Every Website Will Break (Eventually) 3 MIN READ | 412 views | 10 June 2020 I know - the headline sounds dire. And, to some degree, it is. But I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately and I feel like we, as designers and developers, should have an open dialogue. Recently, after a spate of websites I maintain faced a variety of problems, I came to a stark realization: Every website I’ve ever worked on is probably going to break at some point. We’ll get into the reasons why in a second. But, let that last statement just sink in for a moment. Now, do you get that sinking feeling in your stomach, too? Accessibility, General, Technology, Trends change, technology, trends Read More »
Web Accessibility 101: Designing for All People, Not Most 5 MIN READ | 299 views | 8 May 2020 Web design is about accessibility. Most web designers aim to create products for the largest swath of people within their audience, casting their designs out like gaping nets to yield them the greatest influx of users. And while there’s logic to that design principle, it overshadows a somewhat simpler and more inclusive principle: Design for all people, not most. Accessibility, Case Studies, General, Technology, Trends, Web Design Read More »
Cloud Atlas Hackers Add Polymorphic Malware to Their Toolkit 2 MIN READ | 339 views | 23 February 2020 The hacking group also known as Inception [1, 2] was initially identified in 2014 by Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team researchers, and it has a history of targeting government agencies and entities from a wide range of industries via spear-phishing campaigns. Privacy, Security, Social Media, Technology Read More »
Can the Visually Impaired Access Your Site? 3 MIN READ | 887 views | 31 January 2020 When designing a website, it’s important to take all potential visitors into consideration. This includes the visually impaired – those afflicted with color blindness, low vision and even total blindness. The first thing to think about when improving the accessibility of your site for the visually impaired is the level of the impairment. Is your site suitable for users with color blindness, low vision, partial blindness and even total blindness? Fortunately, there are several online tools and software available that can help make your site more accessible. Accessibility, Case Studies, General, Technology, Trends, Web Design Read More »
The Challenges Web Designers Face in Ensuring Website Accessibility 5 MIN READ | 481 views | 8 January 2020 Over the past several years, accessibility has become one of most-discussed topics in web design. And that’s a good thing. As more of our daily lives are moved online, making sure that content and services are available to as wide an audience as possible is crucial. The obligation to do so is both moral and, in some cases, legal. Accessibility, Case Studies, Graphic Design, Technology, Trends, Web Design Read More »