Topic: Standards

Of all the things that the W3C has published, my favorite is the priority of constituencies. That’s quite a statement given the W3C published the standards that form the foundation of the web and, by extension, my career. But the… More

What CSS could I be writing tomorrow that might seem far-fetched today?… More

I recently found myself racing to fill out Chipotle’s online order form before my mother could find her credit card. In the process, I discovered a bug that could cost Chipotle $4.4 million annually. My parents are retired. They continue… More

A technique for overcoming touch target size and content clipping issues with pill-shaped and circular buttons. More

From 2008 through 2010 I taught Internet Typography and Web Standards courses part-time at a local art school. One of my goals was to balance students’ understanding of the web’s constraints with its potential. Too much focus on the former… More

Incorporating contrast checks into our process has fundamentally changed the way we approach color in our design systems. More

What Progressive Web Apps features should we expect Apple to support?… More

Apple has started development of service workers—the key technology powering Progressive Web Apps. More

Exploring shiny new solutions to a classic responsive design challenge. More

A challenge cropped up in one of our projects that served as a simple, self-contained example of how grid layout can make things easier. More