CSS columns, ES6 computed property names, Web Audio API updates, and more!
Dispatches From The Internets
Opera 31 released
Every Browser is the New IE (to me)
Maybe browsers should focus on intro before forging ahead with new tech. You gotta clean your room before you go outside and play.
Vendor Prefixes And Market Reality
The sad reality of vendor prefixes.
We have reached the point where browser vendors have to start implementing or aliasing these WebKit prefixes just to allow their users to browse the Web, see Mozilla in Gecko and Microsoft in Edge.
Understanding Proxy Browsers: Architecture
The first in a series of posts on proxy browsers from Tim Kadlec.
Design with Accessibility in Mind
An overview of solid strategies for accessible web design from the UX team at Unum.
- Consider the Flow
- Provide Good Contrast
- Style Your Font Carefully
- Avoid Ambiguous Links
Unum Releases Their Pattern Libraries
Insurance company Unum has just released the “UX Toolkits” (a.k.a. patten libraries) they use for both Unum and Colonial Life. They are pretty bare-bones right now, but I am hopeful they will flesh them out over time.
I love it when companies share stuff like this.
Pointer Events now in Firefox Nightly
I’m so excited to see this land in Firefox. Chrome and Safari: Your move.
Web Design - The First 100 Years
This is fantastic talk was given by Maciej Cegłowski at HOW Interactive in 2014. In it, he elegantly frames what makes the web so awesome and so special. He the identifies three distinct visions for the web and the threat two of those visions pose to it.
Well done, sir!
Combining Section508.gov and BuyAccessible.gov
Consolidating everything a government agency or other entity needs to know about Section 508 compliance and contracting for accessible results was a good idea. Hopefully the net result will be more accessible public websites here in the States.
Will your toaster become WCAG compliant?
This is a really interesting look at the Internet of Things from the perspective of accessibility and how web standards may fit into it all.
While the applicability of WCAG 2.0 would need a high degree of interpretation to apply to a light bulb, web accessibility standards certainly apply to the browsers and apps that we use to centrally control it all. As this space continues to evolve, it’s vital that developers ensure that whatever devices control these products, accessibility is at the heart of them.