Sam Proulx

" UX researchers should learn Python or R and how to leverage AI APIs to process unstructured data. "

" Consistency means the same interactions always do the same things; buttons are in the same place, and flows don’t change suddenly. "

" The four Cs—consistency, convenience, confidence, and customizability—are not just good for accessibility, they make a great experience for everyone. "

" VoiceOver gestures like swipe right move the focus through elements; double tap activates them. "

" When you design for the edges, you make things better, more fluid, more customizable for everyone. "

" The little sounds that VoiceOver makes are like bird song; you only notice them when they're gone. "

" Offering the ability to save your progress allows users with disabilities to complete tasks on their own time. "

" If you want to understand the actual experience, you need a native assistive technology user involved. "

" Apple’s innovation with VoiceOver on iOS changed the world by making accessibility a built-in, first-party responsibility. "

" On desktop, users pick varying assistive tools, making replicability of experience difficult; on mobile, the assistive tech is tightly integrated and versioned. "

" Compliance is a framework, not just a checklist to tick off. "

" Gaming is where the graphical user interface once was—still largely inaccessible, with assistive tech as third-party add-ons. "

" Accessibility is not a single project, it’s a journey that requires continuous iteration and improvement. "

" You might be thinking about accessibility backwards; start with mobile first, then extend to desktop. "

" When we solve accessibility challenges, everyone benefits, not just people with disabilities. "

" Starting your accessibility efforts on mobile makes the process simpler and easier to reuse when expanding to other platforms. "

" Separate accessible designs are never equal, so we must design inclusively from the start to unlock all the benefits of accessibility. "

" There isn’t a time I can remember where there wasn’t a computer talking to me. "

" On mobile, if you know the operating system version, you basically know the version of the screen reader and browser. "

" Everyone already uses accessibility features. "

" When you press a button like an upvote, it’s the developer’s job to make sure the visual state is communicated via ARIA landmarks. "

" Low vision users often invert colors and use magnification levels as high as 400 percent to reduce eye strain. "

" Fixing problems found for one disability group often helps fix problems for others too. "

" Screen magnification is really about making the screen larger, changing color contrast, reducing motion, and panning around the magnified area. "

" Consistency is very important so what you learn on one page applies to all pages on that website. "

" Screen reader users scored in the low to mid 50s on our scale while magnification users scored around 70 and alternative navigation users around 60. "

" If a dialog pops up but the keyboard focus isn’t moved into it, a screen reader user might not know it’s there. "

" Accessibility is a spectrum; if frequent tasks require assistance, the product is inaccessible for me. "