Victor Loux Bookmarks

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The Twelve-Factor App

12factor.net/
A methodology for building modern, scalable, maintainable software-as-a-service apps.

Designing Systematic Colors – UX Planet

uxplanet.org/designing-systematic-colors-b5d2605b15c
Mineral UI is the open source design system that CA Technologies is building for use by all of our products. Color is a core building block of any design system, and it has proven to be one of the…

Cognitive Accessibility Roadmap and Gap Analysis

w3.org/TR/coga-gap-analysis/
This document is a gap analysis and roadmap for the state of accessibility for people with learning and cognitive disabilities when using the Web and information technologies. It builds on the information presented in Cognitive Accessibility User Research [coga-user-research] and Cognitive Accessibility Issue Papers [coga-issue-papers] to evaluate where user needs remain to be met in technologies and accessibility guidelines. For various accessibility issues, this document provides a...

Implementing a reduced-motion mode

hugogiraudel.com/2018/03/19/implementing-a-reduced-motion-mode/
There are quite a few reasons for someone not to want animations. Some people suffer from motion sickness. Some people suffer from ADHD. Some people simply d...

Ethical Design: The Practical Getting-Started Guide — Smashing Magazine

smashingmagazine.com/2018/03/ethical-design-practical-getting-started-guide/
As designers and developers, we have an obligation to build experiences that are better than the norm. This article explains how unethical design happens, and how to do ethical design through a set of best practices.

Becoming a 10x developer

kateheddleston.com/blog/becoming-a-10x-developer
A 10x engineer isn’t someone who is 10x better than those around them, but someone who makes those around them 10x better.