ByDan Knauss
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Frederick O’Brien warns against disposable design — a combination of unpleasant UX that follows unhealthy design fads, broken links, and quick fixes. 🗑️
Websites should last for years, so think about what your site will look like in 2, 5, or 20 years. 👴
Frederick also recommends modular thinking and designing for accessibility to be better equipped to adapt to evolving technologies.
📝 Some noteworthy items from the latest weekly WordPress developer meeting: WordPress 5.1 RC1 is already out with RC2 either “late this week or early next week.” The final version is on target for 2/21. WordPress 5.1.1 will probably be released two weeks after 5.1 with 5.2 coming in “maybe late April.” There is a proposal…
The Designer Experience (DesignEx) team at Automattic is focused on hiring designers, onboarding new designers, and fostering the growth and development of the design team. Monika Burman wrote a great piece about their culture and community-building programs, which aren’t often featured. 👩🎨
Missing Menu Items • Farewell PHP 7.4 • I Didn’t Know You Could Do That in the Block Editor • Why is Your Computer Cosplaying as a PDP-11? • Effective Writing for Devs • The State of CSS • The Swiss Army Knife of Website Tools: Website Toolkit
Here’s a list of guidelines a designer needs to know about accessibility from Jesse Hausler. One of the points that stuck in my mind was that you should design for a “diverse set of users” who will interact with your products. This might be people who can’t see colors or have full use of hands,…
Get ready for WordPress 6.1! There’s a live walkthrough coming for it on September 13, and the feature freeze is September 20. Other important news: security updates will no longer be backported for WordPress 3.7-4.0, and there’s a new Advanced WordPress Administration handbook.
WordPress 6.1 walkthrough replay • Matt: WebP no go • Matt: Core needs to be more editorial • Survey: How do you learn WordPress?
