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
Jeffrey Zeldman talks to Matt Mullenweg http://5by5.tv/bigwebshow/183
My slides from yesterdays WordPress Meetup Frankfurt https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/walterebert/wordpress-aufrumen
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In eigener Sache: Alles neue macht 2019
https://www.zehe-edv.de/2018/12/23/in-eigener-sache-alles-neue-macht-2019/
How to use AV1 with open source tools http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/post/2018/AV1-open-source-tools
Discovered that switching off "Show animations in Windows" sets "prefers-reduced-motion: reduce" in Firefox.
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We're proud to be a sponsor of #YouGotThisConf – a conference for Junior Devs on the importance of self care, morality & ethics, managing money, understanding anxiety and more, coming up in London on 19 January. More info and schedule here: https://yougotthis.io ✊
Wondering if wordpress.tv has a future. WordCamp US 2018 videos are only available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2aNNlC8TUE&list=PL1pJFUVKQ7ES9-wpfTboaWavVf4Nn0DLc
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
- Homepage
- https://walterebert.com
Independent Web & Usability Engineer. Making web sites better, one step at a time.
Joined Feb 2018
