New blog post out (first one in over a year 🥵): I tested how well different election dashboards implemented common dataviz accessibility principles, and explained where things went wrong, including lots of demos.
https://fossheim.io/writing/posts/2024-dataviz-a11y-elections/
https://fossheim.io/writing/posts/2024-dataviz-a11y-elections/
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Bloomberg wrapped every single one of these squares in a link, resulting in 538 links to tab through 🤯
This type of issue I encounter offer when reviewing charts and websites: people add alt text because automated checks warn them when there's no alt, but the text doesn't explain the image well enough.