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With apologies to CERN. Pronouns: he/they

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I'm writing about the <article> element now. To preempt myself, I just want to say: it's completely useless. I never use it. Why? Because it's designed to represent an independent piece of content BUT since the document outline algorithm has never been implemented and the element (inevitably) appears as part of a larger web page, it should be introduced with an <h2> heading. BUT it makes no sense to head an "independent, distributable" piece of content with a subsection heading. Trash 0/5.

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@yatil The implication that <h2> means "this belongs to something else" just kind of kills it for me. I'm not saying using it is wrong as such though.

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Stolen because it had no alt text

heydon, to random
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I can't breathe

heydon,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_garment 👈

heydon, to random
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What can you say about the <area> element?

heydon,
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I'm starting to kind of like <map> and <area> again. Like, you could make links that were not box-shaped! That's pretty cool.

heydon,
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@tanepiper Nice! It was a great way to get around things like border-radius and web fonts (!) not existing.

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I realise this poll was somewhat controversial, I should've turned on the option to select both (cool that Mastodon does that!). Also not a surprise that most people selected ‘Developer' down to where I posted the poll and my audience.

However I also think that people working on often begin the design work and end up doing the implementation work as well. Though I could be wrong (cc @beep interested in your Opinions™)
https://mastodon.design/@DavidDarnes/112281559307211608

heydon,
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@sarajw @DavidDarnes @beep 👋 I did a wee thread, yeah https://front-end.social/@heydon/112273670428859335

heydon, to random
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After a lot of sanding (use standard tuner hole sizes, Fender!) black locking tuners are now on my very black tele.

heydon, to random
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Most of the time, I get hired to fix things as a consultant developer that would not be broken if they had been designed more thoughtfully in the first place. Sound familiar? But here's the thing: I'm not a developer. I studied art and design at university, including how to design websites. But they didn't teach me how to code, even though that's most of the work. So, in early employment, I had to ""steal company time"" to learn how to do that and be better at my job, as a designer.

heydon,
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Recently, I've taken on design work that lets me work in code. One involved the ""redesign"" of a website. Being in this position allows me to improve the performance and accessibility of a website to an extent that is completely out of reach of a developer, who inherits prior art. And this is despite the fact that performance and accessibility are seen as responsibilities of developers.

heydon,
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The perennial question is, "should designers learn to code?" I think a better question is, "why are we taking design away from those who did learn to code?" Why are we imprisoning them in Jira where they're doomed to fix all the tiny problems designers who can't code--and coders who can't design--should never have been put in a position to make?

heydon,
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@jscholes Let's just talk about accessibility for simplicity: Someone says to me, "can you make this carousel accessible?" And the answer is usually no, not this one, it's fucked. It's extremely difficult or impossible to make good of the component. As a designer, I would have the authority to remove the carousel altogether and put a completely different pattern in place. Or, as a designer who can code, I could devise a carousel-like alternative that is, in fact, accessible BY DESIGN.

heydon, to random
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What if we started a political party called "Woke". Liberals and conservatives alike would shit themselves inside out. And while it would get attention as a "joke", the party itself could use that supposed novelty platform to be earnestly pro-LGBT/anti genocide/apartheid/and anti-capitalist?

heydon,
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I have been told I'm not supposed to use the term "woke" because it's a form of cultural appropriation. That covers the liberals... Do I have any Conservative followers who want to weigh in?

(I acknowledge the origin of the term. I use it because it's an expedient way of both invoking what it ACTUALLY means and upsetting those willfully using it incorrectly, hence the toot)

heydon,
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And now a mute.

heydon, to random
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Might start a political party in the UK whose stance is simply "genocide is bad, actually". Kind of a gap in the market there.

heydon,
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@sarajw I should have said "genocide and transphobia are both bad" 😅

heydon,
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@sarajw I admit I'm not 100% caught up, but I've been made aware of multiple issues, brought up by trans folks (mostly over on Twitter when I was there)

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What's a good/cheap host with easy/automatic https cert setup for static sites? Netlify but without the surprise charges?

heydon,
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@sarajw Wait... can I use a custom domain?

heydon,
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@Tijn Ehhhh

heydon,
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@sarajw Ah okay, thank yoooooooooooo

djsundog, to random
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it is simply time for the world to admit that capitalism is a failed experiment that results in massive systemic oppression and inequity and banish its practice.

heydon,
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@rysiek @djsundog And that socialism isn't WoRkInG for FrEe

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