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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
“The goal isn’t to leave Google. “The goal is to build a business that could if it has to, and no longer has to care whether it does.” — @brianalvey.com brianalvey.com/2026/07/31/a...
Antifragile rocks
For decades, ranking on Google was survival. Now ADWEEK reports that some of the biggest media businesses are not-so-quietly making plans to disappear from it. This isn’t just one angry newsp…
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★ Required reading for makers of websites: Matuzo’s HTML boilerplate in 2026. Every element that world-class front-end dev, author, a11y auditor & web standards speaker @matuzo.at uses for the basic structure of an HTML document … with explanations. Updated from his classic 2021 boilerplate.
My HTML boilerplate in 2026 - Manuel Matuzović
Every element I use for the basic structure of a HTML document, with explanations why.
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Missing important titles in your web UX and content design collection since we were forced to shutter A Book Apart? Our authors have your back! Authors Together: The classic books published by A Book Apart.
Authors Together
A directory of books by the former authors of A Book Apart
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❦ @alistapart.com author Liam Nugent’s Lanark is a new font inspired by the lettering of Scottish writer, artist and polymath Alasdair Gray. Includes U&lc, numbers, and punctuation. One weight in OpenType, .woff and .woff2. liamnugent.gumroad.com/l/lanark-font
Lanark, a font inspired by Alasdair Gray
A striking humanist display font inspired by Alasdair Gray's distinctive type.It is inspired by the lettering created by the Scottish writer, artist and polymath, Alasdair Gray who The Guardian newspa...
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New @alistapart.com author Shrey Shah takes us on an amazing interface design journey, showing what happens when assumptions based on constraints become invisible. alistapart.com/article/desi... #ux #uxui #uxdesign #AListApart 2/2
UX design and onboarding: How a teaching method built on outdated constraints and assumptions got mistaken for the best way to learn.
Every language app in your pocket inherited a teaching method built for Latin. Understanding why that happened is a more useful design lesson than anything the apps themselves can teach you.
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“let’s make it easier to recognise accessibility issues while we’re designing.”
A List Apart “for people who make websites” 1997–? @alistapart.com · 6mo agoDesigners are good people. Some designs exclude people anyway. Alan Dalton offers a practical fix: accessibility personas that help you recognize problems while you're designing, not after. Homework included. alistapart.com/article/good...
I worked with @mikepick.bsky.social for years. He’s a gifted art director, UX & graphic designer, and a capable illustrator too. His designs for Type Network, the W3C at 25, Scientific American, Seed Magazine, @alistapart.com, An Event Apart, and the World Science Festival 1/2
Web design should be inclusive and accessibility for everyone. These personas are perfect for helping us to recognise accessibility issues. So, dear web designers, meet your users: alistapart.com/article/good... thank you, @alandalton.bsky.social
A List Apart “for people who make websites” 1997–? @alistapart.com · 6mo agoDesigners are good people. Some designs exclude people anyway. Alan Dalton offers a practical fix: accessibility personas that help you recognize problems while you're designing, not after. Homework included. alistapart.com/article/good...
Designers are good people. Some designs exclude people anyway. Alan Dalton offers a practical fix: accessibility personas that help you recognize problems while you're designing, not after. Homework included. alistapart.com/article/good...
Enhancing Web Design: Recognizing Accessibility Issues Now
Explore the importance of accessibility in design and discover how to create inclusive experiences that accommodate all users.
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Designers are good people. Some designs exclude people anyway. Alan Dalton offers a practical fix: accessibility personas that help you recognize problems while you're designing, not after. Homework included. alistapart.com/article/good...
Enhancing Web Design: Recognizing Accessibility Issues Now
Explore the importance of accessibility in design and discover how to create inclusive experiences that accommodate all users.
alistapart.com
Today I published the second update of this month to the Practical Accessibility course content. I have at least two or three more updates coming this April. As I promised, I want to keep the course as up-to-date and as relevant to your work as possible. Get access @ practical-accessibility.today
The Practical Accessibility Course
A get-right-down-to-it online course for Web designers and developers who want to start creating more accessible Web user interfaces and digital products today
practical-accessibility.today
Just as a reminder — all these cool fonts are available to use on @codepen.io as well.
