Accessibility and performance

Accessibility

Verso is built to WCAG 2.2 at level AA and Israeli Standard 5568.

• Full keyboard navigation with a visible focus ring on every control.
• Menus, dialogs, carousels and tabs follow the WAI-ARIA authoring patterns; Escape closes what is open and returns focus.
• Color schemes keep body text at a contrast of 4.5:1 or more. Secondary and accent text automatically use a stronger color when a scheme would go below that.
• Motion stops for customers who ask for reduced motion, and every moving element (slideshow, ticker, video) has a pause control.
• Right to left languages mirror the whole layout.
• An optional accessibility menu lets customers enlarge text, raise contrast, highlight links and stop motion. Turn it on in Theme settings > Accessibility.

Automated checks are part of every release: axe-core on every template in English and Hebrew, on desktop and mobile, with zero violations.

Performance

• Critical styles are inlined; the rest load per section.
• Images use responsive sizes and lazy loading below the first screen.
• No JavaScript framework: small custom elements, loaded only where a section needs them.

Lighthouse on the demo stores scores 97 to 100 for performance on mobile and desktop.