2020 was a pretty bad year, eh? It's been a year working from home. There's been some good, bad an ugly things in that time.
Now that you've seen the big picture on Accessibility and adapting to users needs, let's see what makes that happen under the hood. This dive through the Windows stack will touch on all the technical details of how Screen Readers (and some software testing tools) do their job, along with some tools and resources to help you.
In late 2018, I changed teams and began supporting Apps on Windows 10. With Microsoft's emphasis on Accessibility, I was quickly tasked with addressing a variety of issues in our apps. Having never touched accessibility issues, there was a lot to learn. This is a quick primer on what accessibility in software is.
I took a break from writing because of a lot of things going on in life. But I had to take a moment to remember how this all started six years ago when I took a life-changing decision and decided to leave the only home I'd ever known.
There was nothing quite like playing a match of CTF in Halo. Bring a couple of friends over and just play non-stop until the late night hours. It was a great way to spend a weekend. While I haven't quite stopped enjoying that, I now find myself partaking in a slightly different kind of CTF game these days.