A11y Talks (July 2020): The Many Lives of a Notification

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2020-07-23 13:00 - 14:00 America/New_York
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User group meeting

Date: July 23, 2020 (1pm ET)
Topic: The Many Lives of a Notification
Speaker: Sarah Higley, Software Engineer at Microsoft (https://twitter.com/codingchaos)
YouTube recording: https://www.youtube.com/c/accessibilitytalks

Join Sarah Higley, Software Engineer at Microsoft for July's edition of A11yTalks.

Live regions pop up all over the web, for both good and questionable reasons. They can be intimidating when starting out, and frustrating for those who regularly deal with them. Do you really need a live region for that combobox? How do you make toast notifications noticeable for someone using screen magnification? Why does this one error message refuse to work with VoiceOver, even though it's fine with NVDA? This presentation will take a look at when and how to use different types of live regions, some alternative possibilities, and how to debug problems as they arise. Finally, we'll touch on some areas where even the best current implementations still fall short, and where things could go in the future.

A11yTalks seeks to provide a friendly, safe environment. All participants should be able to engage in productive dialogue. They should share and learn with each other in an atmosphere of mutual respect. We require all participants to adhere to the Drupal Code of Conduct. This applies to all community interaction and events.

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