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while the homepage may not be the predominant entrance path it once was […], it still serves a central role as an anchor for the site’s category taxonomy, and an escape route — a place to refer back to throughout the shopping session.
And yet, we struggle daily with most website… 😭
Midnight is a Terrible Time for Coffee
It’s easy to assume that folks won’t use the defaults, but some will (intentionally or accidentally.) By improving these defaults, you improve the…
It's pretty annoying to see the same toot repeatedly on #Mastodon because everyone is boosting it, even if it's legitimately awesome.
Currently, a boost of a toot is only posted if at least 40 other toots have been posted since the previous boost of the same toot.
There is a GitHub issue asking to allow the user to change this number, or set a duration instead:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/18693
Please vote!
Navigation doesn’t have to be hidden behind a "Menu"-button. If it matters, we need to show it, and do so prominently. Some items are more important or more frequently used, so they might deserve a little bit more spotlight in your navigation.
In addition to prominent navigation options @vitalyf shows in his thread, I really like the horizontal overflow scrolling navigation, enhanced with @LeaVerou's scrolling shadows.
Do we really need to repeat that using an icons font is a bad idea?
This is #Mastodon UI right now:
Fonts are not loaded because of an error (from a Service Worker?):
Very welcoming for new Mastodon users… 😔
A Designer’s Guide to Documenting Accessibility & User Interactions
A lot of sites were not designed and developed with accessibility needs in mind. As designers, a lot of us think that “accessibility is the job of…
Baymard Institute 
Stéphanie Walter