Making the GREYD.SUITE menu accessible
On the day we started this project, Jakob and I walked through the greyd.de site using keyboard navigation and a screen reader (voice over, on Mac) and tripped over the menu.
*Don’t just take my word for it, the EU Commission reported about a supermarket that invested 35000 GBP in an accessible web shop, which resulted in 13 million GBP additional annual revenue. That’s over 37000% ROI.
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I get that! It used to overwhelm me too when I started out with accessibility. But with the right guidance, it’s not as complex as it looks. And it doesn’t necessarily have to be more expensive.
Are you being told that accessible web design is very limited? That when you make it accessible, you can't implement a beautiful attractive graphic design? Are they saying that you can't use all the colours you want? That's nonsense. It's not about the colours you use, it's about the way you use them.
Imagine walking into a brick-and-mortar hardware store where all the aisles are labelled “here. Or where all products are packaged in plain white bags with no picture, no description, and just a price tag. For 10% to 25% of your web store visitors, this is reality! And it is not expensive to prevent that.
Everything displayed on your tablet, smartphone, laptop, or desktop, is HTML-based. If the framework you're using doesn't apply semantic HTML tags, your expensive website or app may turn out to be unusable for both accessibility and usability.
And there's more…
With 25 years of experience, I have built an extensive international network of web developers, designers, accessibility experts, privacy experts, and SEO specialists. I’m happy to help you select and vet the right vendors for your project.
The “Pick a date” link below takes you to my Calendly page. If you have issues scheduling there, please send me an E-mail.