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Adam Silver covers the pros and (mostly) the cons of tooltips. Adam recommends that we “do the hard work, so users don’t have to.”
If you think people might need the clarification a tooltip provides, you should give them the tooltip content in a more direct way.
(Those blue tooltips in WordPress never sat well with me, TBH.)
Upcoming Events 📆 New: WPSessions 2021 was announced with sessions on May 25 – 27 and workshops from May 28 – June 1. Registration is free. 🆓 WPCampus 2021 Online is a free online conference for web accessibility and WordPress in higher education. It is happening on September 21-22. There is a call for speakers….
How to hire or build a diverse team with @Piccia and @UnderRepdInTech • @BobWP on FftF • @heyadamsilver reviews @ForumWP on @kitchensinkwp • @MasterWP on burnout and breaks w/ @Ny_the_Creator • The All Star FSE Outreach Team has a Hallway Hangout on block theming • @TheWPMinute with all the news in 3 minutes and 46 seconds.
I’ve never heard of KitchenSinkWP — a WordPress podcast that’s 48 episodes in (shows what I know) — but this interview with Matt Mullenweg is quite good. Of note, Adam Silver asks Matt about the road to gaining 50% marketshare for WordPress. Matt’s answer stands out as a nice roadmap of sorts of items — that…
Building an empire on free code: Matt talks WordPress outside the bubble. James Kemp, Anh Tran, and Phil Webster on WooCommerce options for licensing. Adam Silver on testimonials that help you grow. Anne Bovelett on accessibility and page builders. Jamie Marsland wonders if people building third-party plugins for the block editor have been too preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to ask if they should. Are they heading in the wrong direction?
