Accessibility

Operable principle

This principle speaks to the need for web content to be functional and controllable by users of all abilities, using various assistive devices/technologies. It involves:

  • Ensuring web pages have the same keyboarding functionality whether using keyboards, "puff and sip" devices, touch devices or other assistive software/hardware or gestures such as pinching, swiping, shaking, panning, etc.
  • Giving users enough time to read and interact with the content.
  • Providing options to turn off, adjust or extend time limits.
  • Allowing users to pause, stop or hide moving content.
  • Designing content in a way that isn't known to cause seizures.
  • Enabling shortcut keys, navigable page elements, visual indication of keyboard focus, etc.

Applicable criterions