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A List Apart (ISSN: 1534-0295) explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices. We began as a mailing list in 1997 and launched the web magazine in 1998. https://www.alistapart.com
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Is mobile-first CSS always the best option? Patrick Clancey explores the pros and cons and lays out an alternative.
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Mobile-First CSS: Is It Time for a Rethink?
Is mobile-first CSS always the best option? Patrick Clancey explores the pros and cons of the classic methodology, as well as when other solutions might work better.
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December 26, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Is mobile-first CSS always the best option? Patrick Clancey explores the pros and cons and lays out an alternative.
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Destress your blogging life with an editorial calendar. You can create one in five minutes using any spreadsheet tool. Here’s how.
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How to Create an Editorial Calendar and Be More Successful
Learn how to create an effective editorial calendar so you can write better content and manage your blog with less stress. Includes free template.
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January 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Destress your blogging life with an editorial calendar. You can create one in five minutes using any spreadsheet tool. Here’s how.
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#blogs #blogging
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#blogs #blogging
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A gift from the wonderful @stephaniewalter.bsky.social. #ColorTheory #palettes #resources #tools #InclusiveDesign #a11y #color #colors
Struggling with color theory or building accessible palettes? I’ve put together my go-to resources and tools to help designers make better, more inclusive color choices. Whether you're a beginner or refining your skills, this curated list has you covered!
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February 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A gift from the wonderful @stephaniewalter.bsky.social. #ColorTheory #palettes #resources #tools #InclusiveDesign #a11y #color #colors
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Creating a content model with design-system thinking could capsize your customers’ omni-channel strategy. Avoid that outcome by creating content models that are semantic and that also connect related content.
A Content Model Is Not a Design System
by Mike Wills
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A Content Model Is Not a Design System
by Mike Wills
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A Content Model Is Not a Design System
These days, content models have to serve a variety of delivery channels, each more outlandish than the last. But why do many content models still look more like design systems rather than reflectin…
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February 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Creating a content model with design-system thinking could capsize your customers’ omni-channel strategy. Avoid that outcome by creating content models that are semantic and that also connect related content.
A Content Model Is Not a Design System
by Mike Wills
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A Content Model Is Not a Design System
by Mike Wills
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★ Designing Safer Web Animation For Motion Sensitivity
by Val Head September 08, 2015
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by Val Head September 08, 2015
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Designing Safer Web Animation For Motion Sensitivity
For millions of people with vertigo and inner ear problems, large-scale web animations can trigger nausea, migraines, and dizziness. To make websites accessible for everyone, we don’t need to elimi…
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May 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
★ Designing Safer Web Animation For Motion Sensitivity
by Val Head September 08, 2015
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by Val Head September 08, 2015
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Know your design history: @craigmod.com (Flipboard, Art Space Tokyo) introduces Bibliotype, an HTML baseline typography library for tablet reading. #OldGold #typography #KnowYourHistory #design
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A Simpler Page
Want to design a book? There are mountains of beautifully designed examples to inspire you. But what about digital books? How do you create elegantly typeset, gloriously balanced reading experience…
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November 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Know your design history: @craigmod.com (Flipboard, Art Space Tokyo) introduces Bibliotype, an HTML baseline typography library for tablet reading. #OldGold #typography #KnowYourHistory #design
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I am vaguely annoyed these are called ‘enhancements’.
Animated GIF alt:
App menu → Settings → AI Controls → “Block AI Enhancements” (toggle).
Then scroll down and find Translations. Change from “Blocked” to “Available”.
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App menu → Settings → AI Controls → “Block AI Enhancements” (toggle).
Then scroll down and find Translations. Change from “Blocked” to “Available”.
AI Controls (formally 'kill switch') are landing in today's Firefox Nightly, and will land with Firefox 148 later this month.
February 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I am vaguely annoyed these are called ‘enhancements’.
Animated GIF alt:
App menu → Settings → AI Controls → “Block AI Enhancements” (toggle).
Then scroll down and find Translations. Change from “Blocked” to “Available”.
Animated GIF alt:
App menu → Settings → AI Controls → “Block AI Enhancements” (toggle).
Then scroll down and find Translations. Change from “Blocked” to “Available”.
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My book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now free and online as a website.
accessibilityforeveryone.site
The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.
accessibilityforeveryone.site
The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.
Accessibility For Everyone by Laura Kalbag
Read the book online for free.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:14 PM
My book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now free and online as a website.
accessibilityforeveryone.site
The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.
accessibilityforeveryone.site
The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.
