Accessibility and open source support program with Floor Drees (k6 Office Hours #16)

Accessibility and open source support program with Floor Drees (k6 Office Hours #16)

k6
Jun 12, 2021

In this office hours, Nicole and Simme are joined by the newest member of the k6 team, Floor Drees, to talk about her week of testing at k6, including an accessibility review that she carried out and the k6 open source support program.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
5:48 Accessibility, Diversity & Inclusion
16:06 Floor's Accessibility review and how to do your own reviews
23:21 "Non-functional" should not be called "non-functional"
24:49 Contrast and dark/dimmed mode options
38:45 What is the k6 open source support program?
53:24 What do we get from giving k6 plans for free to OSS maintainers?

Resources mentioned:
k6 Open Source Support Program: https://k6.io/oss-program/
For accessibility reviews: https://www.boia.org
For identifying inconsiderate language: https://alexjs.com
Paul Bruce's rant on operational requirements instead of "non-functional" requirements: https://www.youtube.com/watch
Marie Drake on accessibility using Cypress: https://www.youtube.com/watch
Dark mode everywhere: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh
A good discussion on open source funding and sponsorship: https://www.contributing.today/april-7-oss-funding-sponsorship/oss-funding-and-sponsorship-panel-discussion/
A panel on open source licensing: https://www.contributing.today/past-sessions/open-source-licensing/

More Office Hours: https://www.youtube.com/playlist

Nicole on Twitter: https://twitter.com/n_vanderhoeven
Simme on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0x12b
Floor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FloorDrees/

Learn more about k6:
Website: https://k6.io
Repo: https://github.com/loadimpact/k6