Accessibility and usability changes to ikuda.net!

February 4, 2024

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Moments ago, I made a commit titled “accessibility changes” to ikuda.net's repository. This is one of the few commits that gets an entire blog post!

Every single page on ikuda.net (except for 404, it's css and clutter free!) now features a skiplink and a div with the id main-content. Yes, even pages with low amounts of content now have skiplinks. This means that people navigating with screen-readers or keyboards have an easier time navigating the site.

Another addition, every page with a back button that links to the homepage now opens the main-content div, instead of just loading the homepage from the top. This change makes navigating quickly between pages much faster for everyone.

I also added an arrow, to point out to visitors that: “hey! heeey! you can scroll! there's more at the bottom!!”. The content at the bottom of the homepage, underneath the header, is also now the size of the visitor's display. I didn't like the arrow just sitting there at the top of the display.