Starting tomorrow we have a whole new series of articles that we’ll release each day for the next 24 days! We’re very excited about this series, and are incredibly thankful to the authors that donated their time to write these great articles. In the meantime, please enjoy articles from our 2018 and 2017 series!
Author: Scott O’Hara
Scott O'Hara is a senior accessibility engineer at The Paciello Group, who comes from a background in website design and UX development. Professionally working on the web since 2003, Scott is happiest when building accessible user experiences, and kicking ARIA's tires (metaphorically speaking).
When not working, he can be found engaging in some sort of family activity, trying to enjoy some quiet time, or again, mucking around with building accessible UI components.
You can follow Scott on Twitter @scottohara or on GitHub.
The Trials and Tribulations of the Title Attribute
The title attribute gets a lot of flack. And largely the disdain towards the attribute is quite justified. In June of 1993, twenty-four and a half years ago, title was proposed as part of the HTML 1.2 draft. It is primarily displayed as a native tooltip in desktop browsers, and revealed when a user mouse […]
The Three Developers and the Insightful User Tester
In today’s article, Scott O’Hara tells the classic tale of developers not aware of accessibility and how user testing with a person with disabilities highlights the classic errors made, and the revelations experienced just before project launch.