matthewstrom.com
How to pick the least wrong colors
15+ min · · An algorithm for creating color palettes for data visualization · Shared by 3123, including Marius Bleuer, Arne Keuning, Oliver Raduner, Dirk Spannaus
Spotify Design
Performance Cards: Designing with Empathy and Meaning
3 min · · Challenge the way you think and serve access constrained users with these cards. · Shared by 903, including Gabriele, Mohamed Azazy, Marius Bleuer
Stripe
Designing accessible color systems
9 min · · How we designed a color system with hand-picked, vibrant colors that also met standards for accessibility and contrast. · Shared by 645, including Kevin M. Hoffman, HeyDesigner, Women Who Code, Trent Walton, Max Stoiber, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Helmi, Jonathan Hassell, Veerle Pieters, Simeon | @dotproto@toot.cafe, Stu Collett, Paul Irish, BrendanEich, Dominik Grolimund, maggiefox 🇺🇦, Rebecca (Slatkin) Sloane, Gabriele, Casey Smith, Val Head, Una 🇺🇦
Chrome Developers
State of CSS 2022
20+ min · · Web styling features of today and tomorrow, as seen at Google IO 2022, plus some extras.The year 2022 is set to be one of CSS's greatest years, in both features and cooperative browser feature… · Shared by 599, including Elijah Manor, Una 🇺🇦, Simeon | @dotproto@toot.cafe, Stef Walter, Marius Bleuer, George M 🇪🇺, Joe Lencioni, David Hellmann
Eric Bailey
Equifax Data Breach, Credit Freezes, and Beholden Design
13+ min · · Ever been frustrated because a movie theater plays advertisements before the trailers even start? This is a kind of experience I call 'Beholden Design'… · Shared by 387, including CSS Weekly, Easy Chirp, Hannah Milan, Sara Soueidan, Esther Schindler, Web Axe, Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, patrick h. lauke (redux) "Big Dog" #toryScum #cis, Karl Groves (he/him), Stef Walter, Alistair Duggin, Ethan Marcotte, Steven Sinofsky, PacielloGroup, thoughtbot, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Dennis Lembrée, Ian Pouncey, Paul J. Adam
Fast Company
I wrote the book on user-friendly design. What I see today horrifies me
Summary · 6 min · · In 1990, cognitive scientist and usability engineer Don Norman wrote the first edition of his seminal book, The Design of Everyday Things. In this article, he offers a frank – and slightly cantankerous – assessment of the current state of design for seniors and advocates for more stylish and inclusive products. He occasionally lapses into speculation, for example when he suggests that canes could become chic and coveted accessories for all and doesn’t address potential obstacles to universal design implementation. Nonetheless he provides useful examples, recommendations and a generally compelling argument that anyone in the design, production or venture capital industries may find relevant. · Shared by 362, including Dominik Grolimund, Linus Basig, Lena V. Groeger, Nils Hitze, Center Centre – UIE, Esther Schindler, @grzewap@mastodon.social, getAbstract, Nir Eyal, Raul Krauthausen, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Clemens M. Schuster, Nick Floro, Kiki, mdy, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Brad Brooks, Adrian Swinscoe, Guy Kawasaki
IEEE
Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported
19+ min · · These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies. · Shared by 358, including John Koetsier, Ser Jeff Garzik, Dr. John Grohol 🇺🇦, Matthew Herper, Steve Portigal 🇨🇦🇺🇸, SwiftOnSecurity, Carla Gentry 🎶, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Teresa Torres, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Berci Meskó, MD, PhD, Privacy Matters, Carl Zimmer, Alice Wong 王美華, Robert Scoble, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Virginia Hughes, Erico Guizzo, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, @meyerweb@mastodon.social
radix-ui.com
Colors — Radix UI
1 min · · An open-source color system for designing beautiful, accessible websites and apps. · Shared by 276, including Esther Schindler, David Gates, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Katja Evertz, Marius Bleuer, Luca Corsilli, Samarpita Roy, Elise Korsmo Fjeld, David Hellmann
adamsilver.io
The problem with sticky menus and what to do instead
2 min · · Adam Silver – interaction designer - London, UK · Shared by 272, including Marius Bleuer
colorbox.io
ColorBox by Lyft Design
· Colorbox is a color tool to produce color sets. · Shared by 255, including rob mcmackin, Thomas Telandro, Scott Williams, Kam, Michael Musgrove, Casey Smith, Mattia Fregola 🤔, David Hellmann, Mohamed Azazy, DON’T PANIC, designshard, Arne Keuning, Fabricio Teixeira, René Clausen Nielsen, Helmi, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Kaspar Manz, Stammy, Nicolas Folliot, Sachin Gawas
Smashing Magazine 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈
CSS And Accessibility: Inclusion Through User Choice — Smashing Magazine
13+ min · · In this article, Carie Fisher outlines which CSS media features are available for detecting user preferences and how they are used to design and build more inclusive user experiences. · Shared by 254, including Marius Bleuer, Gérard Godin
Sara Soueidan
A guide to designing accessible, WCAG-compliant focus indicators
20+ min · · This post is a modified, text-only excerpt from my Practical Accessibility video course. I wanted to share this guide to designing accessible focus indicators because focus styles are a recurring… · Shared by 223, including Jonathan Hassell, Casey Smith, Evan (he/him), PacielloGroup, Web Axe, Dennis Lembrée, Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, Victor Tolosa, Stef Walter, Davy De Pauw, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Benoist Lawniczak, Marius Bleuer
hidde.blog
Dialogs, modality and popovers seem similar. How are they different?
18+ min · · A deep dive into the semantics, behaviours and characteristics of some of the most common user interface elements of websites today. · Shared by 219, including Jitendra Vyas, Gabriele, Web Axe, Marius Bleuer, Stef Walter, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Una 🇺🇦, PacielloGroup
Nielsen Norman Group
Accordions on Desktop: When and How to Use
11+ min · · Accordions simplify long pages, but reduce visibility and increase interaction cost. Use them on content-heavy pages where users don't need to combine information across sections. · Shared by 208, including Marius Bleuer
Marvel
Your Body Text Is Too Small
18+ min · · Body text is the key component in communicating the main bulk of a message or story, and it’s probably the most important element on a website, even if people sometimes read just the headlines. Why would we limit the effectiveness of body text by minimizing its size to a browser-default that’s now over 20 years old, even on large displays?... Read More → · Shared by 205, including Web Axe, Jacob Jarnvall, David Hellmann, Dennis Lembrée, Dez S. Papp, Connecticut SEO, Simone Corsi 💻🚀, Lluís Codina, Massimo Banzi, hiten.eth, Natan Souza, Vincenzo Tremonte, René Clausen Nielsen, Brad Brooks, Davo ⚡, Fabricio Teixeira, Joe Lencioni, Marc Hinse, Nicolas Hoffmann, Easy Chirp
technology.blog.gov.uk
Why the GOV.UK Design System team changed the input type for numbers
4 min · · We take a look at why the GOV.UK Design System changed the element it uses for inputting numbers, making it more accessible and easier to use · Shared by 202, including Sara Soueidan, Will Preston, Antonio Vieira Santos, danabramov.bsky.social, Dennis Lembrée, Kane Mar, David Hellmann, Kevin Marks 🏠kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks, Niklaus Gerber, Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, Brad Frost, PacielloGroup, Derek Featherstone, Vincenzo Tremonte, Matteo Fogli, Bruce Lawson, Web Axe, Devon Govett, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Casey Smith