2019 was an interesting year in website accessibility. The simple and elegant premise of accessibility has been pushed aside by aggressive law firms, miserly corporations and apathetic regulatory agencies.
In ...
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Design + User Interface
Posts related to best practices of visual communication for web design and the user interface (UI). Topics include the significance of elements such as color, layout, appearance and usability along with tools such as JavaScript and Ajax. The importance of a "user-friendly" experience to allow the user to interact with the software or hardware in a natural and intuitive way. This includes the aesthetic appearance of the device (menu, toolbar, windows), response time, and the content that is presented to the user.
Make sure you always have the current copyright year in your footer
As Web developers we are sticklers for website details. That's why I always look at the copyright year, often found in the footer of a page.
Whenever I go to ...
Don't Wait for the Lawsuit - Make Your Website Accessible Now
The lack of attention to accessible website design over the past several years has overlooked the online experience for persons with disabilities and opened the door for potential litigation. As a result, the number of speculative lawsuits focusing on website accessibility has skyrocketed over the past year.
3 Easy Ways to Prevent User Frustration with Good UX Design
Recently I enrolled in an online UX course through springboard.com. With the help of videos, articles, projects, and the support of a seasoned UX mentor who works in the ...
Django CMS Plugin Authenticated User Variations
Note: a companion app for this post can be found here:
https://github.com/ImaginaryLandscape/cmsplugin-auth-content-example
In a recent project using django CMS, we found ourselves in need of ...
A Python Solution for Making Custom PDFs from HTML
The client wanted to give their users the option of printing completed forms to a pdf file. They also wanted the pdf to be rendered with formatting and style that ...
Got Rot?
A 2014 study released by the Harvard Law Review shows that an alarming number of hyperlinks go bad in a surprisingly short time.
Link Rot has been a problem from ...
Django Internationalization
A few weeks ago I gave a talk at the Chicago Djangonauts meeting on Django Internationalization. Apparently this isn't a task that a lot of people need to do frequently ...
Better UI prototyping with a Django twist
As part of our new appreciation for start-up organizations and their love of Django, we thought we’d share how we approach the concept of rapid UI prototyping.
Early stage start-up ...
Security for Mobile Applications
Mobile computing is the new frontier of the online world, and Web developers are creating mobile-enabled Web applications that explore this frontier in new and exciting ways. 2010 showed that ...