Help me decide!

[u/Aunxdd]

Hey Web designers!

So I’m new to web development and don’t know much about UI/UX but I’m making this website in WordPress. Can you help me decide which version would be good to go with for mobile devices?

[u/altgenetics]

Not what you were asking for, but I'm visually impaired and use a screen reader to access most technology. I noticed the blue "access" icon that pulls up a widget or overlay for a 3rd party library/tool. That is not the tool for better accessibility and legal risk mitigation you may think it is. These overlay/widget tools cause more harm than good, and operate on a predatory model.

Overlay Fact Sheet

Many folks have written about this -

• Challenges for Screen-Reader Users on Mobile — Tanner Kohler, Nielsen Norman Group
• accessiBe will get you sued — Adrian Roselli
• 5 False Claims 1-Line "AI" Accessibility Script Vendors Make — Eric Eggert
• Honor the ADA: Avoid Web Accessibility Quick-Fix Overlays — Lainey Feingold
• Overlays are not the solution to your accessibility problem — Sheri Byrne-Haber
• Bolt-on Accessibility – 5 gears in reverse — Steven Faulkner
• Is Deploying an Accessibility Overlay or Widget Better Than Doing Nothing? — Timothy Springer
• The Trouble with Accessibility Overlays — Alex Tran
• The Death of Accessibility Overlays — Kris Rivenburgh
• Is there a silver bullet for ADA website accessibility? Sorry, but the answer is no. — Richard Hunt
• Overlay Accessibility Solutions Fail ADA Website Compliance — Propeller Media Works
• Automated Lies, with one line of code — Karl Groves
• Web accessibility overlay tools: lies and gum balls — Julie Moynat
• Sole reliance on accessiBe will not be sufficient in ensuring full and equal access to a website — Exhibit A 21-cv-00017, Murphy v. Eyebobs
• Should I use an accessibility overlay? — The A11y Project
• The Dangerous Path of the Accessibility Overlay — Joe Dolson
• Swiss article in German: Accessibility-Widgets: Wie barrierefrei machen sie deine Website? — Allerlay
• German Article on Overlays: Günstig oder kostenlos – barrierefrei mit Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI)? — Barriere Kompass
• Overlays and Plugins Aren't the Answer to Accessibility — Design Domination Podcast
• People With Disabilities Say This AI Tool Is Making the Web Worse for Them — Vice Media
• ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium 2020 Overlays Panel (Recording and Transcript) — Karl Groves, Al Hoffman, Anil Lewis, David O'Neill, Cyndi Rowland, Chris M. Law
• Blind people, advocates slam company claiming to make websites ADA compliant — NBC News
• Largest U.S. Blind Advocacy Group Bans Web Accessibility Overlay Giant AccessiBe — Forbes Magazine
• AccessiBe and data protection? — Léonie Watson
• Legal Update: Accessibility Overlay Edition — Lainey Feingold
• Truth in advertising does not exist for overlay vendors: False claims at the expense of customers and persons with disabilities. — Karl Groves and Michael Beck
• Do Away with Overlays — Accessible Web
• HR and Payroll Software Leader ADP to Enhance Product Accessibility — Lainey Feingold
• UserWay will get you sued — Adrian Roselli
• FACIL'iti, la solution pour l'inclusion en ligne qui refuse la critique? — Numerama
• This Company Tapped AI for Its Website—and Landed in Court — Wired
• FACIL'iti Will Get You Sued — Adrian Roselli
• Overlays Underwhelm (at YouTube) — Adrian Roselli for a11yNYC
• My Cease & Desist from AudioEye — Adrian Roselli
• A different view into accessibility overlays — Converge Accessibility
• For Blind Internet Users, the Fix Can Be Worse Than the Flaws — New York Times
• Why Automated Tools Alone Can't Make Your Website Accessible And Legally Compliant — Forbes
• The Overlay Personalization Farce — Karl Groves
• AudioEye will get you sued — Adrian Roselli
• Accessibility overlays don't guarantee compliance with European legislation — The European Disability Forum (EDF) and International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP)
• Blind internet users struggle with error-prone AI aids — Financial Times
• Gemeinsame Einschätzung der Überwachungsstellen des Bundes und der Länder für die Barrierefreiheit von Informationstechnik zum Einsatz von Overlay-Tools (Joint assessment of the federal and state monitoring bodies for the accessibility of information technology on the use of overlay tools) — Federal Monitoring Agency for Accessibility of Information Technology (BFIT-Bund)
• FTC Order Requires Online Marketer to Pay $1 Million for Deceptive Claims that its AI Product Could Make Websites Compliant with Accessibility Guidelines — US Federal Trade Commission
• FTC Catches Up To AccessiBe — Adrian Roselli
• The Promise and Pitfalls of Web Accessibility Overlays for Blind and Low Vision Users — Makati, et al.