Company
Date Published
Author
Greg Thomas
Word count
311
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Gatsby Days 2020 in Los Angeles featured a series of eleven videos capturing the key insights shared at the event, particularly focusing on web accessibility, as presented by Yuraima Estevez, a senior software engineer tech lead at the New York Times. Estevez emphasized the importance of making websites accessible to people with disabilities and offered a streamlined approach to achieve this by using semantic HTML, ARIA attributes, and keyboard navigation capabilities. This method not only enhances accessibility but also optimizes the use of extensive documentation, ultimately supporting the development of empathetic, universally accessible web experiences. The event highlights the significance of building accessible components in enabling assistive technologies and encourages participation in future Gatsby events, with the next one scheduled as a virtual gathering.