Tagged “Design”

1. On inclusive personas and inclusive user research Published July 31, 2025 for ericwbailey.website.
2. Newsletters that regularly hit my inbox these days Published July 14, 2025 for ericwbailey.website.
3. Quality is a trap Published June 25, 2025 for ericwbailey.website.
4. Don’t forget to localize your icons Published November 11, 2024 for ericwbailey.website.
5. Getting To The Bottom Of Minimum WCAG-Conformant Interactive Element Size Published July 19, 2024 for Smashing Magazine.
6. Dungeons & Dragons taught me how to write alt text Published July 16, 2024 for ericwbailey.website.
7. Free idea: design token ugly mode Published July 1, 2024 for ericwbailey.website.
8. contrast-color() is a good thing, but also solving the problem at the wrong layer Published May 21, 2024 for ericwbailey.website.
9. Thoughts on embedding alternative text metadata into images Published March 12, 2024 for ericwbailey.website.
10. Oh shit banners Published January 3, 2024 for ericwbailey.website.
11. I restyled my Mastodon instance Published November 27, 2023 for ericwbailey.website.
12. Accessibility annotation kits only annotate Published November 13, 2023 for ericwbailey.website.
13. GitHub now has a setting to underline links Published October 2, 2023 for ericwbailey.website.
14. Equivalent experience can cut both ways Published September 5, 2023 for ericwbailey.website.
15. My jeans’ metadata may outlive the company that sold them Published July 11, 2023 for ericwbailey.website.
16. Don’t use custom CSS scrollbars Published May 3, 2023 for ericwbailey.website.
17. Visit for a surprise Published September 1, 2022 for ericwbailey.website.
18. The case for null in design systems Published July 5, 2022 for Ad Hoc.
19. Voice Control Usability Considerations For Partially Visually Hidden Link Names Published June 24, 2022 for Smashing Magazine.
20. Where do you start measuring distance from when the origin is the bottom of a block of text? Published May 26, 2022 for ericwbailey.website.
21. All the user-facing states Published April 29, 2022 for ericwbailey.website.
22. #WorstWorkWednesday Published March 30, 2022 for ericwbailey.website.
23. The case for adding validation state to your design tokens Published February 22, 2022 for ericwbailey.website.
24. Comic Sans is a good typeface, actually Published February 22, 2022 for ericwbailey.website.
25. Maralinga bomb test Published February 13, 2022 for ericwbailey.website.
26. “Evergreen” Does Not Mean Immediately Available Published February 1, 2022 for CSS-Tricks.
27. I’ve had enough! When access friction becomes an access barrier Published January 19, 2022 for Fable.
28. Chinese rooms, wasps, slime molds, and the problem of other minds Published December 23, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
29. Where do you put spacing on design system components? Published December 7, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
30. thoughtbot.com, dark mode, and other user preferences Published September 7, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
31. What they don’t tell you when you translate your app Published September 2, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
32. Ham biscuit on Published June 28, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
33. Don’t use custom CSS mouse cursors Published May 18, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
34. Mobile Accessibility: How to Build Apps that Work for All Users Published April 6, 2021 for Shopify Partners.
35. How to make an ineffective 404 page Published April 4, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
36. A conversation can be an output Published March 23, 2021 for thoughtbot.
37. Give me a definition for the word dashboard Published March 3, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
38. An Introduction to macOS Voice Control Published March 2, 2021 for thoughtbot.
39. Implicit cultural norms and accessible social media Published February 22, 2021 for ericwbailey.website.
40. How 3 hours of conversation saved a company hundreds of thousands of dollars Published February 19, 2021 for thoughtbot.
41. An introduction to macOS Head Pointer Published January 26, 2021 for thoughtbot.
42. Undercover Founder Published January 5, 2021 for thoughtbot.
43. Saying no to Diez (for now) Published September 18, 2020 for thoughtbot.
44. Consider the Tomato Published September 8, 2020 for thoughtbot.
45. The world does not revolve around your product Published August 6, 2020 for thoughtbot.
46. Mug handles Published August 6, 2020 for ericwbailey.website.
47. I don’t want your job Published July 21, 2020 for thoughtbot.
48. Equivalent Experiences: Thinking Equivalently Published June 5, 2020 for Smashing Magazine.
49. Equivalent Experiences: What Are They? Published May 27, 2020 for Smashing Magazine.
50. SVG, Favicons, and All the Fun Things We Can Do With Them Published April 24, 2020 for CSS-Tricks.
51. Using personas in the Product Design Sprint Published March 4, 2020 for thoughtbot.
52. Truths about digital accessibility Published July 29, 2019 for ericwbailey.website.
53. Attempting to corral colors with a Sass function Published June 7, 2019 for thoughtbot.
54. Universal Design: 11 Practical Tips to Make Your Sites and Apps More Accessible Published May 15, 2019 for Shopify Partners.
55. Paint the Picture, Not the Frame: How Browsers Provide Everything Users Need Published February 7, 2019 for A List Apart.
56. Little Library Published January 14, 2019 for thoughtbot.
57. Reader Mode: The Button to Beat Published January 7, 2019 for CSS - Tricks.
58. Be the Villain Published December 6, 2018 for 24 ways.
59. Quick test: Large touch targets Published November 21, 2018 for The A11Y Project.
60. A designer developing for Android Published November 8, 2018 for thoughtbot.
61. Don't Use The Placeholder Attribute Published June 20, 2018 for Smashing Magazine.
62. How to Lead Better User Interviews Published June 12, 2018 for thoughtbot.
63. Equifax Data Breach, Credit Freezes, and Beholden Design Published September 11, 2017 for ericwbailey.website.
64. Crafting a chatbot people will use: Part 2 Published July 6, 2017 for Cantina.
65. Crafting a chatbot people will use: Part 1 Published June 21, 2017 for Cantina.
66. Improving the User Experience of IoT Firmware Updates Published November 15, 2016 for Cantina.
67. Building a better button in CSS Published October 19, 2016 for Cantina.
68. Battery Status API: We need to talk Published January 13, 2016 for Cantina.

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