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Android 15 beta improves edge-to-edge, app archiving, and security

Ryan Daws — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:11:00 +0000

Google has released the first Android 15 beta with enhanced screen real estate utilisation, app archiving, and the bolstering of security measures. The tech giant has focused on optimising Android 15 for larger displays, such as those on foldable devices and tablets, by enabling apps’ edge-to-edge capabilities by default. This move is will benefit developers... Read more »

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Evinced’s accessibility testing solutions triple in adoption

Ryan Daws — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:53:26 +0000

Evinced, a provider of web and mobile accessibility solutions, saw its customer base triple in 2023 on the back of new prevention-focused tools like Unit Tester and Design Assistant. These innovations allow developers and designers to automatically catch accessibility issues long before release, marking a shift for the industry toward prevention versus post-hoc fixes. The... Read more »

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The importance of being accessibility-first for effective UX design

Sara Faatz — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:07:41 +0000

Web design has seen a huge evolution in recent years, with accessibility and inclusion front of mind in the offline world impacting a more human side of software development. This means rethinking the approach to design, ensuring that the steps within processes address accessibility issues. Yet some tech companies are stuck in a previous era,... Read more »

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Game developers can have the accessibility of their titles checked by Xbox

Ryan Daws — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:22:55 +0000

Microsoft is launching a new initiative which enables game developers to send their PC and Xbox titles in to be analysed by accessibility experts. “Where issues are found, they are noted with reproduction steps, screenshots, and other information to help the developer understand what aspect of a given experience may be challenging for certain gamers... Read more »

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