Web Development

How A Bottom-Up Design Approach Enhances Site Accessibility

Accessibility is key in modern web design. A site that doesn’t consider how its user experience may differ for various audiences — especially those with disabilities — will fail to engage and serve everyone equally. One of the best ways to prevent this is to approach your site from a bottom-up perspective. Understanding Bottom-Up Design

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The Proliferation and Problem of the ✨ Sparkles ✨ Icon

Kate Kaplan hits on something over at Nielsen Norman Group’s blog that’s been bugging me: The challenge with this icon is sparkle ambiguity: Participants in our recent research study generally agreed that it represented something a little special. But, what was that something? And why was it special? That was less obvious. We encountered widely and wildly

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Interview With Björn Ottosson, Creator Of The Oklab Color Space

Oklab is a new perceptual color space supported in all major browsers created by the Swedish engineer Björn Ottosson. In this interview, Philip Jägenstedt explores how and why Björn created Oklab and how it spread across the ecosystem. Note: The original interview was conducted in Swedish and is available to watch. About Björn Philip Jägenstedt:

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