Yesterday I was invited to a Twitter Space Google I/O as GDE webplatform and discussed, among other things, new features coming to the web (https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1yNGaNOrVXnJj).
I'm genuinely happy to see we go towards more user-centric and inclusive, accessible experiences with a lot of new CSS features and APIs.
We need to embrace that flexible nature of the web.
The way our site is displayed changes based on different media features (media queries, container queries, prefers-reduced motion, prefers-contrast, inverted-colors, etc.), viewport size, zoom level, all triggered by the user situation and preference. Every user will see, use, experience, navigation through a small variation of that site. It's really time to let go the pixel perfect mockup.
I also would love it, if more designers could start getting interested into all those new features and in how to use them for a greater experience. You don't need to learn to code. But, understanding what a browser can do will for sure help build better, more user-centric experiences in the next couple of years.
So, yeah, I'm super happy to see where the web platform is going those days.
@stephaniewalter
When these great new features aren't represented in design tools, what choice is there but to learn at least HTML and CSS to code them in a browser or in coding tools like Codepen?
The gap between design apps and what the web can do may be particularly wide right now and I don't see them fully catching up.
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