10 a11y mistakes to avoid (JS Party #167)

Spotify’s Tryggvi Gylfason joins Emma & Nick to discuss common accessibility mistakes and tips for avoiding them!

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Featuring:

• Tryggvi Gylfason – GitHub, X
• Emma Bostian – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Bluesky, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Ten Usability Heuristics
• Jen Simmon’s CSS Media Query Code Snippet
• CSS Remedy
• UI Traps
• Intentionally Bad User Interfaces
• Visually hide an element with CSS
• Udacity Web Accessibility course
• Inclusive Components by Heydon Pickering
• On Demand Live Region
• 🔥🔥🔥 JavaScript tip: hahahahha

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