A11y Memoirs, episode 1. The Story of Vaadin Button

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Recently, GitHub added highlighting for accessibility statements on the repository overview page. While adding ACCESSIBILITY.md for Vaadin components, I realized that there's so much more than just technical facts. I've been working at Vaadin for many years, and accessibility support has been a recurring topic brought up by both my colleagues and our customers. And I do have a few stories to tell about it! Today, I'm excited to share the first episode of my A11y Memoirs — a series of short blog posts covering challenges that we faced at Vaadin while developing a set of high-quality web compone

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