Accessibility and JS: side-by-side
summary
Argues that JavaScript is not the villain and gives concrete fixes: 97% of browsers support JavaScript, use ARIA (including ARIA live) to announce dynamic updates, and manage focus for keyboard users. Shows working patterns for skip links, keyboard-accessible menus, contrast and font-size toggles, and an example repo called side-by-side JS. Notes assistive tech costs (≈60,000 BRL ≈ $20,000) to explain why web-level accessibility matters and demonstrates code-level tweaks that actually make rich apps usable.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Start
- 5:53What is Accessibility?
- 7:20Who needs accessibility?
- 10:11Essential things about the documentation
