Selfish reasons for building accessible UIs

a year ago

Accessibility is often deprioritized due to tight deadlines and other concerns.
Moral arguments for accessibility are persuasive but may not change behavior effectively.
Selfish reasons for building accessible UIs include improved debuggability and cleaner code.
Using semantic HTML and ARIA roles makes debugging easier by clarifying element purposes.
Accessibility guidelines provide clear naming conventions, reducing ambiguity in UI components.
Accessible UIs enhance testability by allowing tests to rely on semantic structure rather than brittle selectors.
Keyboard accessibility is crucial for power users and improves overall user experience.
Current accessibility efforts have largely failed, with many websites still containing numerous errors.
Building accessibly benefits both users and developers, making it a practical choice.

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