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Beware the faux bold (and how to fix it): "I don’t know if it’s just me, or if something’s happened in the last few months, but I keep seeing faux bolds everywhere. The fix is tiny and simple." #CSS clagnut.com/blog/2438
Beware the faux bold (and how to fix it)
I don’t know if it’s just me, or if something’s happened in the last few months, but I keep seeing faux bolds everywhere. The fix is tiny and simple, although frankly the mistake is pretty basic –…
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January 26, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Beware the faux bold (and how to fix it): "I don’t know if it’s just me, or if something’s happened in the last few months, but I keep seeing faux bolds everywhere. The fix is tiny and simple." #CSS clagnut.com/blog/2438
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The proximity principle is based on the idea that our minds seek to organize and bring order out of chaos, which makes it easy for us to navigate the world.
Neointeraction Design explains: https://neointeraction-design.medium.com/proximity-principle-in-visual-design-1b425de55fcd
Neointeraction Design explains: https://neointeraction-design.medium.com/proximity-principle-in-visual-design-1b425de55fcd
Proximity Principle in Visual Design
The principle of proximity states that we perceive objects which are close to one another as a group. This is true even if the color, size…
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January 24, 2026 at 11:30 AM
The proximity principle is based on the idea that our minds seek to organize and bring order out of chaos, which makes it easy for us to navigate the world.
Neointeraction Design explains: https://neointeraction-design.medium.com/proximity-principle-in-visual-design-1b425de55fcd
Neointeraction Design explains: https://neointeraction-design.medium.com/proximity-principle-in-visual-design-1b425de55fcd
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When AI can generate good-looking work instantly, “good” can’t carry the weight it used to. Change the conversation to reflect what design has always been at its best: goals-aligned, research-informed, constraints-aware, and outcomes-focused. @pseudoroom.bsky.social shares how.
Evolving Design Language in the AI Era: From Good to Great
Explore how the AI era reshapes design language, emphasizing objective critique over subjective opinions for successful outcomes.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:57 PM
When AI can generate good-looking work instantly, “good” can’t carry the weight it used to. Change the conversation to reflect what design has always been at its best: goals-aligned, research-informed, constraints-aware, and outcomes-focused. @pseudoroom.bsky.social shares how.
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Add repeatable form field groups with automatic numbering and native form participation.
Repeatable Form Fields Made Simple :: Aaron Gustafson
Sometimes you need users to provide multiple instances of the same information—multiple email addresses, phone numbers, team members, or emergency contacts. The form-repeatable web component makes this...
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January 31, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Add repeatable form field groups with automatic numbering and native form participation.
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Noticing when you use "it's not that bad" to deny your or others reality is part of how you practice disability justice.
February 2, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Noticing when you use "it's not that bad" to deny your or others reality is part of how you practice disability justice.
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My latest piece for @alistapart.com
When AI can generate good-looking work instantly, “good” can’t carry the weight it used to. Change the conversation to reflect what design has always been at its best: goals-aligned, research-informed, constraints-aware, and outcomes-focused. @pseudoroom.bsky.social shares how.
Evolving Design Language in the AI Era: From Good to Great
Explore how the AI era reshapes design language, emphasizing objective critique over subjective opinions for successful outcomes.
alistapart.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:50 PM
My latest piece for @alistapart.com
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Having both a Design Manager and a Lead Designer on the same team is beautiful, but can be messy. To make it work without creating confusion, overlap, or “too many cooks,” check Michel Ferreira’s Holistic Framework for Shared Design Leadership.
Illustration: Tom Shannon for @alistapart.com. #ala25
Illustration: Tom Shannon for @alistapart.com. #ala25
An Holistic Framework for Shared Design Leadership
“The relationship between a Design Manager and Lead Designer isn’t about dividing territories. It’s about multiplying impact. When both roles understand they’re tending to different aspects of the …
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December 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Having both a Design Manager and a Lead Designer on the same team is beautiful, but can be messy. To make it work without creating confusion, overlap, or “too many cooks,” check Michel Ferreira’s Holistic Framework for Shared Design Leadership.
Illustration: Tom Shannon for @alistapart.com. #ala25
Illustration: Tom Shannon for @alistapart.com. #ala25
Our most-used words in 2025 were (no surprise):
1. "content" (9×)
2. "design" (6×)
3. "webdevelopment" (5×)
4. "webdesign" (5×)
5. "html" (4×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
1. "content" (9×)
2. "design" (6×)
3. "webdevelopment" (5×)
4. "webdesign" (5×)
5. "html" (4×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest 2025
A recap of your year on Bluesky. Discover patterns, connections, and insights from your journey in the ATmosphere.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Our most-used words in 2025 were (no surprise):
1. "content" (9×)
2. "design" (6×)
3. "webdevelopment" (5×)
4. "webdesign" (5×)
5. "html" (4×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
1. "content" (9×)
2. "design" (6×)
3. "webdevelopment" (5×)
4. "webdesign" (5×)
5. "html" (4×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
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"Ultimately, many of these edits and punts were made in light of the CSS Working Group’s three primary goals for this spec. It needed to be:" Powerful • Robust • Performant
The Story of CSS Grid, from Its Creators
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The Story of CSS Grid, from Its Creators
Designers have used grids for centuries. And after more than 20 years of waiting, they are finally here for the browser. This is the story of CSS Grid. It took a lot of people in the right place an…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"Ultimately, many of these edits and punts were made in light of the CSS Working Group’s three primary goals for this spec. It needed to be:" Powerful • Robust • Performant
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It being that time of year, I went to 24 Ways to bask in the knowledge there. Here’s a 2019 Rob Weychert post that still resonates: A Modern Typographic Scale.
