User Experience – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:42:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Design system annotations, part 2: Advanced methods of annotating components https://noise.getoto.net/2025/05/09/design-system-annotations-part-2-advanced-methods-of-annotating-components/ Fri, 09 May 2025 16:56:57 +0000 https://github.blog/?p=87681 How to build custom annotations for your design system components or use Figma’s Code Connect to help capture important accessibility details before development.

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]]> Design system annotations, part 1: How accessibility gets left out of components https://noise.getoto.net/2025/05/09/design-system-annotations-part-1-how-accessibility-gets-left-out-of-components/ Fri, 09 May 2025 16:56:41 +0000 https://github.blog/?p=87647 The Accessibility Design team created a set of annotations to bridge the gaps that design systems alone can’t fix and proactively addresses accessibility issues within Primer components.

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]]> Building a more accessible GitHub CLI https://noise.getoto.net/2025/05/02/building-a-more-accessible-github-cli/ Fri, 02 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000 https://github.blog/?p=87460 How do we translate web accessibility standards to command line applications? This is GitHub CLI's journey toward making terminal experiences for all developers.

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]]> Considerations for making a tree view component accessible https://noise.getoto.net/2025/01/28/considerations-for-making-a-tree-view-component-accessible/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:00:39 +0000 https://github.blog/?p=82266 A deep dive on the work that went into making the component that powers repository and pull request file trees.

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]]> How to make Storybook Interactions respect user motion preferences https://noise.getoto.net/2024/11/20/how-to-make-storybook-interactions-respect-user-motion-preferences/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:00:51 +0000 https://github.blog/?p=81231 With this custom addon, you can ensure your workplace remains accessible to users with motion sensitivities while benefiting from Storybook’s Interactions.

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]]> Exploring the challenges in creating an accessible sortable list (drag-and-drop) https://noise.getoto.net/2024/07/09/exploring-the-challenges-in-creating-an-accessible-sortable-list-drag-and-drop/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 19:06:50 +0000 https://github.blog/?p=78695 Drag-and-drop is a highly interactive and visual interface. We often use drag-and-drop to perform tasks like uploading files, reordering browser bookmarks, or even moving a card in solitaire.

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]]> How we’re building more inclusive and accessible components at GitHub https://noise.getoto.net/2024/05/07/how-were-building-more-inclusive-and-accessible-components-at-github/ Tue, 07 May 2024 17:00:20 +0000 https://github.blog/?p=77929 We've made improvements to the way users of assistive technology can interact with and navigate lists of issues and pull requests and tables across GitHub.com.

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]]> Project A11Y: how we upgraded Cloudflare’s dashboard to adhere to industry accessibility standards https://noise.getoto.net/2022/09/30/project-a11y-how-we-upgraded-cloudflares-dashboard-to-adhere-to-industry-accessibility-standards/ Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000 http://noise.getoto.net/?guid=cdb7c960bfdcdedb5c0844ee3d6da83b We’ve shipped so many products the Cloudflare dashboard needed its own search engine https://noise.getoto.net/2022/09/28/weve-shipped-so-many-products-the-cloudflare-dashboard-needed-its-own-search-engine/ Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000 http://noise.getoto.net/?guid=96b091c962761ce5da9c04c82c2beea1