How Jarring The Most Popular Sites Look To Almost One-Third Of The World
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UI/UX design isn’t just about directing users to the information they need in as few clicks as possible or making calls-to-action more apparent, but it’s also about accessibility for all. Unfortunately, some of the most-visited sites are unusable for billions of users around the world.
ASOS, Instagram, Quora, Yahoo Mail, and Facebook are among the least friendly websites for those with visual impairments, according to an analysis of over 150 sites by ToolTester.
In a series of images, it’s also visualized how limiting some of these websites can be.
Netflix, for instance, doesn’t have alt text or individual IDs, making it difficult for some to navigate the platform with a screen reader.
And Google, with its text-heavy interface, isn’t helping readers with dyslexia.
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ToolTester says that, for those with colorblindness, some sites even have tabs and menus that “completely disappear.”
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 2.2 billion people have some level of visual impairment. That’s almost one-third of the world that sites are missing out on.
Image courtesy of ToolTester
Image courtesy of ToolTester
Image courtesy of ToolTester
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