Accessibility

BikerOrNot is for every rider. We want people who use a screen reader, a keyboard instead of a mouse or touch screen, enlarged text, or other assistive technology to be able to join, post, message and find other riders like anyone else.

The standard we work toward

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. This is ongoing work, and we do not claim that every page meets every part of the standard today.

What we have done

• Text and buttons are checked for enough contrast against their background.
• Every page has a “Skip to content” link, a main region and a page heading.
• Buttons that show only an icon, and dropdown menus, have names a screen reader can read.
• Post photos and profile pictures can be opened with a keyboard. Their viewers, and the delete and share windows, keep keyboard focus inside while open and close with the Escape key.
• Links and buttons show a visible outline when reached with a keyboard.
• The cookie notice stays on screen and readable when text is enlarged to 200%, with both choices always in view.

How we test

• An automated accessibility scanner checks our main pages, signed out and signed in, at phone and desktop sizes. It runs after every release and once a week.
• We test the photo and profile-picture viewers with a keyboard after changes to them.
• We have tried signing in, the feed and messages with TalkBack, the screen reader on Android phones.
• Automated tools do not find every problem. Testing with VoiceOver on iPhone, and of the rest of the site with a screen reader, is still in progress.

Tell us about a problem

If something on BikerOrNot is hard or impossible for you to use, we want to know. Email support@bikerornot.com with “Accessibility” in the subject line. It helps if you include:

• the page or feature you were using,
• what you were trying to do and what happened, and
• the device, browser and any assistive technology you use.

We aim to reply within five business days. If you need something done on your account in the meantime, such as changing a setting or removing a post, tell us in the same email and we will do it for you.