CSS Summit 2011 Day 1: CSS3 and Gradients by Lea Verou

What's a gradient? Shapes of incrementally closer colors next to each other, creating the illusion of a smooth transition. Linear gradients: parallel lines. Radial gradients: concentric ellipses.

This week I’m attending the CSS Summit 2011 conference, a two-day online conference with presentations from CSS experts from around the world. I attended the first CSS Summit two years ago, and it only gets better each year. Lea Verou packed her presentation on CSS3 gradients with example after example of what could be done… Continue reading CSS Summit 2011 Day 1: CSS3 and Gradients by Lea Verou

Web Design Process, More or Less: Refresh Detroit July 2011

Women with long brown hair types on a laptop, design document next to her along with a coffee mug on a wooden desk.

This week at Refresh Detroit, we had the pleasure of hosting Maria Gosur and Colleen Case for their talk about the web design process. My key takeaways: it’s an ongoing process of five phases which overlap. In design projects: Know your goals Identify deliverables for each phase Clients are your content experts Project debrief informs… Continue reading Web Design Process, More or Less: Refresh Detroit July 2011

Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design

Just Ask Analysis Phase chapter introduction.

Want easy-to-understand information on how you can improve the accessibility of your websites, applications, or products? Look no further than Shawn Henry’s online book Just Ask, it’s a “must-read!” Shawn Henry is Outreach Coordinator of the Web Accessibility Initiative at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), where she leads worldwide education and outreach activities promoting… Continue reading Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design