The web is OUR responsibility
SALLY JENKINSON · @sjenkinson · The Web Is · 30th/31st October 2014

Hello! SALLY JENKINSON Freelance technical
consultant ! @sjenkinson sally@recordssoundthesame.com recordssoundthesame.com

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ramsd/10905624385

the web is
experiences

?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/58378435@N02/6833346648

“We don’t have a UX
Team. If the problem with your service is that the servers are slow and the UX Team can’t change that, then they aren’t in control of the user experience and they shouldn’t be called the user experience team.” https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2014/07/18/whats-the-design-process-at-gds/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/joeshlabotnik/305410323

the web is
Evolving

fluid grid + flexible images
+ media queries

Size isn’t everything (RWD >
media queries > widths)

“used to query whether scripting
languages, such as JavaScript, are supported on the dev.w3.org/csswg/mediaqueries4/ Scripting current document” pointer hover light-level “used to query about the presence and accuracy of a pointing device such as a mouse” “used to query the user’s ability to hover over elements on the page”

+ + API

DeviceLightEvent = ? lux LightLevelEvent
= dim | normal | bright Media query translation: washed (Approximate levels of dim: < 50 lux, normal: 50 - 10000 lux, bright: > 10000 lux) www.w3.org/TR/ambient-light/

Device Light window.addEventListener('devicelight', function(e) {!
var lux;! lux = e.value;! ! if (lux < 50) {! //Change things for dim light! }! if (lux >= 50 && lux <= 10000) {! //Change things for normal light! }! if (lux > 10000) {! //Change things for bright light! }! });

light-level media query @media (light-level:
dim) {! /*Change things for dim light*/! }! @media (light-level: normal) {! /*Change things for normal light*/! }! @media (light-level: washed) {! /*Change things for bright light*/! }

sallyjenkinson.co.uk/blog/2014/05/18/light-level-demo/

Invisible
requirements

offlinefirst.org

https://www.flickr.com/photos/127834186@N05/15268499666/

http://www.gehealthcare.com/promo/advseries/

More than
media queries

BUT
Wait!*

attitudes are
our responsibility
http://huffduffer.com/adactio/167838

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/202872717

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/14990033062/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/drdul/210641686

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The only way
is ethics

“A Dark Pattern is a
type of user interface that appears to have been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things, such as buying insurance with their purchase or signing up for recurring bills.” - darkpatterns.org

“ It’s not who I
am underneath, but what I do that defines me. ” - Batman

Change is hard (but it’s
also good)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/superwebdeveloper/8251022476/

Be excellent
To each other

the web is
our responsibility

Thank you Sally Jenkinson recordssoundthesame.com
sally@recordssoundthesame.com · @sjenkinson