The Role of Accessibility Annotations in Bridging Design System Gaps
By
Jan Maarten
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Summary
The article discusses the role of accessibility annotations in design systems, highlighting that even mature systems may not guarantee fully accessible designs. It introduces a set of annotations developed by the Accessibility Design team to proactively address gaps in accessibility within Primer components.
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It’s a common misconception (especially for organizations with mature design systems) that accessible components will result in accessible designs.
The Accessibility Design team created a set of annotations to bridge the gaps that design systems alone can’t fix and proactively addresses accessibility issues within Primer components.
The Accessibility Design team created a set of annotations to bridge the gaps that design systems alone can’t fix and proactively addresses accessibility issues within Primer components.
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