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Best Practice 2.9 – Provide simple gesture (Advanced level)

Ensure all gestures in a mobile application are simple enough to be operated by persons with upper limb and hand mobility problem.

Before Rectification
A sample mobile application page which requires complicated gesture to control.

A sample mobile application page which requires complicated gesture to control.

In this example, persons with upper limb and hand mobility problem may not be able to complete a complicated touch command in a mobile application with the above gesture.

After Rectification
A sample mobile application page which requires simple gesture to control.

A sample mobile application page which requires simple gesture to control.

Implementing simple gestures allows people to complete a touch command to operate a mobile application easily.

W3C WCAG Reference: N/A

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