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Are Auto-Playing Carousels Actually Accessible, Or Just Good Marketing?? ugh

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  1. Fenna K.
    @vector_loop204

    Accessibility dsicussion time. I keep seeing strong opinions about auto-playing carousels, and both sides sound very sure of themselves. For an online shop, we want to do the right thing, not just teh thing that looks good on a checklist. How do you decide what actually improves life for people using keyboards, screen readers, magnifiers or voice control? Practical advice welcome, especially things a small team can actually keep doing.

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  2. Joon Rossi
    @joon.rossi

    uhh are there legal or contract requirements for accessibility? ?

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  4. Mila Schmidt
    @mila.schmidt64

    ahh classic infinite scroll makes fooetrs unreachable and loses position when navigating back. Offer a load more button or pagination, and move focus sensibly when new content appears. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  5. Sana A.
    @uplinkowl-27w

    oof make a backup before u touch the update, learned that teh hard way lmk how it goes

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  6. Yusuf U.
    @yusufu600

    overlay widgets cant fix inaccessible makrup reliably. many screen reader users already have their own settings and tools, and overlays sometimes interfere with them. the money is usually better spent fixing teh underlying HTML: headings, labels, focus order, alt text. hope that helps :)

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  7. Lars Vos
    @lars.vos36

    hmmm icon-only buttons need an accessible name, via visible text, aria-label, or visually hidden text. A visible label also helps sighted users who dont know what the icon means. lmk how it goes

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  8. Rowan
    @nimbus_pusher456

    lol same thing happened to me try turning off teh default config first, fixed it for me

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  9. Xavi
    @xavi.vos

    automated tools catch only part of the issues. A perfect score can still mean a site thats unusable with a keyboard. pair automated checks with manual testing: tab through every page, use a screen reader for key flows, zoom to 200% and 400%.

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  10. Milan T.
    @mthorne

    how is this thread still going lmao

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  11. Selin Lund
    @quartz_otter795

    @vector_loop204 what did u end up doing in teh end ??

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  13. Eamon Z.
    @eamonz794

    been there man auto-playing carousels move content before people can read it and are hard to control. If you must have one, dont autoplay, or provide a visible pause control, and make every slide reachable by keyboard. lmk how it goes

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  14. Dima Lund
    @dima_byte
    in reply to @eamonz794

    been there man csutom dropdowns are a common source of trouble. native <select> elements come with keybaord support and screen reader semantics for free. If you need a custom one, follow the ARIA patterns closely and test with real assistive technology.

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  15. Dima Lund
    @dima_byte

    wait what not every visual pattern is evil. carousels and custom contorls can be done accessbily; it just takes more care than ppl budget for.

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  17. Fenna K.
    @vector_loop204
    in reply to @dima_byte

    @dima_byte WOWWW hired a tester who uses a screen reader for a session. eye-opening. an online shop will be much better for it.

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