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Internationalization is a major component of inclusive design. But with automatic translation features provided by Google and Microsoft, it's mercifully simple to support — at least at the most basic level. Just include a default language for the page, like lang="en", on the...

Prototyping has been captivating me for quite some time now. Since 2012, I teach Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel, Germany and especially over the last few years, I could watch prototyping slowly attracting more and more atten...

Prototyping.news: For a monthly update on the latest articles, tools, and other resources about prototyping for the Web, sign up for my new newsletter prototyping.news. The Illusion of Control We have a problem. And ...

If you simultaneously

• Have perfect eyesight
• Have excellent motor control and coordination
• Speak English as a first language
• Find reading and processing complex information easy
• Never get tired
• Have as much free time as you wish
• Live somewhere with access to super fast internet
• Can afford super fast internet
• Have a top-of-the-range smartphone or computer
• Have perfect hearing
• Never suffer any injuries or illnesses, even temporarily
• Never feel the effects of pain
• Are a member of a preferred social/cultural group

then you may not benefit from inclusive design.

Edit on 09-04-2022: This article is quite old and I have since realized that the conclusion I draw in the article was wrong. The upsides of using EMs as the unit in your media queries, especially in terms of accessibility, far outweigh the one downside I described in the pos...

Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for September 9th - 15th, 2017. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2017-09-15.html This week features a brief interview with Josh Juran (https://www.metamage.com/) recorded at IndieWeb Summit 2017. You can find all of my audio editions here: https://martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/ Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project https://100.aaronparecki.com: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11. Thanks to everyone in the #indieweb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you’d like to see for this audio edition!

Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for September 2nd - 8th, 2017. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2017-09-08.html This week features a brief interview with Ryan Barrett (https://snarfed.org/) recorded at IndieWeb Summit 2017. You can find all of my audio editions here: https://martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/ Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project https://100.aaronparecki.com: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11. Thanks to everyone in the #indieweb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you’d like to see for this audio edition!

Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for August 26th - September 1st, 2017. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2017-09-01.html This week features a brief interview with @rabble (https://twitter.com/rabble) recorded at IndieWeb Summit 2017. You can find all of my audio editions here: https://martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/ Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project https://100.aaronparecki.com: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11. Thanks to everyone in the #indieweb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you’d like to see for this audio edition!

Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for August 19th - 25th, 2017. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2017-08-25.html This week features a brief interview with Tom Brown (http://herestomwiththeweather.com/) recorded at IndieWeb Summit 2017. You can find all of my audio editions here: https://martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/ Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project https://100.aaronparecki.com: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11. Thanks to everyone in the #indieweb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you’d like to see for this audio edition!

Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for August 12th - 18th, 2017. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2017-08-18.html This week features a brief interview with Jean MacDonald (https://jean.micro.blog/) recorded at IndieWeb Summit 2017. You can find all of my audio editions here: https://martymcgui.re/tag/this-week-indieweb-podcast/ Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project https://100.aaronparecki.com: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11 Thanks to everyone in the #indieweb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you’d like to see for this audio edition!

Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for July 29th - August 4th, 2017. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2017-08-04.html This week features a brief interview with Ben Werdmüller (http://werd.io/) recorded at IndieWeb Summit 2017. You can find all of my audio editions here: https://martymcgui.re/tag/this-week-indieweb-podcast/ Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project https://100.aaronparecki.com: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11 Thanks to everyone in the #indieweb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you’d like to see for this audio edition!

Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for August 5th - 11th, 2017. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2017-08-11.html This week features a brief interview with Anton Podviaznikov (https://podviaznikov.com/) recorded at IndieWeb Summit 2017. You can find all of my audio editions here: https://martymcgui.re/tag/this-week-indieweb-podcast/ Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project https://100.aaronparecki.com: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11 Thanks to everyone in the #indieweb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you’d like to see for this audio edition!

Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for August 5th - 11th, 2017. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2017-08-11.html This week features a brief interview with Anton Podviaznikov (https://podviaznikov.com/) recorded at IndieWeb Summit 2017. You can find all of my audio editions here: https://martymcgui.re/tag/this-week-indieweb-podcast/ Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project https://100.aaronparecki.com: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11 Thanks to everyone in the #indieweb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you’d like to see for this audio edition!

Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for July 29th - August 4th, 2017. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2017-08-04.html This week features a brief interview with Ben Werdmüller (http://werd.io/) recorded at IndieWeb Summit 2017. You can find all of my audio editions here: https://martymcgui.re/tag/this-week-indieweb-podcast/ Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project https://100.aaronparecki.com: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11 Thanks to everyone in the #indieweb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you’d like to see for this audio edition!

Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for July 29th - August 4th, 2017. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2017-08-04.html This week features a brief interview with Ben Werdmüller (http://werd.io/) recorded at IndieWeb Summit 2017. You can find all of my audio editions here: https://martymcgui.re/tag/this-week-indieweb-podcast/ Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project https://100.aaronparecki.com: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11 Thanks to everyone in the #indieweb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you’d like to see for this audio edition!

In all of the posts I published on my site so far, I’ve never shared a single line of code. But since this is going to change with the next article on pattern libraries, I spent a little time over the weekend implementing syntax highlighting for my posts. I settled on Lea Ve...

Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for July 29th - August 4th, 2017. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2017-08-04.html This week features a brief interview with Ben Werdmüller (http://werd.io/) recorded at IndieWeb Summit 2017. You can find all of my audio editions here: https://martymcgui.re/tag/this-week-indieweb-podcast/ Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project https://100.aaronparecki.com: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11 Thanks to everyone in the #indieweb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you’d like to see for this audio edition!

Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for July 22nd - 28th, 2017. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2017-07-28.html This week features a brief interview with Johannes Ernst (http://upon2020.com/) recorded at IndieWeb Summit 2017. You can find all of my audio editions here: https://martymcgui.re/tag/this-week-indieweb-podcast/ Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project https://100.aaronparecki.com: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11 Thanks to everyone in the #indieweb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you’d like to see for this audio edition!

Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for July 22nd - 28th, 2017. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2017-07-28.html This week features a brief interview with Johannes Ernst (http://upon2020.com/) recorded at IndieWeb Summit 2017. You can find all of my audio editions here: https://martymcgui.re/tag/this-week-indieweb-podcast/ Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project https://100.aaronparecki.com: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11 Thanks to everyone in the #indieweb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you’d like to see for this audio edition!

Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for July 22nd - 28th, 2017. https://indieweb.org/this-week/2017-07-28.html This week features a brief interview with Johannes Ernst (http://upon2020.com/) recorded at IndieWeb Summit 2017. You can find all of my audio editions here: https://martymcgui.re/tag/this-week-indieweb-podcast/ Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project https://100.aaronparecki.com: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11 Thanks to everyone in the #indieweb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you’d like to see for this audio edition!