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Watch: for keyboard accessibility.

In a recent conversation about alternate forms of navigation, trailblazer/mvp eric smith put it best. “you want to make sure that you’re not putting something in place that will restrict somebody – whether that’s an application or an interface you’ve created,” he said.

You really don’t want to exclude anybody if you can help it.

Eric smith
trailblazer and technical architect

keyboard accessibility is personal to smith, whose sister-in-law uses a chinese overseas america data screen reader. He also developed an open-source component with salesforce custom labels that allows it to be recognized by users navigating with a keyboard. As an added benefit, these labels enable quick translation into multiple languages. “you really don’t want to exclude anybody if you can help it,” he said.

Accessible design is top of mind in his work as a technical architect at digital ecomm services firm rafterone. “i think it comes down to common sense,” he said. “i always find I have the salesforce lightning design system documentation (for keyboard interaction accessibility guidelines) available and up when i am creating something.