While high contrast is important for accessibility, this article is a good reminder why overdoing it is not a good idea: There is a myth about white text over black backgrounds being the best color contrast combination for accessibility, but in reality, white text on black backgrounds creates a
“Is dark mode impacting your users”, Maygen Jacques asks in this article about some less-considered aspects of designing for “dark mode” — specifically the impact of fuzzy vision from white text on black background for users with astigmatism: Let’s assume 25% of
Such a refreshing take by Vasilis van Gemert: why do we make people “skip” over navigation links placed at the beginning of a page instead of putting them to the end and offer a “jump to navigation” skiplink?
Terence Eden tells the story of a young woman who, forced by circumstances, has to use a public website using a tiny gaming device’s browser. And it works. Because designers did their job: The PSP’s web browser is – charitably – pathetic. It is slow, frequently runs out of memory, and
I’m always happy to randomly stumble upon accessibility updates on websites — today I noticed that caniuse.com (the most comprehensive resource for web developers to assess feature availability in different browsers) updated their colored tables with new cell backgrounds:
As I am currently working on an inclusive project with a focus on reaching disadvantaged populations, last week’s Creative Mornings Berlin meetup featuring a talk by Lena Alfter on typography for dyslexic people could not have come at a better time. Lena Alfter, a young designer from Germany
Websites with less trackers, a study from Cornell University highlights, may actually be more harmful in their privacy violation than sites with dozens of them.
While the algorithmic bias of YouTube’s recommendation engine has been presented in various ways over past years, the project TheirTube by Tomo Kihara goes one step further.
“Who Can Use” differs from other colour contrast tools in that it not only highlights the contrast of a chosen colour combination, but also presents instant statistics what share of users might be negatively impacted by it and simulates how they would see it.
Manuel Matuzović shares a thought-provoking experiment: a web page optimized for screenreader software only, making it a hellish experience for users using the visual interface with a mouse.
A year ago, I launched an exploratory attempt to integrate comments and webmentions with Kirby CMS. Far from being a stable product, it was about time for a major update based on the collected insight and feedback.
When I set out to create a Micropub endpoint as flexible as the Kirby CMS itself, this turned out to be a rather complex task. The result, however, opens up opportunities that frankly surprised myself. Once the initial setup is done, publishing content is more flexible than ever.
“Commit — Update system” was the motto for round six of the Prototype Fund, Germany’s funding scheme for open source technology. The February 2020 demo day showcased the projects, framed in an inspirational narrative around changing society through responsible and open
I can’t even remember how many times I have engaged in the discussion why links on websites should not open in new tabs. Sadly, the number of times I had to surrender and spoil otherwise user-friendly and accessible designs with the client request to “open external links in a new
I am humbled and beyond excited to be invited to speak at Think-About! 2020, the second edition of my favourite “tech” conference. I wrote about my impressions last year.
“46 minute read” is a commitment, but this thoroughly researched post by Erika Reinhardt has an incredible amount of food for thought, background data and tools: This post details the most effective individual changes you can make to fight climate change in your personal life The
There has been quite some discussion (e.g. here) around the plan by browser vendors, led by the Google Chrome team, to essentially abandon the User-agent header they send with every request to identify version and make of the browser it is coming from. Not all that surprising, considering their
Google Maps Hacks by Berlin artist Simon Weckert is performance art at its best: not only for the artifact it creates (in the most ephemeral way, in form of a live data stream on Google Maps), but for the awareness it creates. 99 second hand smartphones are transported in a handcart to generate
