used to describe the image. Most of you probably know that the alt attribute found in the <img> tag is used by screen readers to assist the visually impaired and blind. But did you also know that alt text is the text that appears in place of the image if the…
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I’m Not Just Making This Up…Really!
I have been talking about ADA Compliance rule on this site but some of you may be wondering where those rules are specifically written or if I am just making them up. While the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) started as a set of general nondiscrimination requirements for employers, it has expanded over the years…
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Must Text Color Contrast with the Background of an Image?
Text added to an image must also provide sufficient color contrast for those viewing your webpages visually.
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Fixing Your Color Contrast – Part 2
Last time we saw how to adjust the colors of text (or background) to meet the color contrast requirements for ADA compliant websites. Using the tool mentioned in that post, we examined various methods to select other colors for text. But what if you really like the text color with which you started and what…
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