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Axess Lab
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Axess Lab is the company blog at axesslab.com, writing about design and web. Since 2017, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “Top accessibility complaints from people with disabilities”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Axess Lab for accessibility writing, such as a short practical page with a contrast tip and a post arguing that sites should be accessible by default rather than through separate modes.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Digital accessibility consultants, WCAG audits & training | Axess Lab
Most-linked posts?
- Top accessibility complaints from people with disabilities3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-06-23
- Apple’s new feature a step towards digital apartheid2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2019-04-01
- Alt-texts: The Ultimate Guide (2017]2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-11-03
- Lovable's AI built a 100% accessible site – or did it?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-05-21
- Fonts Don’t Matter2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-09-26
What Hacker News says?
I recently viewed a very short and practical page on accessibility that you might be interested in. It had a contrast tip that matches parent's claim. https://axesslab.com/accessibility-according-to-pwd/
Comment linking /accessibility-according-to-pwd/
on “Luna – Visual and textual functional programming language”Submitted Top accessibility complaints from people with disabilities as a story · 279 points
HN discussion> screen reader users was left with a sub-optimal experience ... but hey they get to use the same URL as everyone else so there is nothing for them to complain about. Sure, if the website is sub-optimal, the users are free to complain about it (and file a lawsuit, depending on the country and laws). From my experience, UX and Accessibility go hand in hand. So if your website is sub-optimal for screen reader users, I…
Comment linking /digital-apartheid/
on “Domino’s asks SCOTUS to shut down a lawsuit requiring its website be accessible”Submitted Hand tremors and the giant-button-problem (2018) as a story · 20 points
HN discussionAxess Lab (a company specialized on accessibility) also blogged about this "feature" [1]. This reminds me of providing a "m.example.com" website just for mobile phones. Finally people noticed that making websites responsible by default is the right way to go. This should apply to accessibility as well. [1] https://axesslab.com/digital-apartheid/
Comment linking /digital-apartheid/
on “Accessibility Events”Submitted Apple’s new feature a step towards digital apartheid as a story · 20 points
HN discussionAs an accessibility advocate, I am not a fan of this spec. If you design and implement a website a11y-first, you won't need such feature. See this related article [1] on why this idea is bad. [1] https://axesslab.com/digital-apartheid/
Comment linking /digital-apartheid/
on “Web Accessibility Beacons – Draft Specification”Submitted How icons are ruining interfaces as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Alt-texts: The Ultimate Guide (2017] as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lovable's AI built a 100% accessible site – or did it? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Accessibility according to actual people with disabilities (2017) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Toggles Suck as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Disabled Buttons Suck as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fonts Don’t Matter as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Captchas Suck (2017) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted All about alt-texts as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fonts don't matter as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lovable's AI built a 100% accessible site – or did it? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Disabled Buttons Suck as a story · 1 points
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