March 13, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll learn about the psychology of color and emotional design, find a checklist of 16 things to improve your website accessibility, discover how to use CSS Scroll Snap, and more. Continue reading March 13, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

Don’t Make Abbreviations and Acronyms a Puzzle for Readers to Solve

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Have you ever visited a website page only to discover the first three paragraphs are filled with abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms that have no meaning for you?

What does MDH mean? Or WFH?

You’re not alone.

Every day I read content with abbreviations, and no explanation of what they mean.

For some websites, I do my research to discover what they mean.

On other sites, I leave. Continue reading Don’t Make Abbreviations and Acronyms a Puzzle for Readers to Solve

Search Whether Your Code Element is Supported in Browsers and Assistive Technologies

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Thanks to Heydon Pickering’s tweet this morning, I discovered a new online tool.

The Accessibility Support website allows you to check whether the code element or attribute you wrote is supported in browsers and assistive technology.

It’s a community-run effort to help you make informed decisions about the elements and attributes you use in your HTML code. Continue reading Search Whether Your Code Element is Supported in Browsers and Assistive Technologies