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« on: November 17, 2017, 04:05:18 pm »

Three accessibility improvements I'd love to see in iOS 12

How an operating system works is important for accessibility, but how it looks is equally — if not more — important.

iOS 11 is the best-looking version of Apple's mobile operating system since iOS 7's radical redesign four years ago. Design may well be about how something works, but in an accessibility context, one can rightfully argue how it looks is equally — if not more — important.

This is because the aesthetic of buttons, icons, typography, and the like are crucial details for a visually impaired person. If you have trouble seeing what's on screen, you'll have trouble using your device(s). Different people have different needs and tolerances, but in general, high-contrast interfaces will win the day over lower-contrast designs.

While iOS 7 may have thrown the baby out with the bath water in many aspects, each successive version has moved closer to the mean. That has never been truer than for iOS 11, which has drawn closer than ever. From...

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