Accessibility best practices

Common accessibility best practices.

Impact

(How ScanGov measures tasklist priorities.)

Why it's important

Following accessibility best practices ensures that the content is usable by all users, including those with disabilities.

User stories

As a user with a disability, I want the website to be accessible and easy to navigate so that I can access and interact with the content without barriers, regardless of my abilities or the technology I use.

Error

(ScanGov messaging when a site fails a standard)

Basic accessibility best practices not met.

About

Accessibilty can be improved by passing these tests:

  1. The document does not use <meta http-equiv="refresh">: Users do not expect a page to refresh automatically, and doing so will move focus back to the top of the page. This may create a frustrating or confusing experience.

  2. [user-scalable="no"] is not used in the <meta name="viewport"> element and the [maximum-scale] attribute is not less than 5: Disabling zooming is problematic for users with low vision who rely on screen magnification to properly see the contents of a web page.

  3. Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing: Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets.

Guidance

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