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The Web Has No Design Standards
- demifiend 6y agoI've only been doing government-related web dev for a decade, but what about WCAG 2? Are accessibility guidelines not a design standard? They seem to cover issues like contrast, at least. https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/ https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/ Is it really that hard to run your website through WAVE and fix the issues it identifies? https://wave.webaim.org/ https://wave.webaim.org/ You don't even need the WAVE website; they provide add-ons for Firefox and Chrome.
- WoodenChair 6y agoIt’s good they exist, but accessibility is only one aspect of design. The HIG tell you how far a button should be from the edge of the screen. They tell you what specific colors to use for certain items. Also I’ll just point out that a standard is only meaningful if it’s widely used. We could debate how widely used WCAG 2 is, but it’s not anywhere near other platform standards.