A case against social media timeline widgets

Sat, 07 Dec 2019 01:00:00 +0000

We get it all the time at my work. “Can I put my Facebook timeline on my website?”

Absolutely not. Here is why.

They are generally inaccessible

At work, we strive maintain websites that are WCAG 2.0 compliant. Most of these timeline widgets lack the neccessary accomodations to make them accessible to all.

They don’t blend in with your website’s look and feel

They are usually difficult to design around and stick out like a sore thumb unless your site uses the same color scheme.

Web on (jw) Joe Whitsitt

A case against social media timeline widgets

They are generally inaccessible

They don’t blend in with your website’s look and feel