I heard that votes have been changed to behave closer to how people would expect, and boost is staying here as well. So I had an idea how to bring it all together in the interface....
“The simplicity of HTML and CSS now feels like a radical act. To build a website with just these tools is a small protest against platform capitalism: a way to assert sustainability, independence, longevity.” — Jarrett Fuller
i realize some of you may have thought i was joking when i said one of the things that made me excited about leaving substack was control over how my footnotes and references look
Let me say it louder for the people in the back… heading levels (h1, h2, h3…) in html are not about size, they are about structure. They communicate the organization of your page.
An h2-heading in one part of your page or site does not have to be the same size as an h2-heading in another part or your page or site. The purpose of the heading is to semantically communicate hierarchy.
In fact, deciding that all h2 headings must be the same size across your website will usually lead to poor decisions with regards to the underlying structure of your page.
So yes, the heading in your footer should likely be an h2 but it doesn’t have to be the same size as the h2 in an article. And no you shouldn’t make it an h4 ”because I want it smaller”!
This may be one of the most misunderstood elements of web design.
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I just could boost the post of @hbuchel but that would just result in "another boost in your timeline" that is easily overscrolled.
Instead I would like to share this post with you in a separate post.
I really feel the is post from the other side. I'm not a web designer, I'm a frontend developer that's desperately searching for years for proper web designers and always wondered why there aren't any anymore.
It's basically an extinct profession. Killed by men and I was witnessing that multiple times in the last 17 years I've worked in this area.
Funfact: I wanted to be a web designer back then but was pushed out of the design part multiple times by my employers, because "we have the girls for that". 🤢
As I still wanted to "build the whole thing" I went the other route and became a full stack developer (PHP, JS, HTML, CSS, SQL). A much more accepted role as a cis male.
The result? I can't design anything anymore. I can communicate with designers that lack technical understanding of the web but I try to push for years to get these people time to get the technical knowledge… But even in a lead position that's much more difficult than you might expect.
Anyways, read this article, it's awesome and every bit is true. And sad.
OC Assuming boost stays as some sort of a super-upvote/share combo alongside regular up/downvote buttons, here's a UI idea on how to merge it into one unified voting system. App animation + web block mockup
I heard that votes have been changed to behave closer to how people would expect, and boost is staying here as well. So I had an idea how to bring it all together in the interface....