Hidde’s upcoming schedule

Hidde de Vries is presenting at these upcoming events.

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

JSHeroes

Built-in accessibility: blessing or curse?

29 May 2025

Bristol, UK

Pixel Pioneers

ARIA, the good parts

full transcript of a previous iteration of this talk (the captions in this deck are empty)

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!

20 June 2025