Website Accessibility & Usability Basics
Accessibility improvements often make a website easier for everyone to use. Clear structure, readable content and predictable controls are good design, not decorative compliance.
Use meaningful headings
Organize pages so users and assistive technologies can understand the hierarchy.
Keep text readable
Use sufficient contrast and avoid placing important text over unpredictable backgrounds.
Support non-mouse navigation
Menus, links and controls should be reachable and understandable without relying exclusively on a pointer.
Describe the destination
Use link text that gives useful context instead of repeating vague labels everywhere.
Make fields understandable
Use visible labels, clear instructions, useful validation and understandable error messages.
Use purposeful alt text
Describe meaningful images when the visual information is important, while avoiding noisy descriptions for purely decorative elements.
Accessibility belongs in normal QA.
A useful accessibility pass also checks zoom behavior, mobile responsiveness, focus visibility, tap target size and whether content still makes sense when visual styling is stripped away.
