Web Accessibility (WCAG)
Website design is not just about visual aesthetics. Web Accessibility is the process of building applications so they can be freely used by people with various disabilities, such as visual, motor, or cognitive impairments.
In accordance with the European Accessibility Act (EAA), highly standardized digital accessibility is slowly becoming a hard legal requirement for thousands of companies operating within the European Union.
For a website to boast compliance with WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) standards, a developer must ensure the implementation of specialized mechanisms right from the HTML coding stage:
- Keyboard navigation: Every interactive element must be fully usable without the aid of a computer mouse (e.g., by skipping through with the Tab key). Take a look at our site's interface!
- Screen Reader support: Images must have descriptive "ALT" attributes, and icons must have `aria-label` tags, so smartphone software can "read" your site to a visually impaired person.
- Color contrast: Background and text colors must meet mathematical proportions to be legible for people with visual impairments.
Applying these rigorous practices has a massive, positive "side effect". Code adapted for screen readers is the absolutely ideal environment for Google bot crawling. By assigning us your platform project, you receive a website entirely free of barriers and ready for legal guidelines.