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It can be tempting to get really fancy with our presentation of content, but that should never conflict with any users ability to understand what we’re trying to convey.
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The first step to making our web content
understandable is making it readable.
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At its most basic level,
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this means making the default
language of our content identifiable.
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This is a low hanging fruit.
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We can accomplish it by including
the lang attribute in our HTML element.
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A predictable web page doesn't do things
that the user hasn't asked it to do.
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Changing focus or
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the settings of the UI component
shouldn't trigger a change of context.
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What's a change of context you ask?
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This is a great time to point out that the
WCAG working group is pretty self-aware.
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