Inclusive Design 24: The Tipping Point, How Performance Decisions Make Accessibility Differences

Inclusive Design 24 2019

In his The Tipping Point: How Performance Decisions Make Accessibility Differences presentation at Inclusive Design 24 2019 this month, Henri Helvetica discussed the relationship between performance and inclusive design.

A designer who works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he explained how performance metrics like

  • Time To Interactive
  • Wait time anti-patterns
  • Resource management

impact inclusive design and how people are included. Continue reading Inclusive Design 24: The Tipping Point, How Performance Decisions Make Accessibility Differences

Photo of the Week: Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse

brown brick lighthouse with red roof with Mackinaw Island in the background.

It was a cold, windy, rainy day when I stopped along the beach of Lake Huron to see the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse at the tip of Michigan’s mitten in the Lower Peninsula.

One of three lighthouses along the narrows of the Straits of Mackinac, the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse joined the McGulpin Point Lighthouse and Bois Blanc Lighthouse in guiding ships through the treacherous straits where Lake Huron meets Lake Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse

Learning About Images from the Google Chrome Team [Video]

Seated in chairs, Sam Dutton and Yoav Weiess images, lazy load, and image formats.

When I saw the tweet from Google Developers in late August 2019 about the new #AskChrome video series, I was excited!

Who wouldn’t want an opportunity to ask a question to the Google Chrome team and get it answered live on video?

The first episode was delayed from its expected September 4, 2019 launch to September 25, 2019. I finally saw it this week. Continue reading Learning About Images from the Google Chrome Team [Video]