universal-design-center

  • Mobile Accessibility

Mobile Network

  Description

Refreshing the page or directing to external resources is likely to cause confusion or add delay to the interaction. Some mobile devices use a separate window for input. And, many mobile devices cannot support more than one window and consequently, attempting to open one will have unpredictable results. 

  What to Consider

Auto Refresh

Do not create periodically auto refreshing pages, unless you have informed the user and provided a means of stopping it.

Redirection

Do not use markup to redirect pages automatically. Instead, configure the server to perform redirects using HTTP 3xx codes.

External Resources

Keep the number of externally linked resources to a minimum.

Caching

Provide caching information in HTTP responses.

  Resources

Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to Mobile

Mobile Accessibility Standards and Guidelines at W3C

W3C - The Web and Mobile Devices