• MattWilsonMD

    (@mattwilsonmd)


    These types of toolbars are a gimmick and companies like Userway make tons of money taking advantage of website owners who do not understand accessibility. If you want your site to be accessible, then follow the simple guidelines set forth by the WCAG. People with disabilities prefer to use their own tools and assistive technologies, they don’t want to figure out another ridiculous toolbar. But, for fun, let’s look at the so-called features of this toolbar…

    • Keyboard Navigation – The plugin might help a little, but not 100%. Instead, build your website properly (don’t set CSS focus to “none or 0” and use links and buttons appropriately and test your site with your keyboard (not a mouse).
    • Disable Animation – Users who prefer no animation will have already set this preference at an OS level and will likely have their own browser plugin to prevent animations.
    • Dark Contrast – Edge and Chrome browsers allow users to force “dark mode”, also this can be set at the OS level.
    • Change Font Size – Users who want this can set it at the OS level or in their browser settings. Website owners, use REM/EM/percentages for your font sizes (don’t us PX).
    • Readable Font – Users who prefer this will have already set it in their browser settings and/or use an extension.
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  • Well, while you are very right about this, this is now the law (at least in germany) so we all have to dip into this pile, like it or not. While this tool might be not 100%, it is free and often gives small businesses a fair chance. Because these Laws are made by people who dont understand technology, minorities or simplicity. So after the data privacy debakel, which forces most users to consent into spying on them and actively giving big tech companies permission to something that should not be allowed in the first place, we now get this, wich will burn billions of dollars to implement, test, judge and scam the hell out of people who just want to do their actual jobs. Dont get me wrong, i am all for inclusion and you are of course right, build websites like the WCAG suggests and keep it simple for developers, site owners and most of all, disabled people who have to conquer these ridiculous add ons.

    so to sum it up: this is a free tool that is not as invasive as some others and help all of us out to keep the scammers and lazy lawsuits at bay. So thumbs up for this plugin, thumbs down for people who force us to use it.

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