Making the Web Easy - Speaker Deck

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Photo credit: Jeremy Brooks via Creative Commons Making the Web @clarissa

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https://twitter.com/halvorson/status/686569663761891328

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What Is This Website?

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The One Piece of Information

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Don't Hide Things

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Splash Screens? Almost Never

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Start Here

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Form Fields

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URL

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Deﬁne What's Needed

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Show Password

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Avoid Drop-downs For Short Lists

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Ask For Less

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Show Which Fields Are Required

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First'Name'(required)

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input[required]'{border:'1px' dashed'#f00;}' or input:required'{border:'1px' dashed'#f00;}

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Validate Immediately

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Use Placeholders

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Email'Address

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p'{'line5height:'1;'}

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p'{'line5height:'2;'}

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p'{'line5height:'1.4;'}

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p'{'line5height:'1.3'} @media'only'screen'and'(min5 width:'30em)'{ ''''p'{'line5height:'1.4'} } @media'only'screen'and'(min5 width:'60em)'{ ''''p'{'line5height:'1.5'} }

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Vertical Margins

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p'{ ''''line5height:'1.5; ''''margin5top:'1.5em; ''''margin5bottom:'1.5em; }

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45-75 Characters

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These'stories'are'true.'Although'I'have' left'the'strict'line of'historical'truth'in'many'places,' the'animals'in'this'book'were'all'real' characters.

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These'stories'are'true.'Although'I'have' left'the'strict'line of'historical'truth'in'many'places,' the'animals'in'this'book'were'all'real' characters.

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http://codepen.io/chriscoyier/pen/atebf

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Plain Language

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Source: Canadian Literacy and Learning Network 42% of Canadian adults between 16-65 have low literacy skills.

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If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. - possibly Albert Einstein

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Before: When the process of freeing a vehicle that has been stuck results in ruts or holes, the operator will ﬁll the rut or hole created by such activity before removing the vehicle from the immediate area. After: If you make a hole while freeing a stuck vehicle, you must ﬁll the hole before you drive away.

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Page Structure

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Get rid of half the words on each page, then get rid of half of what’s left. - Steve Krug

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Top Level Heading Second Level Heading Third Level Heading

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Search Results

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Colour Blindness

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Normal Deuteranope Protanope Tritanope

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Credit: thecrazyﬁlmgirl https://ﬂic.kr/p/5X3ixX

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Print It

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7/7/2015 Traybaked Keralan fish curry | Jamie Oliver | Food | Jamie Oliver (UK) Toogle menu Right Menu Home Recipes > Shop Restaurants Videos Discover > -- Features -- Galleries -- News Foundation Careers Help & More Advertise With Us < Back Recipes home Chicken Beef Pasta Seafood Rice Fish Lamb Pork Game Duck Vegetables Chocolate Bread Cheese Eggs Fruit Turkey < Back Recipes Videos

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Make It Responsive

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Links

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[email protected]

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15877'CALL'BMO'(22555266)

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Tap Targets

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Testing

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Performance

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Source: CNN

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https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/

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http://yslow.org/

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Not Everything Should Be Easy

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Clarissa Peterson clarissapeterson.com @clarissa