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Web Dev | Front-End Engineer | UX Designer

Phone number links and accessibility

January 29, 2018
1 min read
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I currently promote using the default styling of links for phone numbers. I've left this post up for historical purposes. One UX challenge that used to give me pause was making phone numbers accessible in the browser while still being functional. Here’s what I mean about that. The WCAG 2.0...

  • accessibility
  • JavaScript
  • mobile
  • UX

Nope, nope, nope, line-height is unitless

January 30, 2017
1 min read
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Here’s a bit of CSS trivia that, at least on the surface, seems straightforward but that I see misused repeatedly. Let’s start with an oldie-but-goodie CSS interview question: You want the text on your website to be double-spaced by default. Which of the following line-height values is the best way...

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The front-end is...

January 16, 2017
1 min read
6264 views

It’s been my experience that most front-end developers know the feeling of being mislabeled for their skills: “The front-end? Oh, that’s just wireframes and fonts and…” 😒 Yeeeeeah nope! The front-end is also: Design Yes, front-end developers design. Maybe not 100% of them, but c’mon, it’s an integral part of...

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