The placeholder attribute contains a surprising amount of issues that prevent it from delivering on what it promises. The presence of a placeholder attribute won’t be flagged by automated accessibility checking software. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean it’s usable. Ultimately, accessibility is about people, not standards, so it is important to think about your interface in terms beyond running through a checklist. In this article, Eric Bailey will clarify why you need to stop using it.
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A wireframe is a visual representation of your project’s structure. It defines the bones, the elements that will work in your layout, and the placement of the content for your prototype. Working with wireframes allows you to get creative without worrying too much about the style or the design of your project. In this tutorial, Manuela Langella will teach you how to create a landing page for an online course website, and offers a mobile wireframe you can use to practice and follow along.
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CSS styles isolation is the most frequent start point of the BEM usage. But this is the least that BEM can give you. BEM brings a system approach in your project and keeps it from the mess. Nevertheless, many developers believe that such a system approach like BEM puts additional boundaries on their project and makes your project overloaded, cumbersome, and slow. In this article, Inna Belaya will be collecting all of the main aspects of BEM in a condensed form. She will help you understand the basic ideas of BEM in just 20 minutes, and to reject prejudices that the system approach is detrimental to your project.
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Anselm Hannemann summarized the most important things that happened in the web development world in the past four weeks so that you can easily catch up on everything that’s new.
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In times when everything is generic, how do we stand out without spending too much time and resources on elaborate art direction? Let’s explore a strategic guide for bringing back personality to the web, in regular real-life projects.
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Since 1987, the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) has been taking place annually and keeping iOS developers on their toes. Lou Franco watched this year’s event and shares his notes and references in case you missed out.
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Smashing Book 6 is here with everything you need to know to tackle the new adventures web design and development are bringing along. No theory, just things that worked in practice. This book is dedicated to the challenges and headaches that we are facing today, and how to resolve them. In this article, Vitaly Friedman tells you everything about it!
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Many applications today rely on real-time data transfer. As the size of data for each message in our system differs from a few bytes to up to 100MB, we needed a scalable solution that could support a multitude of scenarios. In this article, Dhimil Gosalia explains why you should consider building an in-house Pub/Sub service, too. Through the lens of BrowserStack’s real-world problem, you will get a deeper understanding of the requirements and process of building your very own Pub/Sub.
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Thousands of companies worldwide are struggling each day to gain more market share and to win over new consumers. To succeed in the modern market, companies need to do more than produce an excellent product or provide reliable service: They need to turn their faithful users into advocates. In this article, Nick Babich will show you how, by discussing who are product advocates, actionable ways to turn your customers into brand advocates, and what to consider when creating a strategy for advocacy.
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From campfires to books to advertisements to film, stories have a power over us that no other human invention can wield. They calm us, thrill us, enthrall us and send us running back to the box office for another hit. If we consider story structure as we look at user interactions, there are lots of ways we can put ourselves in the user’s shoes and optimize their experience, providing support exactly when they need it. In this article, John Rhea brings you some techniques.
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