Walter Ebert @walterebert@mastodon.social
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Independent Web & Usability Engineer. Making web sites better, one step at a time.
Joined Feb 2018
Used GDPR to get rid of Google's reCAPTCHA on a site. Using a honeypot instead. More user friendly and accessible.
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A UX Guide For Designing Error Pages.
Answer:
- who caused the issue
- what happened & why
- when will it be solved
- how can user solve it
Then tie if to brand identity and try to delight users
https://blog.prototypr.io/a-ux-guide-for-designing-error-pages-fb9ced1f1c8a
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Just a few years ago, colleges would not even look at Drupal due to its a11y issues. Now its messaging is on-point. https://dri.es/drupal-commitment-to-accessibility
My slides "Hero Video Performance" from
web performance meetup Cologne https://www.slideshare.net/walterebert/hero-video-performance
Visiting accessibility day at DB Systel in Frankfurt
Thursday, Dec. 6th, I will talk about hero videos at WebPerf Meetup Cologne https://www.meetup.com/cologne-germany-high-performance-website-optimization-group/events/255856182/?oc=evam
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Bye bye, dear blackboard car. You were fun. https://vasilis.nl/nerd/bye-bye-blackboard-car/[...]
https://vasilis.nl/notes/2018/11/29/839/
Interesting option if you are looking for a Linux laptop https://puri.sm/
Google explaining client hints and they use a PHP example. So I'm not the only one, doing that :) https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/optimizing-content-efficiency/client-hints/
After wondering why WP-CLI wasn't working, I discovered that the commands are now split into separate packages
For React developers that struggle with accessibility there is now Tenon-UI https://tenon-ui.info/
Optimising font loading for the Twenty Fifteen WordPress theme https://github.com/zachleat/performance-sometime
Steve Souders starting of the first #perfnow conference
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Was macht man, wenn man mit dem neuen WordPress-Editor #gutenberg noch "nicht so richtig warm wird"?
WordPress Theme-Entwicklerin @jessicalyschik hat sich das auch gefragt und entstanden ist eine bebilderte Anleitung vom feinsten, die dich unter https://gutenberg-fibel.de Schritt für Schritt durch das Wunderland der Blöcke führt.
Absolut lesenswert!
Danke, Jessica.
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"Create your own dysfunctional single-page app in five easy steps" by Jim Newbery https://tinnedfruit.com/articles/create-your-own-dysfunctional-single-page-app.html
There really aren't enough people questioning the use of single-page apps.
Listening to talks about open media, standardisation, and audiovisual preservation at "No Time To Wait 3" conference in the British Film Institute #NTTW3
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Oh dear, green screens don't work well for me.
On my way to WordCamp Cologne I walked past the Nightwash comedy club/launderette
If you intend to upgrade PHP, go for PHP 7.2. Support for PHP 7.0 ends before the end of the year. That's earlier then for PHP 5.6. https://secure.php.net/supported-versions.php
- Homepage
- https://walterebert.com
Independent Web & Usability Engineer. Making web sites better, one step at a time.
Joined Feb 2018
