Roger AttrillHow easy is it to make a checkbox inaccessible?Pretty easy it turns out! This short article describes some ways that the simple checkbox might not be doing quite as well as you thought.Jun 31Jun 31
Roger AttrillA11y you need to know about accessibility audits and VPATsEmpowering product teams to prepare, audit, analyze, report, and learn from product accessibility evaluations.May 29May 29
Roger AttrillThe ‘work around the work’ of testing the accessibility conformance of digital productsIn anticipation of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on 16 May 2024 and my talk on accessibility auditing at UX Scotland later this…May 14May 14
Roger AttrillWhy Digital Accessibility Shouldn’t be a ThingI get asked every now and then “Why are you so interested in digital accessibility?”.Sep 6, 2023Sep 6, 2023
Roger AttrillMy journey from UX ScotlandEdinburgh 9 June 2023. It’s 16:59 and 46s and my train is pulling out of Waverley station 14 seconds ahead of schedule and I’m already sad…Jun 9, 20233Jun 9, 20233
Roger AttrillWhy color contrast is not as black and white as it seemsA look at one of the most fundamental tools in the designers toolbox — the color contrast checker — and why it might be problematic.Dec 1, 20216Dec 1, 20216
Roger AttrillVisualizing color contrast: a guide to using black and white text on colored backgroundsI recently needed to find a foreground color that worked well with a variety of backgrounds. I needed colors but I also needed numbers…Nov 21, 20213Nov 21, 20213
Roger AttrillMy head is spinningEighteen months ago I wrote my future-self some advice, got it out of my system, saved it to a file called ‘My head is spinning’, focused…Oct 8, 2019Oct 8, 2019
Roger AttrillPersonas — a eulogy to an analogy.Personas as a reference device for representing the archetypal audience of a product are well documented and well used, with some high…Jun 14, 2019Jun 14, 2019