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How Our CSS Framework Helps Enforce Accessibility

• jbeja 11y ago
  Interesting idea, but I not sure of its practicality, there is nothing to stop the developer to add classes that don't follow this convention.
  • austenallred 11y ago
    Perhaps the main CSS is expected to remain largely unchanged. If the framework is in a certain state you really shouldn't have to touch it.
• thebouv 11y ago
  The title is a bit strong -- their standards encourage accessibility, they don't enforce it. Now a TDD/linter/review bot that could check for broken rules? That would be pretty cool. However, the article is a great read on accessibility in web dev. Something so many of us overlook.
• threefour 11y ago
  I find it sad that eBay even has to think about this. The W3C should have built it into the specs from the beginning instead of making accessibility a ghetto. I think I have great empathy for my customers, but it's hard even for me to justify going through all this extra work when I'm not sure anyone will use it.