I Love You – A Story About Web Accessibility
Emanuel has more than 14 years of experience and more than 500 different projects with worldwide clients on his back. From designing websites to designing touch–screen applications, he worked with small and big clients, startups and global projects. Although primarily a designer, he’s been in love with WordPress for more than 10 years, being one of the biggest promoters in Croatia – writing articles about WordPress that are not only promoting WordPress but open source as well. He helps organize WordCamps and Meetups in Croatia and is part of WordCamp Europe organizing the team.
As one of the pioneers of the web standards movement in Croatia, he is active in the community where he works on building a better understanding of the design process and educates clients as much as possible. Can be found on Twitter as @eblagonic.
Topic Description: Yes. We say I love you all too often, and yes – web *IS* the most transparent platform in the world. But, do we really think of all the users in the world that will access our website? We are not all the same. Every one of us uses the web differently. Some use it on their mobile phones, some on their tablets, some on their desktops and some on their televisions.
When building websites we don’t think about *all* the users out there, aren’t we? And the reason is often – money. We don’t get enough of a budget to think of them. But let’s be honest – we should do more. Is there something we should and can do? Is there a way to create a better website for *all the people out there* and not only the lucky ones?
In this talk, I will explore how people with disabilities use the web and will give you some guidelines that will help you create better user experiences for everyone.
Intended Audience: Everyone web-related (front-end developers and designers mostly, but will be of use to developers too)