Source: Make WordPress: Accessibility

Now that WordPress 4.1 is into betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part…

This week we discussed two tickets in our weekly test session. #28599 Better Visual Focus Indication in Admin Menu: @florianziegler, @afercia and @michaelarestad designed proposals we discussed. @michaelarestad came up with a mockup that needs more contrast but is beautiful. We will discuss this further with the ticket and on Wednesday at the a11yAccessibility Accessibility…

Information and Tools Many people have asked us for accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers).…

This week the new theme Twenty Fifteen was placed into trunk, so we could take a look at it. We discussed the issues found in the replies with @davidakennedy‘s post: Time to Test Twenty Fifteen! and in our testing session last Monday. Here’s a summary of what we found and the follow up on that (we…

If you are not attending WCSF this year, you can ignore this post. If you are coming and planning to participate as part of the accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e.…

There are several tickets open that relate directly to accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers).…

Today, Twenty Fifteen landed in /trunk. @iamtakashi and others have worked really hard to make this first pass accessibility-ready from the start. 🙂 I’ve done an initial accessibility-ready review and advised on a few bug fixes. But we still should bang and bend this lovely theme from an accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers…

Here’s our team update for the week: We’re continuing our weekly testing meeting. Be sure you note the time in the sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column…