“Socks, lies, and accessibility”
janmaarten.com/gaad-2023/

Where @janmaarten shows that just a couple days after #accessiBe’s CEO promised to stop being such a lying liarface it went and used sock puppet Twitter accounts to promote its #overlay.

As I keep saying, past behavior is a predictor of future behavior (side-eyes #AudioEye, #UserWay, #FACILiti).

#a11y #accessibility

Socks, lies, and accessibility

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is around the corner. Looking back at last year, I found some troubling things people in this field should be aware of. Because they're likely to be repeated.

^{Jan Maarten (Jan Maarten – Inclusive designer, privacy advocate, writer)}

If you purchase a company that has:
• lied about “ADA compliance”,
• stolen content from others,
• relied on false advertising,
• pushed its broken LLM,
• manipulated WAVE checks,
• claimed lawsuit protection,

…and then reward that behavior by making its CEO / founder the president of your own company, then I am wary of claims the behavior will stop.

adrianroselli.com/2021/09/user…

#accessibility #a11y #UserWay #LevelAccess

#UserWay Will Get You Sued

Disclaimer: This post and the headline is my opinion. I provide verifiable facts throughout to inform that opinion.

^{Adrian Roselli}

Search Engine Land (guest/paying author) is pretty clear that you should not use accessibility overlays (such as #accessiBe, #UserWay, #AudioEye, etc):

“Are you using an accessibility overlay to help disabled users? Don’t!”
searchengineland.com/accessibi…

via @JonAvilaA11y #a11y

Are you using an accessibility overlay to help disabled users? Don’t!

Accessibility overlays are not the answer for sites looking to provide a more inclusive experience for online users with disabilities.

^{Casey Markee (Search Engine Land)}