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A Modern Typographic Scale
Rob Weychert reaches for the top notes to sing us a song of typographic scale. A little attention to scale and to the mathematics will help you to hit a high note with your designs this Christmas and ...
24ways.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It being that time of year, I went to 24 Ways to bask in the knowledge there. Here’s a 2019 Rob Weychert post that still resonates: A Modern Typographic Scale.
24ways.org/2019/a-moder... #design #typography #UXUI #TypographicScales
24ways.org/2019/a-moder... #design #typography #UXUI #TypographicScales
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“To recoup their existing and announced investments, AI companies will have to bring in $2 trillion, more than the combined revenue of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia and Meta.
“And they have to bring in that $2 trillion before all those GPUs burn out…which is, again, about 2–3 years.”
“And they have to bring in that $2 trillion before all those GPUs burn out…which is, again, about 2–3 years.”
The AI that we’ll have after AI
Cheap GPUs, unemployed engineers, and open source models.
doctorow.medium.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“To recoup their existing and announced investments, AI companies will have to bring in $2 trillion, more than the combined revenue of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia and Meta.
“And they have to bring in that $2 trillion before all those GPUs burn out…which is, again, about 2–3 years.”
“And they have to bring in that $2 trillion before all those GPUs burn out…which is, again, about 2–3 years.”
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November 30 is #BlueBeanieDay, supporting web standards and accessibility, the building blocks empowering a people-first web.
Remember how good that web felt? It still does.
Join us! Pop on a blue beanie and smile.
Remember how good that web felt? It still does.
Join us! Pop on a blue beanie and smile.
November 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
November 30 is #BlueBeanieDay, supporting web standards and accessibility, the building blocks empowering a people-first web.
Remember how good that web felt? It still does.
Join us! Pop on a blue beanie and smile.
Remember how good that web felt? It still does.
Join us! Pop on a blue beanie and smile.
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A happy #BlueBeanieDay to you and yours, celebrating an open and accessible web.
( #pixelart design for @alistapart.com )
( #pixelart design for @alistapart.com )
November 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A happy #BlueBeanieDay to you and yours, celebrating an open and accessible web.
( #pixelart design for @alistapart.com )
( #pixelart design for @alistapart.com )
Know your design history: @craigmod.com (Flipboard, Art Space Tokyo) introduces Bibliotype, an HTML baseline typography library for tablet reading. #OldGold #typography #KnowYourHistory #design
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A Simpler Page
Want to design a book? There are mountains of beautifully designed examples to inspire you. But what about digital books? How do you create elegantly typeset, gloriously balanced reading experience…
alistapart.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Know your design history: @craigmod.com (Flipboard, Art Space Tokyo) introduces Bibliotype, an HTML baseline typography library for tablet reading. #OldGold #typography #KnowYourHistory #design
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When you think about it, the phrase “earning a living” is really quite vile.
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22233
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22233
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
When you think about it, the phrase “earning a living” is really quite vile.
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22233
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22233
Receipts: a brief list of prominent articles proclaiming the death of the web.
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Receipts: a brief list of prominent articles proclaiming the death of the web. Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
Personal site of author, designer, Automattician, and A List Apart founder & publisher Jeffrey Zeldman. Teaching and writing about web design and web standards since 1995. Also featuring “My Glamorous...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Receipts: a brief list of prominent articles proclaiming the death of the web.
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Built on good old robots.txt, the new open content licensing standard Really Simple Licensing (RSL) adds licensing and royalty terms.
Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are some of the major brands adopting the standard in hopes AI companies will pay.
www.theverge.com/news/775072/...
Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are some of the major brands adopting the standard in hopes AI companies will pay.
www.theverge.com/news/775072/...
The web has a new system for making AI companies pay up
The mission is to keep the web sustainable.
www.theverge.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Built on good old robots.txt, the new open content licensing standard Really Simple Licensing (RSL) adds licensing and royalty terms.
Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are some of the major brands adopting the standard in hopes AI companies will pay.
www.theverge.com/news/775072/...
Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are some of the major brands adopting the standard in hopes AI companies will pay.
www.theverge.com/news/775072/...