Paul Robert Lloyd
Designing for
Everyone
Multipack Presents: Show & Tell
10 November 2012
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The medium is the message
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Image Credit: Associated Press
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“
scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=long-live-the-web
The web’s primary design principle is
universality… it should be accessible from any
kind of hardware that can connect to the Internet:
stationary or mobile, small screen or large.
Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality
— Tim Berners-Lee
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Image Credit: Brad Frost
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5 July 2012
@marcoarment
If you’re a web designer, you really, really need
to get a Retina MacBook Pro so you can see
how bad your site looks on it and fix it.
twitter.com/marcoarment/status/220968507117015040
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6 July 2012
@anna_debenham
If you’re a web designer, you really, really need
to get a cheap Dell monitor so you can see
how bad your site looks on it and fix it.
twitter.com/anna_debenham/status/221277339517067265
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Game Console Browsers
console.maban.co.uk
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Responsive web design
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Responsible web design
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Image Credit: Brad Frost
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“ Who doesn’t have JavaScript? Everyone doesn’t
have JavaScript until the JavaScript has loaded.
— Jake Archibald
Our front page makes 7
requests in total, at
approximately 21kb.
Everyone gets this initial
payload…
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Cutting the mustard
blog.responsivenews.co.uk/post/18948466399/cutting-the-mustard
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…a block of JavaScript
checks the capabilities of
the browser before
deciding whether to kick
start the enhanced
experience.
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Cutting the mustard
blog.responsivenews.co.uk/post/18948466399/cutting-the-mustard
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2012: Responsive Images
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Do you get the picture?
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Accessible text
The picture element: An HTML extension for adaptive images
picture.responsiveimages.org
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•Issue exists at the file format/browser level
•Art direction concerns style, not content
•Image size is relative to container, not display
•Symptom of print-inspired design
Picture problems:
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The Web Aesthetic
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Typography Panel in Mac OS X
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Typography Panel in Mac OS X
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Typography Panel in Mac OS X
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Rdio.com
rdio.com
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NYTimes.com
nytimes.com/
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NYTimes Skimmer
nytimes.com/skimmer/
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Quartz
qz.com
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2013: Web Native Design
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jasonsantamaria.com/articles/baseline-grids-on-the-web
Baselines grids can be too rigid for the inherently
flexible nature of the web. Just because something
works at one size doesn’t mean the same ratio will
be appropriate at larger or smaller sizes.
Baseline Grids on the Web
— Jason Santa Maria
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speakerdeck.com/espylaub/pagination-on-the-internet-and-why-its-weird
The meaning of page numbers changes over time.
Which defies the whole point of a URL.
Pagination on the Internet and why it’s weird
— Alex Feyerke