Angelos Chaidas

Did you know that sometimes you have to remove an alt attribute from an <img> tag in order to make it accessible? Have you ever thought to test how your site performs on 400% zoom level? How does that lovely form component of yours behave when validation kicks in and the (vision-impaired) user needs to rely on VoiceOver to figure out what went wrong? Despite having 20+ years of experience working with web technologies, it took a big UK government portal with a dedicated team of a11y experts to teach me what it means to make a site truly accessible. Join me for this quick tour for some of the most surprising lessons learned!