Here are 27 posts
related to “web design.” But hey, if there’s nothing here that’s interesting to you, check out the full archive of my writing.
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When did we start using “breakpoint” to talk about layout adaptation? (Honestly, I don’t know!)
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- web design
- history
- responsive web design
- media queries
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The fine folks at A Book Apart asked me to participate in a little interview, as my little yellow book just turned ten years old!
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- responsive design
- web design
- css
- css grid
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At long last, container queries might finally become reality! And responsive design just turned eleven! My goodness!
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- responsive design
- web design
- css
- container queries
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In some ways, responsive design was an attempt to move past the idea of a “page.” How’s that worked out for us?
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- responsive design at ten
- responsive web design
- responsive design
- web design
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The original “Responsive Web Design” article was published a decade ago! Here’s how it happened, and who helped make it happen.
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- responsive design at ten
- responsive design
- web design
- css
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Justin Avery kindly invited me to do an interview for his wonderful Responsive Web Design newsletter. So you know I had to oblige.
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- web design
- interview
- newsletters
- responsive design
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It was long overdue, but I’ve added an accessibility statement to my website. Here are a few reasons why.
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- accessibility
- disability
- inclusion
- web design
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I tried navigating some of Google’s featured AMP Stories in a screen reader. And then I wrote this.
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- google amp
- regulation
- performance
- monopolies
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Thinking about web accessibility, and getting from here to there.
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- accessibility
- inclusion
- exclusion
- web design
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It can feel overwhelming to design for a new device, a new context. Maybe there’s an alternative?
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- web design
- performance
- watch
- smart watch
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I was recently invited to do a Q&A session for Sitepoint’s Versioning newsletter.
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- web design
- interview
- progressive enhancement
- performance
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How I work, and how I want to.
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- work
- self-employment
- web design
- ethics
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Usually, you’ll get rid of design patterns that don’t contribute much to your design system. But sometimes, you won’t.
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- design systems
- web design
- pattern libraries
- design patterns
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The benefit of creating a pattern library isn’t the patterns as such.
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- design systems
- web design
- pattern libraries
- atomic design is an antipattern
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I just flew in from Florida, where I’d spoken—and workshopped!—at the 2018 Front End Design Conference. And boy, are my arms tired/sunburnt.
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- web design
- work
- design patterns
- design systems
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Your design system’s more than the sum of its patterns. (It’s all about the people, maaaaannnn.)
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- design systems
- web design
- pattern libraries
- design patterns
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On occasion, people starting a career in web design ask me for advice. Here’s what I currently say to them.
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- web design
- ursula franklin
- writing
- career
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I was asked to write an introduction for Alla Kholmatova’s new book on design systems, which I loved. (I think you’ll love it too.)
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- web design
- design systems
- book
- foreword
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The value of a pattern library is tied directly to how much—and how easily—it is used.
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- web design
- design systems
- design patterns
- pattern libraries
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For me, the real value of a device lab isn’t in testing. A device lab is a design tool.
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- web design
- performance
- device testing
- universal access
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I’ve started taking parts of my site offline. Here’s how it works, right now.
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- web design
- offline
- service workers
- progressive web apps
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Done right, a device lab’s a pretty good empathy engine.
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- web design
- performance
- device testing
- device labs
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I’ve been thinking a lot about why I work the way I do, and how.
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- web design
- work
- design patterns
- design systems
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Ran into a little design bug, involving position: sticky and Chrome. Maybe it’d be of interest to you.
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- web design
- css
- position sticky
- browsers
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I’m so excited about building more offline-friendly experiences. (You should be, too!)
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- web design
- offline
- universal access
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Last Friday was my last day at a full-time job.
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- work
- self-employment
- web design
- harvard
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Starting a new job.
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- work
- web design
- harvard
- personal