A practical guide on shipping functional software, covering human-centered design, mastering core languages, avoiding hype, and maintaining consistent coding styles.
A developer creates a Tumblr blog called 'Accessibility Wins' to showcase positive examples of web accessibility and encourage its adoption.
Explores the neuroscience behind web animations, explaining how sensory memory and cognitive load theory inform effective UI/UX design for SPAs.
A web developer argues against using target="_blank" on links, explaining why it's bad for user experience and control.
A developer shares a script for sharing selected webpage text directly to Twitter, with automatic highlighting and URL hash integration.
Summary of a Google I/O 2014 talk on building a team-wide performance culture for web development, focusing on mobile users and metrics.
A guide to fixing Windows 8.1's behavior of reactivating existing app instances instead of launching new ones from search.
Explores the evolution of responsive web design beyond fluid grids and media queries, discussing its broader principles and future-friendly approaches.
An analysis of Medium's declining content quality, exploring the platform's lack of incentives for writers and the dilution of its exclusive brand.
A web developer argues that content is the fundamental core of the web, more important than marketing, design, or development trends.
Summary of Luke Wroblewski's 2013 talk on designing mobile web experiences for write/read interactions, focusing on one-handed use and simplified flows.
Argues that over-reliance on color pickers and palette galleries hinders learning and effective design communication.
Discusses the nuance in web development advice, using responsive images as an example of why 'your mileage may vary' (YMMV).
A tech professional shares his experience using Windows 8 as his primary OS, arguing the transition for desktop users is manageable and less drastic than critics claim.
Critique of counterproductive password policies, using Barclaycard as an example, and suggestions for more user-friendly, secure authentication.
Discusses the challenges of serving high-resolution images to new iPads on low-bandwidth connections and criticizes Apple's approach.
A critique of poor mobile web practices, arguing against forced redirects to stripped-down mobile sites and intrusive app download prompts.
A 2012 analysis of major German news sites reveals most fail to provide shareable links to specific images in their galleries, highlighting poor web development practices.
Explores Google Chrome's autoupdate feature as a key design philosophy, focusing on user simplicity and delivering content over browser complexity.
A review of Luke Wroblewski's book 'Mobile First', advocating for designing websites for mobile devices first due to growing mobile internet usage.
