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Why do mobile apps need to be keyboard accessible?

Accessibility requirements for mobile apps say that all interactive elements need to be navigable with the keyboard. Why would someone use an external keyboard with a tablet or mobile phone?

  • external keyboard
  • keyboard navigation
  • mobile
  • tablet

How do I use decorative images in social media?

I don't want to describe a decorative image. How do I make the attribute empty when using alt text in social media? e.g. I don't want a screen reader to read "Image."

  • alt tags
  • graphics
  • images
  • social media

How should I approach audio descriptions for slideshow presentations?

I want to add audio description to a slideshow that presents a photo and text exhibition. In the slideshow, images and text alternate. The audio until now only contains music. The images show people and the text gives more background about the people. When describing...

  • audio descriptions

How can I ensure that my presentations are accessible?

Would using morph features in PowerPoint fall under success criterion 2.2.2 (or any others)? I use morph a lot in presentations and recently heard someone say "Does anyone else feel like they're on a boat?" when I was using morph to re-sort a list of...

  • 2.2.2
  • 2.3.1
  • Epilepsy
  • Hide
  • Moving
  • Pause
  • PowerPoint
  • Presentation
  • Stop
  • Three Flash

Why can’t I use CSS :before and :after to insert content?

It's really very annoying that CSS pseudo element content, either :before or :after is outlawed. It is a really useful way of storing stock responses to activities, effectively creating global variables that have to be set only once. Eg html[lang="en"] [pageType="multichoice"] .wellDoneDiv::before{ content:"Well Done, that's...

  • CSS
  • css psuedo content