Hidde’s upcoming schedule

Hidde de Vries is presenting at these upcoming events.

Porto, Portugal

NDC Porto 2023

ARIA, the good parts

The first rule of ARIA suggests it is better avoided if there is an HTML equivalent. Yet sometimes, the right use of ARIA can improve your UI better for end users. In this talk, we’ll look at practical examples of effective ARIA usage and how they work in assistive technologies. Find out more about the patterns that have broad support and which ones to avoid. Let’s look at ARIA, the good parts!

17 October 2023

London, UK

React Advanced

Dialog dilemmas and modal mischief: a deep dive into popovers and how to build them

Our design systems commonly feature components that show on top of other content: tooltips, date pickers, menus and teaching UI, to name just a few. There are many ways to build them, and new features in the web platform are about to make this a whole lot easier. You might not even need JavaScript. In this talk, you’ll learn all about dialogs, including the new ‘popover’ attribute, “modality” and using the top layer.

20 October 2023

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Coven of Wisdom - CSS Edition

Dialog dilemmas and modal mischief: a deep dive into popovers and how to build them

Our design systems commonly feature components that show on top of other content: tooltips, date pickers, menus and teaching UI, to name just a few. There are many ways to build them, and new features in the web platform are about to make this a whole lot easier. You might not even need JavaScript. In this talk, you’ll learn all about dialogs, including the new ‘popover’ attribute, “modality” and using the top layer.

26 October 2023