It would have made much more sense to be scrolled up to the basket icon or for the basket to be visible at all times. There was no clear indication that they’d been added a loading icon simply appeared and then disappeared. There was the option to “skip to main content”, which improved the speed and overall ease of use when visiting multiple pages.īrowsing wasn’t the problem, this came when adding items to the basket. I was able to clearly tab through the menu items, along with most of the content. I unplugged the mouse and headed over to a large online retailer and, to be fair, the overall experience was pretty good. If your experience is anything like mine, the results will be mixed at best, and that’s just not good enough!
The challenge? Use just the keyboard (tab/shift tab, arrow keys, enter and spacebar) to navigate and interact with websites and applications.īelieve me, every time it’s an eye opening experience. So, when asked to do ‘Mouseless Monday’ (including no touch pads and the like) ahead of Global Accessibility Awareness Day on Thursday, it was a no brainer. READ Accessibility: Like security, it's something we all own.Ī big part of accessible design is putting yourself fully in the shoes of the people you’re designing for. Rob Newth, UX Front-end Developer, Jadu Creative, unplugs his mouse, heads online and documents his experience using just a keyboard, in the lead up to Global Accessibility Awareness Day.Īccessibility is taken very seriously here at Jadu and Jadu Creative and we routinely stress its importance to those we work with.
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