I’d take it a step further: You don’t need a CSS framework.
Dispatches From The Internets
You might not need a CSS framework
The Average Webpage is Now the Size of the Original Doom
Is all that weight worth it? Probably not. Play Doom instead.
The Web isn’t uniform
This is an amazing post from Karolina Szczur concerning who we build for. You should read it.
Performance is a feature
Excellent post on the importance of web page performance:
Performance isn’t a technical niggle that “we should get around to fixing”. It is an opportunity to grow your audience, to grow your business, to convert more sales (or whatever it is eCommerce people do).
Performance is an opportunity, and a risk, the same way that a redesigned template is. Or a new logo. Or a change to the colour of a button CTA.
See also: Tim Kadlec’s 2012 post on 24 Ways.
GitHub’s CSP journey
An excellent in-depth analysis of GitHub’s current Content Security Policy including the issues they encountered and lessons they learned.
Software developers keep outdated tech relevant thanks to Chattanooga’s Open Device Lab
Casey Phillips did a nice write-up of the Chattanooga Open Device Lab in today’s paper. It even has the requisite shout-outs to Jeremy Keith and OpenDeviceLab.com
Do you have a role in web accessibility? (Spoiler alert: yes)
Accessibility is everyone’s job. Find out what you can do to ensure your web creations are as accessible as possible.
Designing for the Web: Are There Colors You Should Avoid?
You betcha. Some great advice here!
A Stronger Visual Cue for Text Fields
Simple recommendations for more obvious form fields.
Deque’s Code Library
This is an excellent collection of accessible widgets. You can learn a lot from this code.