- Posted in conference css design
I wrote so much about CSS day that I decided to split the content in multiple blog posts. I posted the intro yesterday. Now it’s time to get into the talks. CSS day is a 2 day conference. Day one was the “UI day” with a focus on design talks, often zooming in on the […]
- Posted in conference css report
Just like last year I went to CSS day – and I had a blast. Two days filled with a well curated programme. Perfect organization in a perfect venue. This year I took two of my colleagues along – Eva and Emily – and judging from their feedback they had a great time as well. […]
- Posted in accessibility css
I wrote about making a website dark according to user preferences. I also pleaded for a standards-based implementation of a way to detect high contrast mode. There are other media queries that can make a website accord to user preferences. Something that has existed for a while now is the “Prefers reduced motion” media query which helps […]
- Posted in css
There are two main schools of thought in CSS frameworks. There is the old guard (Foundation/Bootstrap) that is good for entry level work/learning but creates problems on bigger projects due to style leakage and not enough strictness in namespacing. Then there is a new logic with lots of utility classes (which might get recompiled to […]
- Posted in accessibility css
So, contrast. It’s one of the most important success criteria for passing WCAG. It was top of mind in this design project recently where a lot of the branding was orange, and the problem was that white text on orange buttons didn’t pass WCAG 2.1. The project was government-related and for a large audience so I […]