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A11y 101 – 3.2.1 On Focusmonochromatic abandoned hallway with graffiti

A11y 101 – 3.2.1 On Focus

Published on June 8, 2026

If I had a podcast, I would tell you to close your eyes and imagine the following. But this is a blog post…

You’re walking down a hallway, hand out, ready to turn a doorknob. Your hand lands on the knob… and suddenly the door slides open before you touch it. Or worse, the room you thought you were entering is actually a closet full of vacuum cleaners. Disorienting, right? Jarring? A little bit scary?

That’s how a user feels when they tab through a webpage and a piece of content jumps, moves, or redirects them without asking for permission first.

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A11y 101: 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)

A11y 101: 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)

Published on September 22, 2025

Links are what make the internet the world wide web. The original idea was that the internet is a set of digital documents. The link allows you to move between them. To make them as effective as they can be, we want to make them clear in what they do. Often though, the simple link doesn’t provide a clear purpose. Let’s look at what it takes to pass 2.4.4 Link Purpose (in Context).

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Quick Tip: Context is Keyclose up of keys

Quick Tip: Context is Key

Published on May 27, 2025

Testing with Auto Scanning Tools

Many of the auto scanning tools on the market will flag for suspicious text on links and buttons. Sometimes the settings for that tool will flag long alternative text as well. Some look at short lengths. We flag character length because we can’t verify the item makes sense in context. This is something computers cannot do. Even with the best AI out there, computers can’t detect the intention of the control.

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