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stephaniewalter

@stephaniewalter@front-end.social

UX Researcher & Inclusive Designer working in Enterprise UX. Mobile Expert, Tech Speaker, Author & Teacher. Chaotic neutral tea, #SVG & #CSS Lover. 🌈

I talk about #design, #UXResearch, #accessibility and #InclusiveDesign mostly
I also draw #illustrations for fun, so you might get drawings, food and plants here.

Here are notes and questions on interacting with me and social media content: https://stephaniewalter.design/faq-frequently-asked-questions/#social-media

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Why are some fonts easier to read than others? According to Niko Kitsakis, a big part of it is familiarity for the users. Other influencing factors are the uniqueness of each character (especially Iliad) and where the font is used (full text, vs only words like on road signs). Context is king!

Full article: https://www.nubero.ch/blog/011/

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I love nice repeatable geometric patterns, don't we all?
If you need help generating them, I've got a nice tool for you: https://patternpad.com/editor.html

cferdinandi, to ADHD
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🐝 New on ADHD ftw! Fidgeting and stimming https://adhdftw.com/fidgeting-and-stimming/

stephaniewalter,
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@cferdinandi for a long time I thought I didn't stim and then, I paid attention, and, oooh, yeah

  • playing with my hair, ALL THE TIME. Wonder why I have one perfect curl on the left side? Heheh
  • playing with hair bands that are not in the hair (the spiral hair ties are the best, like those old spiral telephone wires)
  • doodeling, on anything, including my classmate arms, it used to make my teacher very angry, they would quizz me and get disappointed that I could site what they just said
stephaniewalter,
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@cferdinandi

  • rings: they never stay on my fingers (and of course I lose them all the time), they are yet another fidget to play with. I've a couple of rings that have a circle that can move (often they are sold as antistress) that I can put on my thumb.
  • chewing on pens, I try to avoid this but sometimes do it without noticing (don't lend me a pen, once I bit in it, it becomes mine)
stephaniewalter,
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@cferdinandi I think we might be cats 😁

stephaniewalter, to random
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Blocks is a plugin to speed up your wireframe process in Figma: it lets you drag and drop pre-defined wireframes components in your file directly.
Plugin: https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1332372435133832847/blocks

stephaniewalter,
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@iergo aucune idée, je pense?

stephaniewalter,
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@iergo ha cool les BAs vont pouvoir continuer à faire des wireframes merdiques avec 10px de font size, zero archi d'info en mode bento box je fais tout entrer dans un seul écran et démerde toi pour que ça rentre aussi une fois qu'on a un vrai design parce que le client a validé qu'on voit tout sans scroller.

Ouai, gros trauma des wireframes balsamiq (spa la faute de l'outil hein) 😁

stephaniewalter,
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@fabienmarry @iergo des jours, on créera un groupe de soutien pour designers qui doivent gérer des gens qui font des wireframes sans aucune compétence. RAAAH (et pour les designers d'entreprise qui en peuvent plus d'excel)

juliemoynat, to accessibility French
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Le mode sombre et le mythe de l'accessibilité (titre original "Dark mode & accessibility myth"), un article de @stephaniewalter où elle explique que le mode sombre pose des problèmes d'accessibilité à certaines personnes alors que tout le monde pense que le mode sombre serait mieux pour l'accessibilité…

Hé oui, ce n'est pas le cas pour tout le monde ! Elle sait de quoi elle parle, et moi aussi, parce que lire sur fond sombre est terrible pour nous.

La solution : laisser le choix entre mode clair ou mode sombre !

À noter qu'il est beaucoup plus facile pour les utilisateurices de changer un site qui ne laisse pas le choix en le passant du mode clair vers le mode sombre que l'inverse car les extensions pour passer au mode clair n'existent pas.

Donc si seul le mode sombre existe sur votre site web et que le mode lecture de Firefox n'est pas activable (il est activable sur les articles uniquement et des fois, sur certains articles, ça ne fonctionne même pas), je ferme votre site direct.

(PS : ne venez pas m'expliquer que vous avez besoin du mode sombre à tout prix. Il n'est pas dit ici qu'il ne faut pas avoir de mode sombre.)

https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/dark-mode-accessibility-myth-debunked/

stephaniewalter,
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@juliemoynat @lamecarlate c'est une bonne question, je sais pas s'il y a une règle mathématique
Par exemple le champ "newsletter" sur mon blog, je le considère comme un dark mode parce que j'ai du écrire en blanc dessus pour que le text soit lisible.

stephaniewalter,
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@daisymoon @juliemoynat c'est exactement ça, je fatigue des articles bullshit "le theme sombre c'est bon pour l'accessibilité (et la planète, green washing much d'ailleurs). C'est ni bon, ni mauvais, ça dépend des gens haha. Mais bon, c'est plus simple de pousser du myth absolu que vraiment réfléchir aux usages. J'ai même fait un workshop où les gens voulaient vendre le thème accessible en option payante. Genre, euh, pardon (pas légal je pense en plus)?!?
Bref, j'entends tout et n'importe quoi.

