Chris Smith / is on Nostr

Senior front-end web developer and team lead.
Making the web easy to use, accessible and fast since 1999.

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2024-11-17 08:43:31

I've seen a few posts on here lately about people mass deleting old tweets. What's the motivation for this over just deleting the X account?
I've started getting notifications about random tweets, so I am resigned to getting out. Just wondering if there's a best way to go about it.
#x #twitter

2024-10-15 07:29:37

With all the current WP drama (am I allowed to call it that?) I'm glad I moved away just over a year ago. For me, the move was about saving money, not needing to pay for a database. No regrets. Eleventy is a delight to work with.
https://chrissmith.xyz/blog/2023/wordpress-to-eleventy-part-1-the-why/
#wordpress #eleventy

2024-10-12 07:52:51

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@npub1pq2…d7dh Thanks, that's good to know about the commits. There is a web based VS Code, which seems good. It's the GitHub and command line side I'm less sure about.

2024-10-12 06:52:45

Has anyone tried doing web dev with a Chromebook?
I'm wondering if I can do my personal projects using entirely web based tooling. It looks like it's certainly possible now but wondering if it's going to feel like a real slog or fine.
#webdev #chromebook

2024-07-24 15:07:54

I went on the www.gov.uk site yesterday, for a boring car tax thing. The CSS failed to load but everything was still clear and usable. I didn't even feel the need to refresh. That's great design in my book.
#webdev #webdesign #css

2024-06-20 15:18:09

Using a button inside a disabled fieldset should not be possible but you can do it with a custom element.
This is where I start getting lost with accessibility. Is this button usable? It's still a real button.
https://codepen.io/chris22smith/pen/dyEmGjZ?editors=1011
#a11y #webcomponents #html #javascript

2024-03-05 20:03:35

New post: Please stop using flags to represent languages
https://chrissmith.xyz/blog/2024/please-stop-using-flags-to-represent-languages/
As someone with a background in languages and, more simply, as someone with some common sense, this has been a pet hate of mine since I first saw it in the late 90s.
#ux #ui #uidesign #uxdesign #uxfail