The Shopping Dead - An Accessible Live Web For The Unalive
Doors open at 14:45! The event starts at 15:00.
Imagine this...
You wake up as a zombie and need to integrate back into everyday life. But it’s a tough adjustment to make, being undead, as you need to order groceries and stock up on a fresh supply of brains. However, the web is more dynamic than you remember and visual notifications that are now used to communicate updates, errors, and content changes are difficult to understand. If not impossible.
What happens during this session
We’ll explore ARIA Live Regions through the eyes of a zombie trying to navigate the modern day web. From creating an account, ordering your favorite snacks, to sending an email, we’ll experience how screen readers understand, or sometimes don’t understand, dynamic content and live region updates. We’ll explore the rules and recommended methods for incorporating live regions to create more inclusive notifications, and ultimately, we’ll find ways to replace live regions all together with more persistent and robust patterns.
Speaker
Daniel Yuschick is a Lead Design System Developer at OP Pohjola with over 15 years of experience working at the intersection of design and frontend development. With a background that began in design and evolved into development, he has led teams as a Lead Design Systems Developer, focusing on building accessible, resilient, and scalable systems that bridge the gap between design and code.
He regularly contributes technical writing to publications such as Smashing Magazine and CSS-Tricks, and mentors emerging developers through Helsinki-based non-profits including Codebar and Hive Helsinki.
Outside of the tech world, Daniel is also a fiction author who loves immersive storytelling, great chocolate, and beautifully crafted tattoos.
Accessibility & House Rules
Hive is a peanut-free and fragrance-free area
The entire campus is accessible. If you need the elevator to the 4th floor, ring the buzzer on the downstairs door.