Accessibility

Noah Jefferson's free apps — Frame, Photo Pointer, Clear Horizons, and Photo Studio.

These apps are built so that a missing bit of care never gets between someone and the joy of using them. Accessibility is a requirement here, not a finishing touch — a design that shuts people out is treated as broken, the same as a crash, and fixed the same way.

What we aim for

Every app targets WCAG 2.2 level AA. That's the bar the work is measured against, and much of it is checked automatically on every change so it can't quietly slip.

What that means in practice

• Color is never the only signal. Anything shown with color is also shown with text, a shape, a symbol, or position — so it still reads in grayscale and for color-blind users.
• Contrast is measured, not eyeballed. Text and control contrast is computed against the WCAG formula and enforced as an automated build check that fails the release if a value falls short.
• Everything works from the keyboard, with a clearly visible focus outline on whatever you're on.
• Motion is optional. If your device asks for reduced motion, animations step aside.
• Real controls, real dialogs. Buttons are buttons, dialogs trap focus and close on Escape, icon-only controls carry text labels, and touch targets are sized to be tapped.
• Light and dark are both first-class, each tuned to hold contrast in its own right.
• State changes are announced, so a screen reader hears when something loads, updates, or fails.

Where we're still working

Honesty matters more than a clean claim, so here's the truth of it:

• Automated and headless testing catches a large share of issues but not all of them — hands-on testing with assistive technology is ongoing.
• A few rich interactions are genuinely hard to make fully accessible and are still being improved: the pinch-and-pan maps, the photo-editing canvas, and the augmented-reality sky view.
• None of the apps has had a formal third-party accessibility audit yet.

None of that is a reason to stop — it's the list of what's next.

This statement covers Frame (bird-scouting), Photo Pointer (photo-spot map), Clear Horizons (astronomy planner), and Photo Studio (infrared & macro editing).