Checklist accessible desktop and mobile app programming

When programming desktop and mobile apps, the recommendations of the manufacturing software company should be carefully read, observed and implemented in the design, planning, programming and testing. The following links are the entry points to the documentation of large software companies on this topic. Every programmer or group of programmers must deal with this topic and activate accessibility features especially for the developed application. This applies to development projects and contracts that are outsourced.

• Microsoft: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winauto/about-windows-accessibility-features
• Apple: https://developer.apple.com/accessibility/macos/
• Ubuntu: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility
• RedHat : https://access.redhat.com/help/accessibility/
• SUSE : https://www.suse.com/de-de/products/accessibility/

• Apple https://developer.apple.com/accessibility/ios/
• Android https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/accessibility

1. use_underscores
2. useCamelCase
3. use-kebab-case

1. use.dot.separators (often with reverse DNS prefixes)
2. use/path/separators (often with URIs)
3. use-hyphen-separators (often with GUIDs and the like)

Another common challenge is the use of shortcuts. While a user interacting with your API may recognize your abbreviations from context, a screen reader may not be able to do so, especially if your abbreviation is not common.

An added benefit is that code generators can more easily produce idiomatic terms that conform to case-sensitive conventions in the target language/platform.

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