There seems to be an influx of emails that are ending up in the Spam inbox that shouldn’t lately. Even direct replies to my emails. This is happening both for Gmail and Office 365.
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There seems to be an influx of emails that are ending up in the Spam inbox that shouldn’t lately. Even direct replies to my emails. This is happening both for Gmail and Office 365.
There’s a lot more to like about the iPad Pro, especially if you’re upgrading from an iPad Air 2 like I did. The display is top-notch, ProMotion is one of those things you don’t understand how you lived without, and the Apple Pencil is downright magical. It’s much heavier than the Air, of course, but still light enough to comfortably pick up with one hand. If you love iPads, don’t own last year’s generation, and have the dough: what are you waiting for? You should buy one.
Her review is a lot like what my review will be (coming in a week or two). But, the above snippet is very true – if you haven’t updated iPads in a while I recommend picking up this latest batch. I think by next year the software will catch up with the hardware.
So many celebrities are starting podcasts. And many of them seem to be therapy sessions for both host and guest.
Og podcasters, stick with it. They will suck up a lot of the ad oxygen for a bit but the fad will pass.
Darice de Cuba, who is a front-end web developer that slowly lost her hearing starting at a young age:
But inclusive design is much more than structure, code and color only. Inclusive design is about the whole website as one — it’s about the complete experience of the user when they visit a website.
She related a challenge that has nothing to do with code:
I can easily make an online appointment on the municipality website for heavy trash pick up. But then I get a confirmation email from a no reply email address and the email only contains a phone number to call if something is amiss.
Then she relates how her experience is not represented even creatively on sites where it would make sense:
For example, a website that sells hearing aids. The stock images all portray older people. I was 12 years old when I got my first pair of hearing aids.
Her call-to-action:
When you are building a website, look further than structure, code, and colors. It can pass the Axe test, Lighthouse audit, Tenon.io and such with 100% marks, but still be frustrating to use for many visitors. The best test tools are people — a diverse group of people. Inclusive design is design. There doesn’t exist one single person who doesn’t profit from inclusive design.
She was nice enough to translate this post into English from Dutch for those of us, unlike her, are not multilingual. Thanks Darice.
To return the favor, I’m creating a ticket at work that will add an option to have the person contacted via text where ever possible/necessary throughout our platform experience.
If you agree that this sucks, install Firefox. Also on mobile. Here’s instructions on how to switch from Chrome.
Read the entire thing. Sorry it is on Medium. I don’t know why he’d post this there. The irony is palpable.
Chris Beard, CEO Mozilla Corporation:
Microsoft’s decision gives Google more ability to single-handedly decide what possibilities are available to each one of us.
From one point-of-view this move by Microsoft might seem to make total sense. They spin this as “it will be easier for web developers to target one less browser engine”. However, this is exactly what web standards are supposed to afford – developers target the same set of standards and the browser engines, however many there are, target the same set of standards. In theory, having multiple engines shouldn’t make it too much more difficult for developers. In practice, however, it has. But most developers would agree that to avoid a monopoly in the browser market we’d take on the added complexity we’ve had for years. In fact, having multiple browser engines has made browsing on the web better since the competition has led to faster load times, less battery drain, and less computer memory usage.
Beard’s take is right on. Google has not shown themselves to be the best steward of privacy, of web standards, or of leading the most popular browser engine. In fact, they routinely build web applications that only work using their engine. This is the exact antithesis of the web. And giving Google even more power is obviously not a good thing.
Microsoft, though, can do whatever they’d like. It is just unfortunate they’ve decided to go this route.
I switched away from Chrome in 2017 for good. I’ve been using Firefox on every device I own and while it is a little more work to do so on iOS I will continue to.
Beard’s call-to-action is to use Firefox. I think you should too. But I would simply say use anything but Chrome for a while just to swing the market in more directions.
Squarespace is remarkably good. The experience is light-years better than any other platform. I set up a new site to sell my Dad’s art in minutes. Thanks to @gruber’s The Talk Show for the promo code.