In watching Atari: Game Over, I couldn’t help but see all of the parallels between the early video game industry and the web design industry. The boys’ club… Engineers as rockstars… It’s a tale of a meteoric commercial rise followed by a swift and dismal collapse.
Dispatches From the Internets
Lessons Learned From Atari
Collected Reactions to //build/
I may work for Microsoft, but I don’t know everything that’s going on across the company. It’s big and I don’t have that kind of time.
Lies, Damn Lies, and JavaScript
Late last week I stumbled on a video from Graeme Pyle that exposed a UX lie in the First National Bank of South Africa.
Tips for Surviving Google’s “Mobilegeddon”
Today is the day Google updates it algorithm to take into account mobile-friendliness. Here are a few tips that will help you embrace mobile without tearing your hair out.
#HonoringWebFolk
A lot of folks have helped me on the way to becoming the web professional that I am. When Molly declared today “Unsung Leaders of the Web Day”, I had to join in.
How to Apply Progressive Enhancement When JavaScript Seems Like a Requirement
On Stack Overflow last week, JamHam asked how to apply progressive enhancement in interfaces that seem to require JavaScript. Unfortunately he deleted the question before I could post my response, so I thought I would post it all here for posterity.
Playing With Flexbox and Quantity Queries
Ever since reading Haydon Pickering’s piece on quantity queries, I’ve been musing over the possibilities for layout. I decided I to play around with them a bit on this site as it’s been a while since I’ve tweaked the design. Being that I wanted to experiment, I thought this would be a fun time to tuck into Flexbox a bit more as well.
Quantity Queries… Where Have You Been All My Life?
Heydon Pickering’s Quantity Queries for CSS is sheer brilliance and it’s so simple I’m surprised we hadn’t landed on the idea sooner.
Lines in the Sand
A new site, Break Up with Internet Explorer 8 by Humaan, has been making the rounds on the Interwebs of late. It’s cleverly done and an attractive site, but I don’t really agree with the premise:
Join the intervention and stop supporting IE8. It’s time for an upgrade.
Bidding Farewell to Shirley the Goat
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that we are closing Web Standards Sherpa. As of April 2, we will be archiving the site in order to keep the valuable insights and techniques shared by our authors available in perpetuity.