Recently WordCamp, Portland, ME had a great Accessibility Panel with Jesse Friedman, Peter Jewett, John Brandt. The panel discussed meeting accessibility standards, what it took and why it was important. They also brought up the point that “no one is disabled, we are all just temporarily abled“. What you can do today you might not be able…
Category: Web Design
Optimizing Images for WordPress
The Problem Image quality vs. performance is a constant tradeoff that developers have faced since the early web. We all want beautiful large imagery that creates immersive multimedia experiences for our website users, but this comes at a significant cost. Not only do heavy image files lead to a slow/disjointed user experience leading to lower user…
What to Consider When Approaching a Redesign
Web design is inherently very subjective, but if you approach everything from a user experience (UX) perspective, things become far less subjective. What does this mean? Because the web requires varying degrees of user interaction, these are all actions that can be tracked, analyzed and refined. Clear patterns begin to emerge on what things frustrate…
How to Create Strong Imagery on Your Website
As a web designer, you must take complex stories and display them quickly and visually to a user clearly and concisely. As users, we connect with visual elements and make decisions to trust and engage in less than a second. With this in mind, it is extremely important to make sure that the imagery you…