[sgeisenh]

Maybe this is my inexperience with front-end design keeping a11y in mind: what about HN is inaccessible for visually impaired people? It is mostly plain-text so it is easy to resize. There is some low-contrast text but that can be adjusted in CSS with user styles. I haven't tried a screen reader but I imagine that it would work reasonably well. All not to mention that there are HN RSS feeds, so the content can be consumed in any way that a person might want.

[tyingq]

I'm no expert, but the comment threading and indentation using table cells and spacer gifs doesn't seem like it would be straightforward for a screen reader.

[lukastyrychtr]

Agreed, making the divs article tags or adding an article role would help, but personally, as a blind user, i don't care as much, the content is interesting enough that it's not a big deal. You can deduce the tree structure anyway, at least most of the time.

[PaulHoule]

Right, any web page with sidebars, popups, cookie warnings, and other distraction is "not accessible" by default.