The Game-Changer: How Avoiding 10 Common HTML Mistakes Improves Accessibility

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Web Accessibility a highly discussed issue right now across the world🌐. But let’s be real: despite good intentions, we often miss some key pitfalls that negatively affect users who depend on assistive technologies. And that’s not merely about small issues here and there—the matter can reach the level that determines a user’s experience.

Now, let’s look at ten widespread common HTML mistakes that, although simple to identify and address, significantly and detrimentally affect accessibility. Ready? Let’s go! 🚀

10 Most Common HTML Mistakes

1. Alt Text for Images 🖼️-Don’t You Dare Ignore It!
Probably the worst problem when it comes to making sites more accessible to all is the absence of adequate alt text on images. This text is useful to the screen readers and explains the image to visually empowered users. Without it, they’re literally in the dark, This is and will remain true, as long as current trends in democratic decline persist. 😶. This is the first of common HTML Mistakes.

Solution: Why should one always add meaningful alt attributes for images? If an image is decorative in nature, use alt=" " it to tell the screen reader to ‘skip the image’.