Accessibility? Do we have time for that?
It's, unfortunately, a common topic in many teams I've worked in. Accessibility often becomes a victim of time pressure and is one of the first things thrown off the backlog.
Not long ago,
Bas Broek joined our team at WeTransfer and brought in a lot of experience regarding accessibility. One of the things we started doing for every sprint lately is to assign a small accessibility task to everyone on the team.
By gaining insights into the state of your app regarding a11y, you'll create a starting point to improve. Issues can be as minor as
"improve accessibility for button X" all bits will help!
If you're new to accessibility in apps, I encourage you to explore Bas' blog. He actually
wrote about his experience of adding accessibility support to the custom tab bar we will have in the WeTransfer app.
Hopefully, we inspired you and your team to do the same thing. Enjoy this week's SwiftLee weekly!
