152 commits

Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Rohan Kumar	66833dc93e	Improve narrow screen compat ... - Replace long <code> snippets - Add some soft hyphens. - Make one image of text look better on a narrow viewport.	2022-03-16 16:52:03 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	988d278b14	Formatting, info on contrast+halation, Tor notes ... - Describe how contrast overkill in dark mode can cause halation - Add more info on compatibility with the Tor browser - Mention the rationale for a custom image border color - More accurately note how in addition to fontconfig mappings, I also set my browser preferred font to "sans-serif". - Clarify that underlines help identify both the beginnings and ends of hyperlinks. - Formatting/phrasing fixes, esp in Gemtext.	2022-03-16 16:49:03 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	5575e2149d	Clarify use of WCAG, update sample CSP	2022-03-16 16:42:31 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	12a6c098f7	Add a11y justifications with citations ... Cite the WCAG's supplementary techniques as justification for some recommendations.	2022-03-16 16:40:04 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	857fc53679	Add info on TLS and a11y ... - Recommend reading the WCAG and supplementary information on WCAG techniques - Recommend against broken TLS ciphers.	2022-03-15 17:23:57 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	0aefb5d083	Add info on lazy-loading, rephrasings.	2022-03-14 13:50:01 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	86b4012ec0	Mention Brutalist Web Design	2022-03-04 13:55:35 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	03e45ae848	Mention visited link color	2022-02-28 02:30:48 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	892c27516a	Link to WCAG 2.2 instead of 2.0	2022-02-26 01:54:26 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	29ae0f3115	Web practices: link underlines are good.	2022-02-24 23:00:49 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	c03af0eacc	Use new "indieweb-person" shortcode ... This should reduce a lot of repetition. Supports first/last names, nicknames, generic names that don't conform to first/last norms, and has basic support for affiliated organizations. Also snuck in more info on website colors to the web best practices article, inc. a link to Chris' Wiki.	2022-02-19 12:48:53 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	65ad38d559	Fix broken links/anchors	2022-02-07 21:26:03 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	0d2d25b124	Fix: use HTTPS links where possible	2021-08-16 17:48:36 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	f6413346af	Web best practices: add "security" section ... Add information on restricting site functionality. Add some details on accomodating Tor users.	2021-07-31 17:36:18 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	02dc7822ec	Web best practices: dark themes: Mention OLEDs ... OLED displays use less energy when displaying darker colors.	2021-07-06 09:21:47 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	7ccf84f031	Web best practices: async decode + fingerprinting ... - Mention image async decoding - Describe how width-selector use can enable JS-free viewport fingerprinting	2021-07-02 20:37:24 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	da87f981a2	Web best practices: link to two other places ... Link to the XHTML Club and an article by Bill Dietrich.	2021-06-27 17:37:29 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	aae653056d	Web best practices: link to ECT	2021-06-27 17:02:45 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	5511b354c4	Web best practices: mention Tor users ... Simple sites should work well with the Tor Browser.	2021-06-27 15:26:01 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	8607612e0a	Add recommendations for dark themes	2021-06-13 18:28:15 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	58b64c9a95	Mention ELinks, Netrik ... They're not very actively maintained, but they're still good for testing.	2021-03-15 11:19:50 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	2030e221d7	Add more details about image compression ... - Include a sample command - Describe my approach to deciding on the level of compression/cropping	2021-02-28 13:33:24 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	7efe60a6bc	Stylistic fixes (minor) ... Nothing new, just re-phrasing and capitalization.	2021-02-28 12:52:48 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	fe12f0dc32	Add link to avifenc	2021-02-28 12:40:26 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	13db509ea3	Add idea for website testing: site translation	2021-02-28 12:34:59 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	36a95f894a	Update preferred approach to image processing ... - Include AVIF - Include dark/light variants if applicable	2021-01-28 13:10:40 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	790f7f70ef	Article update: mention brotli ... Brotli support is more prevalent than zstd	2021-01-28 12:20:23 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	2083f1aed5	Article update: include advice on avatar image ... Include info on using an avatar image/profile photo without significantly increasing the footprint of a website, by re-using the favicon image.	2020-12-29 22:34:35 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	8c63605d1a	Add 10 KB Club to web best practices article	2020-12-28 15:33:18 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	8fdee5d244	Include layout in web best practices ... Article update: decribe good layout in the website best practices article.	2020-12-21 16:41:46 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	6331840d95	Fix bad link ... Sourcehut updated its per-object log URLs	2020-12-20 12:57:59 -08:00
rohan kumar	3368f8fea9	Update web best practices article: add testing ... - Add information about testing edge cases - Re-word some long sentences	2020-12-16 18:53:24 -08:00
rohan kumar	bab75dcebc	Clarify HTTP Observatory scores	2020-11-30 12:09:22 -08:00
rohan kumar	4907336d96	Add bit about alt-text, clarify page size	2020-11-30 12:04:21 -08:00
rohan kumar	46512c9046	Update with feedback on page size ... Added the Web Bloat Size Calculator and a snippet on how people on trains experience a connection speed drops. Thanks, u/Snapstromegon from Reddit!	2020-11-27 10:25:03 -08:00
rohan kumar	8e38c66243	Add pngquant to image compression section ... Thanks, arnt and vbernat!	2020-11-25 21:58:37 -08:00
rohan kumar	1ba46835be	Clarification on HTTP/2 ... Thanks, reezer!	2020-11-25 16:36:40 -08:00
rohan kumar	b9207d17ea	Add max line length to web best practices article ... Thanks, u/_listless	2020-11-24 15:32:38 -08:00
rohan kumar	103a860528	Link to article changelog	2020-11-24 14:24:12 -08:00
rohan kumar	d24cdfb423	Link to MDN docs on CSS @media queries	2020-11-24 14:19:20 -08:00
rohan kumar	a1f517c61a	Clarify that branding isn't evil	2020-11-24 10:58:05 -08:00
rohan kumar	2d43a0ddc4	Clarify a snippet on overriding stylesheets ... We shouldn't require users to override stylesheets, but we should expect it.	2020-11-24 10:53:22 -08:00
rohan kumar	8f47970379	More info about fingerprinting via fonts	2020-11-24 04:54:13 -08:00
rohan kumar	f1a56e9ec4	Explain why global stylesheet overrides are bad	2020-11-24 03:50:06 -08:00
rohan kumar	79b91972e7	Add more info on image optimization	2020-11-24 03:18:03 -08:00
rohan kumar	7ec5eab8eb	Clarify the controversial statement on font choice ... The lobste.rs discussion at https://lobste.rs/s/akcw1m/opinionated_list_best_practices_for generated a lot of feedback about fonts, so I thought I'd explain a bit more.	2020-11-24 02:43:59 -08:00
rohan kumar	2cd686a4fb	Add gzip + http2 to website best practices	2020-11-24 02:27:17 -08:00
rohan kumar	6f937ac5a8	Clarify the point of using HTML->md convertors ... Thanks to some IRC users for pointing out how the rationale wasn't very obvious	2020-11-24 01:59:22 -08:00
rohan kumar	e538b0df8e	Fix: s/white-on-black/black-on-white/	2020-11-23 22:56:18 -08:00
rohan kumar	839e6d5737	Update website best practices with color info ... Thanks to a couple IRC users for the feedback.	2020-11-23 19:00:31 -08:00
rohan kumar	dbab08560f	Fix: remove draft post status from gemlog entry	2020-11-23 17:13:48 -08:00
rohan kumar	18ff772d5f	New article: best practices for minimalistic websites	2020-11-23 15:51:57 -08:00