Improve tab accessibility and visibility

[sujindl]

What are you trying to do that you can't?

The tab labels at the lower right corner are hard to notice and click— this can especially be difficult for users with mobility issues.

What is your idea?

Explored the idea of moving the tabs to the top for better visibility, but after discussing with Amy, realized the placement was intentional to reduce clutter for text-to-speech users. It might be more accessible to all to enlarge the fonts instead of shifting the position. A simple solution would be implementing a hover interaction that expands the bottom tab when needed, but further research may be required to ensure accessibility needs are met.

[amyjko]

Thanks for reporting @sujindl! I think there's an interesting set of tradeoffs to consider here:

• Larger text would make it more visible on first use, improving discoverability. (I'm not sure it affects accessibility; low vision users would likely be magnifying the screen anyway).
• After first use, and someone knows where the navigation links are, larger text would be unhelpful, because it would take up more space.

I wonder if there are designs that would improve discoverability, but not result in the tradeoff above?