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# In Focus: Elevating User Experience through Focus Management


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 18, 2024
- **Time:** 10:50–11:20 (30 min)
- **Room:** Virtual Stage 1
- **Event:** World Congress 2024

## Description

In this talk on accessible focus management, I will explore the critical role of focus in creating an inclusive online experience for all users. Emphasizing that focus goes beyond visual design, I will talk about different techniques for ensuring a seamless journey for users navigating with keyboards or other assistive technologies.

I will discuss the importance of logical focus order, clear focus indicators, and the impact of accessible focus management on overall usability, sharing actionable examples that desingers and developers can use in their own work. 

## Speaker

### [Emma Dawson](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@emma-dawson)

Software Developer and Accessibility Specialist


## Related talks at this congress

- [Empathy-Driven Development: The Key to Unlocking True Accessibility?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/321-empathy-driven) — Ante Tomić
- [How blind people navigate the world, on and offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/307-how-blind-people) — Julia Undeutsch, Laura Wissiak
- [Neurodiversity and Productivity – A Survival Guide](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/13-neurodiversity-and) — Cassandra Faris
- [UX is a fullstack job!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/270-ux-is-a-fullstack) — Marcel Bagemihl, Miriam Becker