I’ve been intrigued by web components for some time, from a safe distance. I like things that are part of the web platform, but mostly when that means I don’t have to write much JavaScript.
They say the small things will make or break relationships. That is true, especially for web development, where a simple line of code may make a difference and improve the user experience and the visitors' connection with your website.
Spurred by last week’s ShopTalk I rolled out View Transitions here on my static Jekyll site.
Simply saying the word “grid” conjures up strong and confusing feelings.
A complete guide.
There are already countless of metadata systems out there without having to use Twitter cards.
Accessibility is not expensive if you discuss it as a team early in the process.
It’s now possible to choose between six different color schemes when reading my blog.
Sitemaps are a core deliverable often associated with the practice of information architecture (IA).
Using Eleventy, Node and GitHub actions to automate content deployment.
I decided to take a slightly different approach than a lot of the solutions I’d seen – a progressively-enhanced version that works with or without JavaScript (JS).
What makes Web Components different than JS frameworks is that they're a set of Web Standards built into the platform.
The format I used in my report was to provide a bulleted list of accessibility issues I found. I did not note the specific WCAG success criteria affected because I didn’t think the team needed to know that information.
A quick overview of 24 important semantic terms to know and understand.
Of the five usability interviews we conducted with frequent screen reader users, some common patterns stood out to me.
I offer some approaches you can and should take before you set expectations about the accessibility of your thing — code or article or talk or whatever.
When conducting usability testing with disabled users, we observed how well images performed from both a visual and non-visual perspective when it came to finding and understanding content.
When reading about the standard that Mastodon is built on, ActivityPub, I had an idea: why not try and implement some of it with Netlify functions.
A look at some useful and creative ways to style a list.
Learning VoiceOver can feel overwhelming, so I’m here to give you a simple, repeatable process you can follow to make testing with VO as easy as possible.
