April 2022
Intermediate to advanced
70 pages
1h 5m
English
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Chapter 4: Accessibility in HTML Emails
Focusing on accessibility is a fundamental part of designing for the Web. It ensures that websites are designed and coded so that they can be used by people with disabilities. The same principles apply to emails. And I firmly believe that, as email developers, it’s our job to make sure the emails we code are accessible to everyone. According to a yearly survey by WebAIM, some of the most common accessibility issues involve images and alternative text, headings and other HTML semantics, as well as language definitions.
In this chapter, we’ll look at three fundamental ways to make our email code more accessible.
Using Semantic Markup
HTML is a language. (It’s right there in the name—HyperText Markup Language ...