97: Ryan Florence - Building Accessible UI Components

Topics include:

• How modern JS frameworks have made the web less accessible
• How Reach UI is making it easier for people to build accessible components without sacrificing customizability
• The importance of using the correct markup
• How focus trapping works
• Adding keyboard navigation to components in a way that makes sense for screenreader users
• The challenges of building an accessibility-focused UI library

Sponsors:

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Links:

• Reach UI
• React Native for Web
• WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices
• VoiceOver
• NVDA
• Hiding elements visually but not from screenreaders
• Ryan's Advanced React Workshop Tour
• Ryan's Online React Courses

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