The web we broke. by Ethan Marcotte

At the end of February, WebAIM published an accessibility analysis of the top one million home pages. The results are, in a word, abysmal...And we failed. I say we quite deliberately. This is on us: on you, and on me. And, look, I realize it may sting to read that.

But this piece isn’t just a criticism. I like Ethan’s resolution towards building a more-accessible web. It’s a practice I think I could incorporate into anything I want to learn.

The only way this work gets done is if we start small, and if we work together. Instead of focusing on “accessibility” writ large...aim to do one thing this week to broaden your understanding of how people use the web, and adapt your design or development practice to incorporate what you’ve learned.

Or at least, that’s what I’m going to do. Maybe you’d like to join me.