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18 Aug 2026, 5:35 AM	The Register	7.0	Almost nobody pays attention to web standards anymore Independent developer Théo Ducreux's ValidateHTML project crawled the 5,000 most-visited web domains (per the Tranco list) and found 87.2% have at least one HTML spec violation, with only 2.6% returning zero errors and zero best-practice warnings. Over a third failed accessibility checks—20.4% are missing image alt text and 41.6% lack ARIA labels for page regions—making pages broken for screen readers even when they render fine in Chrome. Why: If you ship web frontends to EU customers, the 2025 European Accessibility Act turns these accessibility failures into legal liability, not just bad practice. Run an HTML validator and an accessibility audit (e.g., axe, Lighthouse) on your pages before your next release—41.6% of top sites missing ARIA labels means your site probably does too. web-standards accessibility html compliance

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18 Aug 2026, 5:35 AM

The Register

7.0

Almost nobody pays attention to web standards anymore

Independent developer Théo Ducreux's ValidateHTML project crawled the 5,000 most-visited web domains (per the Tranco list) and found 87.2% have at least one HTML spec violation, with only 2.6% returning zero errors and zero best-practice warnings. Over a third failed accessibility checks—20.4% are missing image alt text and 41.6% lack ARIA labels for page regions—making pages broken for screen readers even when they render fine in Chrome.

Why: If you ship web frontends to EU customers, the 2025 European Accessibility Act turns these accessibility failures into legal liability, not just bad practice. Run an HTML validator and an accessibility audit (e.g., axe, Lighthouse) on your pages before your next release—41.6% of top sites missing ARIA labels means your site probably does too.