stephaniewalter,
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@silmathoron @juliemoynat En fait, le souci c'est que certaines personnes vont préférer leur OS en sombre, car pas de souci pour du sombre sur des petites quantités de text, tout en était incapable de lire du text en sombre. Donc, juste parce que l'OS est en sombre / clair, ça veut pas dire que c'est une préférence absolue. L'idée est de ne pas forcer à suivre les préférences OS (la media query prefer-color-scheme) mais laisser le choix.

stephaniewalter,
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@silmathoron oui justement dans mon screenshot tu as firefox mobile ou tu peux forcer un mode au niveau du navigateur qui est différent que le système
@juliemoynat

stephaniewalter, to random
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We can have a different web (16min): a beautiful yet sad essay by Molly White on how the web, that once was an open garden where people shared seeds and visited each other’s garden became a wall garden, where algorithms dictate whose flowers you will and will not see. But, it’s not too late to change that. I loved her metaphor!
Also remember the hampster dance ?

https://www.citationneeded.news/we-can-have-a-different-web/
https://www.citationneeded.news/we-can-have-a-different-web/

stephaniewalter,
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@yatil haaa. I remember when I was teaching HTML, I made the mistake of teaching that you can replace the bullets in lists with images. So, I had a student who brought the dancing banana GIF in there, and I had this list, with dancing bananas instead of bullets that made me cry out of laughter so hard.

stephaniewalter, to random
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Some people asked "when do I get time to read articles?!"
Here's the secret: folding and gluing is very boring on its own so I'm basically listening to them while I craft.
Latest piece: a lampshade prototype with the most exquisite paper 💜

I've a strange relationship with the paper: I collect a lot of them but then, if I use them, they are gone. So, making a lamp means it's still quite intact and I get to enjoy it. Win win.
#StefCraft

Cut borders for the lamp devided in 2 sets
Test of the paper loosely put together with the borders but not glued yet
The green floral paper getting glued on the dark borders

stephaniewalter,
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@clawfire ha non j'ose pas m'en approcher j'ai peur de faire une bêtise c'est tout en papier. Je sais pas si la colle tiendrai dessus mais c'est une idée pour le futur si j'apprends à modéliser

stephaniewalter,
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@paulcuth not really but I can package you the SVGs for the MVP in a .zip file, than you can use those with any cutting machine you want if you are interested?

stephaniewalter, to random
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Do you struggle to find a job as a junior designer? Then, I've got something you totally want to bookmark: Open Doors https://www.opendoorscareers.com
It is a Job board, that specialized in offers for junior in UX, Service and UI designers. And, they have a newsletter too!

stephaniewalter, to random
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Did you know that, the "the customer is always right" saying, dates back from the 1900's, in the very specific context of retail and hospitality? And, the whole sentence was actually “The customer is always right — in matters of taste.”
While customer feedback is important, businesses should balance it with strategic decision-making. Otherwise, you become a feature factory.

Is the Customer always right? It depends by Alexandros Shomper on Medium (5min):
https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/is-the-customer-always-right-it-depends-e875f37a6786

stephaniewalter, to random
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👉🏻 My curated weekly UX Research, Design, Accessibility & Tech Newsletter is out.

In this week's edition:

  • Why Dark Mode Isn't Always Better
  • Design Is Politics
  • UX Research Without Access to Users
  • Storytelling in UX Research Reports
  • Generative AI in UI/UX Design
  • Contact Form Debate
  • Focus vs Accessibility Focus
  • Air Travel Design Guide
  • A Fun Chimera Font
  • Doom Scroll
  • Brutalist Shapes Pack
  • Figma 101 Course
  • Figma Variables Tutorial

https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/pixels-of-the-week-may-19-2024/

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stephaniewalter, to random
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Awww, @emailoctopus just told me I've reached the 2500 subscribers! It's a big milestone for me, I'm celebrating the fact that this many people trust me enough to welcome me in their mailbox every week. Thank you!! ❤️
https://stephaniewalter.design/subscribe-to-the-blog-updates/
https://stephaniewalter.design/subscribe-to-the-blog-updates/

stephaniewalter,
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Also, switching from Sendfox to Emailoctopus in January has been a great decision. It made my life so much easier on so many levels. Super happy about the tool so far, highly recommend it if you want to grow a newsletter, test slowly. And, that cute logo!!

stephaniewalter, to random
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I'm looking for an online tool to offer coaching/ mentoring / 1h consulancy that deals with payment and collects / remits VAT for me. Any idea? (Gumroad does that but it's for goods not services, Patreon too but I don't want subscription I want 1 shot sessions)

stephaniewalter,
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@clawfire "Buy Me a Coffee does not handle the collection and remittance of sales tax or value-added tax" snif, nope :( https://help.buymeacoffee.com/en/articles/8039657-understanding-the-tax-process-on-buy-me-a-coffee

stephaniewalter,
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@clawfire nah t'inquiete, y a rien qui le propose sur du service de ce que j'ai vu.

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