Accessibility overlays: a strong statement from the European commission, stating that accessible overlays are no substitute for manually fixing your site, and an overlay won’t make your website meet the 2025 European directive on accessibility. So, what does it mean? If you have a site, selling things to people in Europe in 2025, the overlay won’t save you from a potential lawsuit.
https://commission.europa.eu/resources-partners/europa-web-guide/design-content-and-development/accessibility/testing-early-and-regularly/accessibility-overlays_en
#Accessibility #Overlays
https://commission.europa.eu/resources-partners/europa-web-guide/design-content-and-development/accessibility/testing-early-and-regularly/accessibility-overlays_en
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