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The aside element
If you’re reading these HTML element guides alphabetically, you will have already read about <article> and learned what a sectioning element is.…
New Workflow for Publishing Notes: Content in Dropbox, Code in GitHub
I recently changed my workflow around authoring and publishing my site notes.jim-nielsen.com. Here’s the rundown. Before Pretty standard JAMstack type stuff.…
Blog Posts vs. Social Posts
From Emil Kowalski’s newsletter (my Feedbin cache for your convenience): I started writing more blog posts recently. I like it because it's different than X…
heading-anchors Web Component
A long time ago, I wrote an article on how to add anchor links to headings in Jekyll. It got a fair amount of interest, and I was pretty pleased with the code I…
10 Figma Keyboard Shortcuts: A Cheat Sheet for UX Designers
As a UX Designer, working efficiently is always a priority—and leveraging the full power of your design tools can help. Figma offers a plethora of keyboard…
80 / 20 accessibility
Many people are confronted with the topic of web accessibility for the first time as a result of the EAA (European Accessibility Act) (why this conftontation…
What about searching flat files?
On Friday, I wrote about why I love using flat text files instead of a database for my projects. One of the more common questions I got was how I search for…
Things to Do Before Asking “Is This Accessible?”
It is not uncommon for someone to message, call, email, or carrier pigeon me to ask if something is accessible. They almost invariably want a…
How to avoid optional form fields with a conditional reveal
The first rule of form design is to only ask for information you actually need to give users a good experience. But sometimes asking for…
font-size Limbo
One point from Alvaro Montoro's CSS One-Liners post triggered me. Increase the text size body size…