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Back in 2000, Jacob Nielsen proposed…

Dan Knauss

July 26, 2019

Back in 2000, Jacob Nielsen proposed that elaborate usability tests are a waste of resources. It's often discussed and sometimes questioned advice, but Nielsen's test data on testing is hard to dispute. "The best results come from testing no more…

Greg Rickaby at WebDev Studios wants…

Dan Knauss

July 26, 2019

Greg Rickaby at WebDev Studios wants you to give AMP a second look if you tested it out and set it aside. Greg brings you up to speed on what’s new and aims to debunk a few common myths about…

Scott Jehl shares the simplest way…

Dan Knauss

July 26, 2019

Scott Jehl shares the simplest way to load CSS asynchronously using a simple HTML approach: link to the stylesheet with the media type attribute set to print. Then use the onload to apply it to all media types once it's…

If you use or work with…

Dan Knauss

July 26, 2019

If you use or work with Microsoft Teams, then this new WordPress plugin from João Ferreira might be of some interest.

ServerPilot announced in June that they…

Dan Knauss

July 26, 2019

Hosting

ServerPilot announced in June that they are launching a new hosting automation service called HostLaunch. It's meant to be a "platform for operating a modern web hosting company." It's a "customer-facing portal for your users to create their own accounts,…

Laravel Vapor, a full-featured serverless management…

Dan Knauss

July 26, 2019

Laravel Vapor, a full-featured serverless management and deployment dashboard for PHP/Laravel powered by AWS, was recently announced. Features include on-demand auto-scaling with "zero server maintenance."

Unraveling the JPEG is a deep…

Dan Knauss

July 26, 2019

Unraveling the JPEG is a deep (and nicely illustrated) dive into the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) image format from Omar Shehata at Parametric Press. 📸

If you like trying out new…

Dan Knauss

July 26, 2019

If you like trying out new open-source CMS applications now and then, check out Django-based Wagtail, which Mozilla and Google are using. Wagtail is designed for headless deployments where the frontend pulls content from the CMS with GraphQL queries.

WordCamp US will soon be releasing…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2019

WordCamp US will soon be releasing its list of approved talks and speakers. They've also put out a call for volunteers. Helping out at WCUS is a great way to give back to the WordPress community, not to mention a…

If you are interested in usability…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2019

If you are interested in usability testing for Gutenberg, several tests have been conducted already, and the results are available. Mark Uraine presented the highlights from the testing done in June, with videos included. There are usability test results from…

Thanks to the work of Sergey…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2019

Thanks to the work of Sergey Biryukov and others there appear to be new filters available in the media library dropdown for WordPress 5.3.

Sandy Edwards wrote the latest HeroPress…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2019

Sandy Edwards wrote the latest HeroPress article about the mostly unsung heroes of Kids' Camps. Kids' Camps and other youth programs are becoming more common at WordCamps and other WordPress events. Sandy spent weeks putting together a near-perfect timeline of…

Here’s a good post from Mike Pennisi…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2019

Here's a good post from Mike Pennisi where he argues the "web can't survive a monoculture" — and that is what Chrome's domination of the browser market means. Mike says developers should help support other browsers like Firefox and WebKit. Developers…

Joe Howard, the head buff at…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2019

Joe Howard, the head buff at WPBuffs, talks about scaling WordPress maintenance tasks at the agency level. He covers "systemizing" everything — especially the boring stuff — documenting simple and complex tasks, and automating. 🤖

Here’s an eye-opening study from Princeton…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2019

Design

Here's an eye-opening study from Princeton University that analyzed over 53,000 product pages from 11,000 shopping websites. What they found was 1,818 instances of dark patterns, which are user interface design choices that benefit an online service by coercing, steering,…

Mary Ann Azevedo from Crunchbase makes…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2019

Hosting

Mary Ann Azevedo from Crunchbase makes the case that the WordPress hosting space may simultaneously be one of the most lucrative — yet underfunded — industries. 💸