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heydon, 24 days ago to random

Me, a front-end developer: “This design is inaccessible, we need to do [x] to fix it. Users will thank us.”
Them: “We'll need to check with the design department.”
Me: “Look at me. I am the designer now.”

heydon, 24 days ago to random

IN SOVIET RUSSIA JAVA SCRIPTS YOU!

zachleat, 24 days ago to random

the @eleventy merch bundle shirts are done! #11tyConf

heydon, 27 days ago to random

This is art. Modem noises assigned to Google taking data from you. https://axbom.com/the-creepy-sound-of-online-trackers/

(HT @aral)

heydon, 27 days ago to random

Experimenting more with CSS tests. See https://heydonworks.com/article/testing-html-with-modern-css/

:has(h1):has(:is(h3,h4,h5,h6)):not(:has(h2)), :has(h2):has(:is(h4,h5,h6)):not(:has(h3)), :has(h3):has(:is(h5,h6)):not(:has(h4)), :has(h4):has(h6):not(:has(h5)) {
outline: var(--error-outline);
--error-skipped-heading-level: 'You have skipped a heading level. For example, a subsection within a section introduced by an h3 is currently introduced by an h5 or h6';
}

heydon, 27 days ago to random

Another found without alt text.

heydon, 27 days ago to random

I brought a couple of copies of Minima Morlia by exiled Judeo-Marxist critical theorist and aphorist Theodor Adorno to @ReactConfBognorRegis with a personal note from me inside to give to the first people who ask for them!

Life does not live!

Inscription on inside cover by me, reading "eat a dick, christofascists"

patrick_h_lauke, 1 month ago to photography

a wild @heydon appears (or rather, appeared) https://www.flickr.com/photos/redux/53665721317 #photography

heydon, 1 month ago to random

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.

heydon, 1 month ago to random

Stolen because it had no alt text

heydon, 1 month ago to random

I can't breathe

heydon, 1 month ago to random

What can you say about the <area> element?

DavidDarnes, 1 month ago to random

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 #DesignSystems 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, 1 month ago to random

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

heydon, 1 month ago to random

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.