GitHub Next@githubnext.com · 7mo agoLettermatic ✕ GitHub Next: the inside story of Monaspace, a truly groundbreaking advancement for how we display code. We knew that Lettermatic would go deep, but we were still amazed by their level of knowledge and craft. See their case study below, and get the fonts at monaspace.githubnext.com
New on the Squarespace Engineering Blog! Squarespace & Web Standards: How We Helped Bring HTML Video & Audio Lazy-Loading to Today’s Browsers. I'm real proud of the teamwork that went into this. Stay tuned for part 2 next week, which will cover dev best practices for using this new HTML standard.
Squarespace & Web Standards: How We Helped Bring HTML Video & Audio Lazy Loading to Today’s Browsers — Squarespace Engineering Blog
At Squarespace, many of our core products are built on web standards, and our engineers are constantly pushing the boundaries of the web’s capabilities. Occasionally, those boundaries reveal a limitat...
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This is the #overlay company that fabricated clients, testimonials, and ratings: adrianroselli.com/2025/07/acce... Its failure to do alt text correctly for this Bluesky post should tell you all you need to know. #a11y #accessibility #WCAG
#Accesstive Will Get You Sued
I can’t actually assert the Accesstive overlay will result in a lawsuit, though there is a trend of overlays attracting lawsuits. Attorneys say overlays don’t protect from lawsuits, either. Regardless...
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Accesstive@accesstive.bsky.social · 7mo agoWhen websites are accessible, more people can use them, more customers can reach you, and your brand becomes more inclusive and trusted. 📈 Accessibility isn’t just compliance - it’s smart growth. ♿ #Accessibility #WCAG #InclusiveDesign #DigitalInclusion
A List Apart thanks our sponsor, Northwestern Information Design and Strategy, School of Professional Studies. Ready to advance in content strategy, UX/UI, data communication, or learning design? Explore Northwestern’s online MS in Information Design & Strategy. sps.northwestern.edu/ala
Bubbles, bubbles, toil and trouble. Return with us to January, 2006, where we evaluated the hype around “Web 2.0.” #OldGold #AListApart alistapart.com/article/web3...
Web 3.0
Web 2.0 is a fresh-faced starlet on the intertwingled longtail to the disruptive experience of tomorrow. Web 3.0 thinks you are so 2005.
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A List Apart founder @zeldman.bsky.social on our latest obsession with how much and how fast. zeldman.com/2026/02/16/t...
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents - The salad bar theory of UX professionalism - Design
Less, but better? Not this week.
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Is mobile-first CSS always the best option? Patrick Clancey explores the pros and cons and lays out an alternative. alistapart.com/article/mobi... #mobilefirst #CSS #AListApart
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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Destress your blogging life with an editorial calendar. You can create one in five minutes using any spreadsheet tool. Here’s how. wordpress.com/blog/2025/01... #blogs #blogging
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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A gift from the wonderful @stephaniewalter.bsky.social. #ColorTheory #palettes #resources #tools #InclusiveDesign #a11y #color #colors
Stef Walter@stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 2y agoStruggling 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! stephaniewalter.design/blog/color-t...
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 alistapart.com/article/a-co...
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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★ Designing Safer Web Animation For Motion Sensitivity by Val Head September 08, 2015 alistapart.com/article/desi... #a11y #OldGold @vlh.bsky.social #vestibular #VestibularDisorder #vertigo #migraines #nausea #health #ux #ixd #ui #animation #design
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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Know your design history: @craigmod.com (Flipboard, Art Space Tokyo) introduces Bibliotype, an HTML baseline typography library for tablet reading. #OldGold #typography #KnowYourHistory #design alistapart.com/article/a-si...
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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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”.
Firefox for Web Developers@webdevs.firefox.com · 9mo agoAI Controls (formally 'kill switch') are landing in today's Firefox Nightly, and will land with Firefox 148 later this month.
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.
Accessibility For Everyone by Laura Kalbag
Read the book online for free.
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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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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
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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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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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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