The Phenomenon of the Unlucky Choice

A presentation at ID24 by Melanie Sumner

The Phenomenon of the Unlucky Choice

The Phenomenon of the Unlucky Choice

whoami

whoami

Remove Frustration, Fix the World

Remove Frustration, Fix the World

State of Web Development

State of Web Development

It Should Be Boring

It Should Be Boring

Front-end Developers

Front-end Developers

JavaScript Developers

JavaScript Developers

JavaScript Engineers

JavaScript Engineers

Ninja Rockstar Unicorns

Ninja Rockstar Unicorns

Innovation?

Innovation?

HTML

HTML

The Choices We Make

The Choices We Make

Chasing Aesthetics

Chasing Aesthetics

Gray on Light Gray

Gray on Light Gray

When Muted Tones Attack

When Muted Tones Attack

The Web Became Unreadable

The Web Became Unreadable

Improve Contrast!

Improve Contrast!

Real Conversations

Real Conversations

"Pretty" Radio Buttons

"Pretty" Radio Buttons

New Feature Request

New Feature Request

Quick! Make a Choice!

Quick! Make a Choice!

An Unlucky Choice Was Made

An Unlucky Choice Was Made

BigTechCo markup

BigTechCo markup

How much does that cost?

How much does that cost?

Semantic HTML to The Rescue!

Semantic HTML to The Rescue!

The CSS We Already Have Will Save Us

The CSS We Already Have Will Save Us

The Dark Side

The Dark Side

Lost in (web) space

Lost in (web) space

Missing Landmarks

Missing Landmarks

The Unmarked Zone

The Unmarked Zone

A Choice: Landmarks

A Choice: Landmarks

A Page Has No Landmarks

A Page Has No Landmarks

Improve it with Landmarks!

Improve it with Landmarks!

Missing Semantic HTML

Missing Semantic HTML

Landmarks...but no HTML

Landmarks...but no HTML

Semantic HTML in Landmarks!

Semantic HTML in Landmarks!

Real Conversations

Real Conversations

Cleverness

Cleverness

Custom Components

Custom Components

The Unlucky Choice

The Unlucky Choice

Let's Improve it!

Let's Improve it!

Center of the Universe...?

Center of the Universe...?

But It's Important!

But It's Important!

Computer Says No

Computer Says No

We Always Have A Choice

We Always Have A Choice

Thank You!

Thank You!

How the choices we make in our apps can seem not very important but have devastating consequences.

Resources

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