So accessibile web design — at the very least, solutions that allow a user to let a design know, and that design accommodates, their “requirements” — is adaptive web design…
Archive for the "Design" Category
As a self-proclaimed web developer and designer much of what I happen to be doing, at any point in time, more often than not, falls under the design classification. Follow posts that fall under this category as I announce new projects relating to my adventures here, but elsewhere, as well…
Adaptive web design
Mobile first with a twist
And following constructing said base you go from there. Meaning you add on top of it essentially using both Progressive Enhancement (forgetting of course I’m speaking in a “lingo,” being browser capabilities, that doesn’t jive with Progressive Enhancement) and media queries, more specifically…
Links: fixing what ain’t broken
While I was adamant using the underlines, I made use of a solid, 1 or 2 pixel bottom-border — versus using the a browser’s default text-decoration:underline. I’m quite fond of such a look. I most like the extra space this solution provided between the linked text, where it sat on the baseline and where the actual “underline” is rendered.
CSS resets rediscovered
“So much so, in fact, I think colour alone isn’t enough of a signifier that hyperlinked text behaves differently than other non-linked text. Agreed. Link underlines, in their default state (hugging the text so close to the baseline) at least, are less than flattering. They are awkward (read: difficult) to read…”
You just never know…
“Just a short 15 years ago I had my world completely turned upside down and violently shaken for nearly an entire year afterward. And today I find myself actively wanting to learn about and really work with the command line on my computer. You just never know what the future has in store for you, eh?”