The Learning Lab

Low-contrast text is the most common accessibility failure. A staggering 81% of the top 1,000,000 homepages had low-contrast text in the 2024 WebAIM Million report. Here's why it's a problem and how you can fix it.

Micro-interactions are small, yet powerful design features that can significantly enhance user engagement and satisfaction on websites and apps. These subtle interactions provide feedback to users about their actions, making digital environments more intuitive and interactive. 

In this episode of The Gorilla Learning Lab, Paul Czech introduces us to DNN Prompt and different ways that it can be utilized.

As of February 2024, over 65% of online traffic came from mobile devices. This makes it more crucial than ever that your website is optimized to provide the best mobile experience.

Reading a book without titles or chapters is similar to browsing a website lacking a clear heading hierarchy. Headings on websites, from <h1> to <h6>, help organize the information so both people and search engines can find their way around easily.

HTML lists allow web developers to group a set of related items in a concise and organized manner. Lists are essential for creating easily navigable websites, helping users understand content hierarchy and relevance. Moreover, they are particularly beneficial for screen readers used by visually impaired users, making your website more inclusive and accessible.

Although CSS preprocessors have had the ability to mix and modify colors for quite a while now, there hasn't been a clean way to achieve the same thing with vanilla CSS. Luckily, this seems to be changing with the help of a CSS feature that is now supported in all major browsers.

The most common accessibility issue is poor color contrast, with 83% of websites audited in 2023 by WebAIM having color contrast issues. Low contrast makes it difficult for readers to distinguish the shapes and edges of the characters, reducing reading speed and comprehension.