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Re: Compliance v/s Usability

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Apr 16, 2022 10:40AM

In quite a few years of consulting or managing accessibility I've
pretty much never seen a conflict between compliance and usability.
It's more a case of, do we want to make something only technically
compliant, or do we want to make it truly a great AX (accessible
experience), sometimes you have to settle for compliant, at least in
phase one.


On 4/15/22, glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I've been in situations where usability was not being considered when
> working on accessibility but have never had them be in conflict.
>
> Are you saying in order to make something conformant with WCAG, it caused
> it to be unusable? If so, then that sounds like a poor implementation of
> an accessibility issue.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 1:30 PM Radhika Soni < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Happy Friday!
>>
>> Have you ever been in a situation when compliance and usability were in
>> conflict. How did you address the conflict?
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Happy Friday!
>>
>> Regards,
>> -Radhika
>> >> >> >> >>
> > > > >


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