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Considerations when writing alt text – Shopify UX

ux.shopify.com/considerations-when-writing-alt-text-a9c1985a8204

Alt text. We know it’s something that can be added to images on the web, but what is it really? Who is it for? Why should we care? And, perhaps most important, how do we write it? Alt text, or…

• images, tag
• seo, tag
• accessibility, tag
• patterns, tag
• tips, tag
• UX, tag
• ·7 years ago

'It's nothing like a broken leg': why I'm done with the mental health conversation | Society | The Guardian

theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/30/nothing-like-broken-leg-mental-health-conversation

• healthcare, tag
• longread, tag
• campaign, tag
• mental_health, tag
• ·7 years ago

Finland, Home of the $103,000 Speeding Ticket - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/finland-home-of-the-103000-speeding-ticket/387484/

Most of Scandinavia determines fines based on income. Could such a system work in the U.S.?

• policy, tag
• equality, tag
• income_imbalance, tag
• police, tag
• ·7 years ago

15 principles of good service design – Lou Downe

blog.louisedowne.com/2018/06/14/15-principles-of-good-service-design/amp/

• reference, tag
• user_experience, tag
• evaluation, tag
• design_industry, tag
• service_design, tag
• ·7 years ago

Flowkit for Sketch

sketchflowkit.com/

• design, tag
• prototyping, tag
• sketch, tag
• tools, tag
• plugin, tag
• maps, tag
• ui, tag
• UX, tag
• ·7 years ago

Contrast

usecontrast.com/

• visual_design, tag
• tools, tag
• osx, tag
• colour, tag
• accessibility, tag
• contrast, tag
• ·7 years ago

JSON as configuration files: please don’t

arp242.net/weblog/json_as_configuration_files-_please_dont

• best_practices, tag
• config, tag
• json, tag
• javascript, tag
• ·7 years ago

Don’t Use The Placeholder Attribute — Smashing Magazine

smashingmagazine.com/2018/06/placeholder-attribute/

• accessibility, tag
• forms, tag
• usability, tag
• reference, tag
• recommendation, tag
• ·7 years ago

Inside the Crypto World's Biggest Scandal | WIRED

wired.com/story/tezos-blockchain-love-story-horror-story/

One couple thought they held the secret to building a new decentralized utopia. On the way, they plunged into a new kind of hell. A crypto-tragedy in three acts.

• blockchain, tag
• story, tag
• longread, tag
• cryptography, tag
• security, tag
• ·7 years ago

BrettTerpstra.com

brettterpstra.com/

• productivity, tag
• code, tag
• mac, tag
• blog, tag
• apple, tag
• tech, tag
• ·7 years ago

Omoshiroi Block: A Memo Pad That Excavates Objects as it Gets Used | Spoon & Tamago

spoon-tamago.com/2018/01/12/omoshiro-block/

• paper, tag
• art, tag
• notes, tag
• cutting, tag
• design, tag
• stationery, tag
• ·7 years ago

macOS dialog shortcut keys - BrettTerpstra.com

brettterpstra.com/2018/06/19/macos-dialog-shortcut-keys/

• shortcuts, tag
• osx, tag
• productivity, tag
• keyboard, tag
• ·7 years ago

A Directory of design and front-end resources

uigoodies.com/

An expert curation of amazing resources for Designers & UI Developers.

• ui, tag
• resources, tag
• development, tag
• components, tag
• design, tag
• tools, tag
• ·7 years ago

BEM For Beginners: Why You Need BEM — Smashing Magazine

smashingmagazine.com/2018/06/bem-for-beginners/

• css, tag
• BEM, tag
• frontend, tag
• best_practices, tag
• ·7 years ago

Certificates for localhost - Let's Encrypt - Free SSL/TLS Certificates

letsencrypt.org/docs/certificates-for-localhost/

• development, tag
• security, tag
• ssl, tag
• tls, tag
• certificate, tag
• ·7 years ago

Material Design is a political choice

imaginarycloud.com/blog/material-design-is-a-political-choice/

• design, tag
• article, tag
• google, tag
• visual_design, tag
• aesthetics, tag
• material_design, tag
• ·7 years ago

Everything you ever wanted to know about unfurling but were afraid to ask /or/ How to make your… – Slack Platform Blog – Medium

medium.com/slack-developer-blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-unfurling-but-were-afraid-to-ask-or-how-to-make-your-e64b4bb9254

Those handy little previews you see when you paste a link into a Slack message are what we refer to as unfurling internally at Slack (and also in Slack’s API documentation). While it may sound like a…

• opengraph, tag
• html, tag
• slack, tag
• reference, tag
• preview, tag
• open_web, tag
• scraping, tag
• summary, tag
• ·7 years ago

The real power of Linux executables – Own your bits

ownyourbits.com/2018/05/23/the-real-power-of-linux-executables/

• executable, tag
• kernel, tag
• unix, tag
• system, tag
• ·7 years ago

Sketch.systems

sketch.systems/

• tool, tag
• prototyping, tag
• prototype, tag
• state_machine, tag
• gui, tag
• ·7 years ago

Design Patterns on CodePen

codepen.io/patterns

• patterns, tag
• design, tag
• css, tag
• ui, tag
• examples, tag
• ·7 years ago