Matsuko Friedland

Guest Matsuko Friedland

Matsuko is the Lead Accessibility Engineer at Craft CMS, a flexible, user-friendly content management system (CMS) for creating custom digital experiences on the web and beyond.

https://www.matsuko.ca

Season 04 Episode 5 – Feb 16, 2021  
39:21  Show Notes

Accessibility

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We discuss accessibility, with Matsuko Friedland, in websites, why it's important both for users and website owners, as well as some tips on how to ensure your website is accessible.

Show Notes

Matsuko starts off by explaining what accessibility is and why it's important. We also talk about what a screen reader is and how a screen reader works.

  • Why should we care about accessibility other than the legal requirements
  • The three levels of WCAG compliance
  • Semantic HTML
  • Header Order is important
  • Accessibility is good for SEO
  • Color Contrast
  • Placeholder content
  • Pixel and Tonic, CraftCMS, selected by the W3C for accessibility

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