A List Apart
by Cathy Dutton · 1 Comment
Design systems have become the norm for organizations big and small. Yet, as more of our products and services move online, we can learn a thing or two from the world of service design. A dependence on any form of design system can create a pattern of ignoring our users’ context, hindering the design process, and even our own sense of empathy.
participants Jen Simmons, Roger Black, Jeffrey Zeldman
Can typography encourage long-form reading—not just scanning? What are the most exciting areas of cutting-edge experimentation in typographic technology and digital layout, and what new skills will we need to design tomorrow’s web content? Three experts—Mozilla’s Jen Simmons, publication design legend Roger Black, and ALA’s Jeffrey Zeldman—discuss typography and layout on today’s web: where we are now, and where we’re going.
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ALA’s Zeldman bemoans our industry’s fetish for the needlessly complicated over the straightforward.
Samantha Lynn weighs in on 20 years of ALA, 350 articles, and how far we’ve come as an industry.
Oliver Williams argues that we can and should develop websites for modern browsers without leaving IE users behind.
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Come share with us! Our industry-leading editors, tech editors, and copy editors are ready to help you polish your best idea.
Little-known, yet highly effective, priority guides are the content-first, responsive alternative to the ubiquitous wireframe.
We think of our job as controlling the user’s experience. But the reality is, we control far less than we imagine.
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In this excerpt from Going Offline, Jeremy Keith introduces us to Service Workers, a critical component of Progressive Web Apps.
In this excerpt from Planning for Everything, Peter Morville shares insights about how reflection can improve our work.
We’re delighted to share this excerpt from Meeting Design by Kevin Hoffman.
