Building Olivero’s hyper accessible and beautiful navigation from the ground up DrupalCon Portland

In this talk, Mike Herchel explores the development of Olivero, the new theme for the Drupal CMS, designed to be user-friendly for millions across diverse devices. He discusses the evolution of Olivero's primary navigation, highlighting its incorporation of extensive accessibility features, usability improvements, and resolutions to bugs throughout its development. Attendees gain insights into accessible navigation patterns, the specific challenges of designing a navigational bar within an open source content management system, and the proper application of aria roles and attributes. The session also covers practical accessibility testing on various assistive devices and environments, along with addressing usability concerns and security vulnerabilities.