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The Improved CC Search to Departing General Counsel

Diane Peters
Ayan Choudhary  Announcing Our New Strategy:
December 15, 2020 What’s Next for CC
 The Improved CC Search
This is part of a series of posts introducing the projects built by open source contributors mentored
by Creative Commons during Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2020 and Outreachy. Ayan
Choudhary was one of those contributors and we are grateful for his work on this project.

“The CC Search website is a tool that is available to everyone on the internet, but its accessibility is
quite low. The reasons for its low accessibility are to
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These were the initial lines of my proposal for the GSoC 2020. Accessibility is o en one of the more
overlooked aspects of any website but this is no excuse to neglect the need for important
accessibility improvements as it could be the difference between a large number of users being
able to use the site and those who could not.

CC Search underwent major accessibility changes. One of these involved the internationalization of
the website. Internationalization is crucial to making accessibility improvements as it opens up the
resource to a whole new populace, one that was restricted from its use just because of language
barriers.

The improved CC Search offers varied language choices to cater to all the users without bringing
any kind of linguistic barriers. Apart from the internationalization changes, other accessibility
features have been added, which include but are not limited to:

1.- Improved screen reader support

2.- Easier keyboard navigation
3.- Better visual representation and contrast ratios

A lot of these changes are noticeable in the daily use of the website. These changes also provide a
smooth and seamless user experience for those who don’t necessarily use conventional methods of
website navigation.

The English version of the CC Search homepage

The CC Search homepage translated into French. Note: this is a translation done by Google Translate and thus may contain inaccuracies.

What’s Next?
The presence of a 100% accessible website is the ideal state that every website should achieve and
CC Search is no exception. The present version of CC Search, even though highly accessible, still has
room for improvement. By improving it over time can we ensure that the accessibility guidelines
are always met and we continue to give each and every user the same exquisite experience
unconditionally.

CATEGORY: Technology
TAGS: CC search, open source, open source community

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