Global and Component Style Settings with CSS Variables

Where scoped CSS variables really shine.

“If someone says front-end development is easy then I will 100% assume that they don’t know/do front-end development well.”

Not your typical horizontal rules

HTML ‘hr’ elements don’t have to look boring.

Practical Accessibility

A web accessibility course for web designers and developers.

Component-level art direction with CSS Container Queries

Why it would be useful to also have Container Queries in HTML.

Design for reading

Tips for optimizing content for Reader modes and reading apps.

“Everything is a remix. We’ve all learned from those that came before, and are still learning from each other today and every day as we create fresh ‘new’ content. We learn, react, create, share, and repeat.”

A guide to designing accessible, WCAG-compliant focus indicators

Do’s and don’ts for web designers and developers.

“It’s sad how we’ve come to a time when loads of unnecessary frameworks has become ‘cool’ and is normal yet the mere mention of jQuery almost causes shame. How did we come to this?”

“If you don’t have a website and you’ve been blogging and creating content on third-party platforms, now might be a good time to reconsider creating one and owning your own little corner of the internet.”

“If you’re making New Year resolutions, let ‘Publish my content on my own site’ be one of them? And ‘Provide an RSS feed for my blog/content’ be another?”

“Y’all better start using RSS if you don’t already.”

“Whenever I add a new RSS feed to my reader, I feel like I’ve added a new gem to my treasure box.”

Setting up a screen reader testing environment on your computer

Virtualization software, screen reader installation, keyboard configuration.

“Under-engineer. That’s almost always better for usability and accessibility. Simple solutions are almost always more robust.”

“If you’re overthinking, write. If you’re underthinking, read.”

“Accessibility has become a buzzword for many. Don’t follow their talk if they don’t walk it.”

Accessible notifications with ARIA live regions (part 1)

Making dynamic content accessible to screen readers.

Accessible notifications with ARIA live regions (part 2)

Making dynamic content accessible to screen readers.