I love it when designers accidentally plunge deep into Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance territory with grandiose statements like, "We need to define craft."

CSS' `:has()` pseudo-class is powerful stuff, and even moreso when you combine it with classic techniques like quantity queries and a mobile-first mindset. I wrote about it for @piccalilli! https://piccalil.li/blog/making-content-aware-components-using-css-has-grid-and-quantity-queries/

botsin.space shutting down is a tragic, yet understandable example of why I think self-hosted personal instances is ultimately the way to go.

Unfortunately, it also means the Fediverse's success will existentially be that much more inaccessible to non-tech folks. And that's bad for the culture. https://muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/29/10-29-rip-botsin-space/

a sabbatical, but you get to work on your personal website in a scenic location for 6 months

@eaton @sarajw The good news here is grid will be perfect for this!

@eaton run while you still can

"Tailwind grid builder—" Let me stop you right there, bud.

I wrote about how a framework choice can harm people in a moment of crisis. #webperf https://ericwbailey.website/published/modern-health-frameworks-performance-and-harm/

I wrote about the idea and framing of embedding alternate text descriptions in images as metadata. #a11y https://ericwbailey.website/published/thoughts-on-embedding-alternative-text-metadata-into-images/

@dahukanna Now at a place where I’ve observed that UXD/HCI folk don’t tend to stick around. A social network built around a protocol is kind of like vampires trying to tough it out at a garlic farm.

@zachleat @chriskirknielsen nailed it in one

AI: I’m a spicy autocomplete powered by theft that melts the environment to amplify racism and periodically, arbitrarily lie.
Mozilla: This is such a good match for our organization’s values and mission.

I don't think #WebAIM has an account on the fediverse yet, but the 10th iteration of their Screen Ready survey is now live.

The vital #a11y insights created from these surveys help inform our understanding of the technological and usability landscape. This helps to shape how accessible, and importantly usable experiences are created on the web.

If you use a screen reader, I hope you'll please consider filling it out: https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey10/survey

hey maybe folks over at Gmail could take a moment to ask why people are angry at removing its Basic HTML mode are so mad

Edge is an amazing browser that is systematically getting ruined by its marketing team.

Have the courage to live your life with the confidence of a man trying to start a debate with a clearly-marked bot account.