A lot of people seem to want to play with the Pantone colors of the year. Maybe these colors inspire more creative people. Or maybe it’s because it’s rare to get two of them. Note however that their use in the web, or digital assets, can have an impact on the accessibility of your creations. Small note on this topic.
Last articles about HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, WordPress, et Webdesign
CSS Custom Properties: introduction on CSS variables
Some years ago (2018 I think), I gave a talk during the JavaScript Meetup of Luxembourg where I presented briefly my interest for this new topic: CSS Variables. The official name of this specification is CSS Custom Properties. It allows you to store dynamic custom values to be used as CSS value within your code.
PWA – Add shortcuts to your application
You have probably already used these shortcuts available at “force touch” or “long touch” on your mobile application icons? It’s a way to access shortcuts inside your application to quickly access a section, or directly start a more precise action. It is now possible to do this for your Progressive Web App (PWA).
A One Time Code Input compatible with Keyboard suggestion
Ones of the more painful experiences on mobile come with infinite online forms you have to fill in here and there. What about optimizing those experiences step by step? Today I propose to you a solution for One Time Code input: You receive the SMS with a code, your keyboard suggest-it to you, one tap, done! Ok let’s go!
Self-hosted Design and Project Management Solutions
At the era of Cloud solutions and worldwide shared resources, some big companies are stuck with a strict prohibition of any Cloud service. Self-hosting is a solution for those companies that want to build modern well-designed interfaces. How to do so if you are stuck outside the overall Cloud system?
The best WYSIWYG Editors
When the need arises to focus on writing texts for web pages, WYSIWYG editors allow you to project yourself into what your text will look like once it is published on your page, or at least give you a good idea of what it will be like. Here is a selection of editors that can be installed in your web projects.
Custom Counters in pure CSS
CSS, since its version 2.1, offers a relatively unknown counter system due to an old incompatibility on IE. Some of you will probably defend the following position: CSS is not made for that, you have to use JavaScript. So be it! But know that it exists, and discover how to use it. Small introduction!
There is no “Myths of Color Contrast Accessibility”
When you need to work on interfaces, color contrast is a real thing you have to take into account to make it accessible. You have the right to be afraid of losing part of the aesthetics of your beautifully well designed interface, and you are right if you are used to poor contrast ratio. Accessibility comes with its constraint, but not much more than UX (User Experience) Design.
Web Resources #43
Long time no see. This selection offers a lot of Design resources to help you build ideation session, test interface during user testing sessions or exploit your user biaises to build better products. Alongside those resources, development tools, articles and tutorial will help you with new CSS and JS stuff. Also, I need you help at the end of the article :p
Did You Know – defaultValue for input in JavaScript
I keep writing this little series of Did You Know articles about specific little parts of the CSS, HTML or JavaScript. One little thing to learn, easy to digest and use in your dailywork. Last time it was about Lists and specific attributes like start
, reversed
and type
for ul
and ol
elements. This time, let’s dive into defaultValue
in JS.