I didn’t know I could be unreasonably angry at an app… but it just happened. An awful “web app in a trench coat” and at first glance… looks fresh! Spiffy!
But because I’m me, I turned on my screenreader… that was a horrible mistake… How is this atrocity possible? I can’t even! This is an app arranged by the municipality for all the gods’ sakes! You have to be actively trying to make it this horrible!
Okay, venting over.
Resume venting…
The worst part is that this is a recent update. It used to be a bad web app in a native shell, with all the #accessibility issues that come with that. Okay fine… there’s a bunch of bad apps out there. Can’t get angry at all of them.
But they put out a major redesign—with only months to spare before the #EuropeanAccessibilityAct becomes active… and they decided to put out this? They truly could not care less…
Took me two weeks, but better late than never.
Here's the app Afvalwijzer, for your viewing and hearing displeasure (next toots). I truly hope no one that needs a screenreader actually needs this app. 😭
https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/afvalwijzer/id479597294?l=en-GB
Wat kun je met de Afvalwijzer-app? - Ophaaldagen bekijken – Nooit meer een volle container op het verkeerde moment. - Herinneringen instellen – Krijg een melding wanneer het tijd is om je afval buiten te zetten. - Afval scheiden – Twijfel je of iets bij het plastic, papier of restafval hoort? W…
First up, just a small VoiceOver traversal of the first screen after "logging in";
* Most buttons are focused on twice. Some are not marked as buttons.
* Texts belonging with each other are separated.
* Image file names are announced.
* Groups of buttons are focused as one, with only one of them activatable…
Second and last, because I'm getting angry again.
Here's a traversal of a calendar screen. I say traversal, but it's really just me going to the calendar and then realizing it's just going to announce the entire month's calendar as one element, because that's useful.
Bruno Scheele