Updates: page 43

  1. We’re not all building Gmail

    I see it so often when folks talk about using less JS, a bro will say something like:

    “yOu cAn’t bUiLd aN ApP LiKe gMaIl wItHoUt lOaDs oF JaVaScRiPt”

    How many people are building apps like Gmail, really? We’ve got such a weird obsession with “scale”.

    ‪How much of a bad experience are we causing users on low powered devices and/or with slow connections just to "build something that scales"?‬

    ‪I wonder if the heavy JS only approaches would be (seemingly) default if those constraints were more common the the western dev world.‬..

  2. The web we broke

    “Basically, aim to do one thing this week to broaden your understanding of how people use the web, and adapt your design or development practice to incorporate what you’ve learned.”

    Excellent from @beep.

    ‪Related: I made this article last year to try to help people do exactly this. I wanted to try and lower the barrier to entry with accessibility.‬

    ‪Hopefully it can help you folks.

    https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-web-we-broke/

  3. Lots of talking today

    Today I’m delivering 3 lectures, then I’m delivering my “The Power of Progressive Enhancement” talk at the end of the day.

    I’m going to be well and truly sick of my own voice by the end of the day.