A pretty good overview of the technical reasons why that’s low on fluff while still being fairly easy to understand
A pretty good overview of the technical reasons why that’s low on fluff while still being fairly easy to understand
You would never tear out a bridge and replace it just because its design looks ‘dated’ but we effectively do the same thing in tech every year. And we aren’t just talking about marketing websites: we do it with OSes all the time.
Tech isn’t engineering; it’s a fashion industry.
“Designing the Smallest Possible Thing - Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF)”
“The Substackerati - Columbia Journalism Review”
“Your first attempt at making anything accessible will be awful - Sheri Byrne-Haber’s Blog”
“CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American – Terence Eden’s Blog”
Sound advice
“Write five, then synthesize: good engineering strategy is boring.”
“Apple Silicon M1: Black. Magic. Fuckery. - Kay’s Blog”
“Avoiding tab styles for navigation by Adam Silver – Designer, London, UK.”
“Why it’s good for users that HTML, CSS and JS are separate languages”
This.
“One More Adventure: Thoughts on Star Trek: Picard”
“Leveraging System Fonts on the Web - Jim Nielsen’s Weblog”
“The case for alarmism — Crooked Timber”
“Divided Societies In Decline Use Scapegoats To Re-Unify - Ian Welsh”
“How do you raise a software bug with a book publisher? – Terence Eden’s Blog”
“Not so short note on aria-label usage – Big Table Edition – HTML Accessibility”
“We need to do more about electronic waste - Gerry McGovern”
“Know Your Enemies - Ian Welsh”
“We need to do more about electronic waste - Gerry McGovern”
‘”Yes or No?” — One Checkbox vs Two Radio Buttons.’
“Browser-level lazy-loading for CMSs”