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What happens when you run one million home pages through an automated accessibility checker? About 56 million accessibility errors come pouring out. That’s an average of 56.1 per page. The number alone might get a shrug — “that’s just the web.” The problem is the direction. Last year it was 51. In a single year, errors grew by 10.1%. After years of slow-but-steady progress, web accessibility just took a step backward. ...

This is Part 15 of the “Frontend Testing, Done Right” series. Browse the full series · Glossary Whether a button has a name, you can tell by looking at that button. But whether its text contrasts enough with the background, whether the page declares a language, whether an id is duplicated — you can’t tell from one element. You have to look at the whole screen, and at the state it’s actually rendered in. That’s tiring to do by eye every time, which is exactly why you want an automated checking engine. ...

↻ 2026-08-12 Updated Corrected the legal basis of Korea’s quality certification. With the Digital Inclusion Act taking effect on January 22, 2026, Article 47 of the Framework Act on Intelligent Informatization was repealed and the certification scheme moved to Articles 21–22 of the Digital Inclusion Act — this post had been citing the old provision. The body, FAQ, and comparison diagram are updated together. “Can we actually say our service is accessible?” ...

I had clearly written a dark gray into my CSS. color: #595959. On a white background that color has a contrast of 6.4:1, which comfortably clears the accessibility bar of 4.5:1. Pass. Then I ran an accessibility checker, and a red line appeared. This text has a contrast of 4.04:1, which is insufficient. Expected ratio: 4.5:1. I put in a color that measures 6.4:1, so why is it calling it 4:1? Was the checker wrong? ...

Imagine scoring 71 on a test. Not quite “well done,” but surely enough to say “you tried,” right? Carrefour, one of France’s largest retailers, seems to have thought so too. In court, the company argued: “Our website complies with 71% of the French accessibility standard.” The court’s answer was blunt. “An e-commerce site cannot be only somewhat accessible; it must be totally accessible.” On June 4, 2026, the judicial court of Caen, France, ordered Carrefour to make its website and mobile app fully accessible within six months. Miss the deadline, and a penalty of 500 euros accrues every single day. It’s the first enforcement ruling to come out of the European Accessibility Act (EAA) regime. ...

May is a special month in Korea — packed with occasions to reach out to the people we love. Children’s Day (May 5), Parents’ Day (May 8), Teachers’ Day (May 15), Couples’ Day (May 21)… it’s no accident the whole month is called Family Month. Flower shops overflow with carnations, and KakaoTalk fills up with heartfelt digital cards. Sending a digital greeting card has become second nature. But I want to ask a simple question. ...

This post is part of an ongoing effort to monitor public websites as a web accessibility professional. It is written with the goal of improving information accessibility and advancing technology — not as a political statement. I only recently found out the Cheong Wa Dae website had been redesigned. Life gets busy, and I was a bit late to the news — but as soon as I heard, I was curious enough to check it out. ...

Every year, April 20 is Disability Day in Korea. I’ve been working on web accessibility at a university since 2010, but honestly, I never made a point of marking this day. I’d catch news about events held under the banner of Disability Day, but my own work felt like something that lived inside a monitor — far removed from those in-person gatherings. Then this year, on that very day, I received Korea’s Minister of Education Commendation. ...

Analyzing accessibility issues on Google Antigravity's homepage — behind the flashy text animations Image: AI-generated Google takes accessibility seriously. Android’s TalkBack, Chrome’s accessibility developer tools, Lighthouse’s accessibility audits… Google-built tools are used by developers worldwide every day. The same goes for Microsoft — Accessibility Insights, Narrator, Windows high-contrast mode. When it comes to accessibility tooling, these two companies are in a league of their own. ...