![Jon Tan:
Designers will use [technologies like Flash, PDF,
and hacks like embedding type in images] [...]
because they won’t have to deal with painful
inconsistencies between user agents; the bane
of the browser wars, and in this instance, the
bane of web typography in what seems like
the age of the raster wars.“
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Stop Worrying & Get On With It: Progressive Enhancement & Intentional Degradation (Web Directions South 2009)
- 2. What are we worried about?
- 3. What are we worried about? Some users see ‘broken’ sites.
- 4. What are we worried about? Some users see ‘broken’ sites. Don’t build broken sites: basic support can be offered as long as it doesn’t look broken. If it’s a real problem for older browsers, use universalie6.css, a warning message, or something similar
- 5. What are we worried about? Some users see ‘broken’ sites. Don’t build broken sites: basic support can be offered as long as it doesn’t look broken. If it’s a real problem for older browsers, use universalie6.css, a warning message, or something similar But this visual treatment is integral to the brand!
- 6. What are we worried about? Some users see ‘broken’ sites. Don’t build broken sites: basic support can be offered as long as it doesn’t look broken. If it’s a real problem for older browsers, use universalie6.css, a warning message, or something similar But this visual treatment is integral to the brand! Then include it (if not, don’t worry)
- 7. What are we worried about? Some users see ‘broken’ sites. Don’t build broken sites: basic support can be offered as long as it doesn’t look broken. If it’s a real problem for older browsers, use universalie6.css, a warning message, or something similar But this visual treatment is integral to the brand! Then include it (if not, don’t worry) Missing rounded corners don’t matter!
- 8. Take Your Design To The Next Level With CSS3 j.mp/smashingcss3
- 10. Great article, thanks but I think to wait that the most of browsers support CSS3 totally to develop websites for my clients. Comments from Smashing Magazine readers on j.mp/smashingcss3 “ ”
- 11. I hope CSS3 will be a standard in the near future, right now you cant really use anything of it ’cause not every browser supports it. Comments from Smashing Magazine readers on j.mp/smashingcss3 “ ”
- 12. CSS 3 rocks. Unfortunately we need to stay at least 5 more years with CSS 2.1 if we want to offer the same design to each user (what in most ‘commercial’ projects is necessary). Comments from Smashing Magazine readers on j.mp/smashingcss3 “ ”
- 13. I can’t wait to use CSS3 in a real project. Unfortunately I’m going to be stuck with things as they are for the time being as I wait for my clients to catch up. I expect this will be the case for most designers for the time being. Comments from Smashing Magazine readers on j.mp/smashingcss3 “ ”
- 14. CSS3 looks really good however because of IE it will be long time before I start using it. Comments from Smashing Magazine readers on j.mp/smashingcss3 “ ”
- 15. These arguments are complete and utter bullshit
- 16. If 98% of the users can’t see a text-shadow, it doesn’t matter, but it’ll be a nice enrichment for the 2% of users who can
- 17. Tap Tap Tap taptaptap.com
- 22. Progressive means progressive Fall-back solutions (JS on and off?)
- 23. Barclaycard online admin barclaycard.co.uk
- 24. Progressive means progressive Fall-back solutions (JS on and off?) Enhancements only become features when the majority of users are experiencing them
- 25. Progressive means progressive Fall-back solutions (JS on and off?) Enhancements only become features when the majority of users are experiencing them Use progressive enrichment in your dull, corporate sites — the sexy stuff is an add-on, so it’s fine!
- 26. Do websites need to look exactly the same in every browser?
- 28. Do websites need to look exactly the same in every browser? Websites will never look consistent across all browsers
- 29. Do websites need to look exactly the same in every browser? Websites will never look consistent across all browsers Rendering engines, operating systems, and user-specific variables like screen settings and resolution will always stand in the way
- 30. Jon Tan: Designers will use [technologies like Flash, PDF, and hacks like embedding type in images] [...] because they won’t have to deal with painful inconsistencies between user agents; the bane of the browser wars, and in this instance, the bane of web typography in what seems like the age of the raster wars.“ ”Display Type & the Raster Wars j.mp/jontan
- 31. Jon Tan: Web Typography tag jontangerine.com/log/tag/web-typography Bookmark these URLs Web Typography (Richard Rutter) webtypography.net
- 32. Do websites need to look exactly the same in every browser? Websites will never look consistent across all browsers Rendering engines, operating systems, and user-specific variables like screen settings and resolution will always stand in the way So stop trying to reach the unreachable! Embrace the differences
- 34. Enhancement: reward Visual treats for the more capable browser
- 36. Degradation: punishment The removal of a treat
- 37. Degradation: punishment The removal of a treat The designer giveth and the designer taketh away!
- 38. Intention
- 39. Intention An awareness of browser capabilities and the appreciation that sites don’t need to look in the same in each one. Stuff and Nonsense stuffandnonsense.co.uk
- 41. Usability vs. aesthetics Usability / accessibility / functionality = very important
- 42. Usability vs. aesthetics Usability / accessibility / functionality = very important But don’t underestimate the importance of beauty!
- 43. The experience
- 44. The experience Beauty is the experience’s visual layer
- 45. The experience Beauty is the experience’s visual layer Visually pleasing layer = more fulfilling user experience
- 46. The experience Beauty is the experience’s visual layer Visually pleasing layer = more fulfilling user experience Functionality leads to usage; aesthetics lead to emotion
- 47. The experience Beauty is the experience’s visual layer Visually pleasing layer = more fulfilling user experience Functionality leads to usage; aesthetics lead to emotion The experience layer
- 48. The experience Beauty is the experience’s visual layer Visually pleasing layer = more fulfilling user experience Functionality leads to usage; aesthetics lead to emotion The experience layer (See Dan Mall’s FOWD presentation: events.carsonified.com/fowd/2008/newyork/videos/dan-mall/)
- 49. The experience layer Our emotions change the way we think and serve as constant guides to appropriate behaviour, steering us away from the bad and guiding us towards the good. Donald Norman, Emotional Design “ ”
- 50. Variety in web design. I can haz it?
- 52. BORING
- 53. BORING
- 54. BORING
- 55. BORING
- 56. BORING
- 57. BORING
- 58. BORING
- 59. BORING
- 60. BORING
- 62. Who’s pushing things forward?
- 63. Who’s pushing things forward? Tim Van Damme, Made By Elephant Mike Kus, Carsonified Miguel Ripoll, Cesser Digital Jason Santa Maria Matthew Smith, Squared Eye
- 64. Who’s pushing things forward? Tim Van Damme, Made By Elephant Mike Kus, Carsonified Miguel Ripoll, Cesser Digital Jason Santa Maria Matthew Smith, Squared Eye
- 65. Made By Elephant madebyelephant.com
- 69. Who’s pushing things forward? Tim Van Damme, Made By Elephant Mike Kus, Carsonified Miguel Ripoll, Cesser Digital Jason Santa Maria Matthew Smith, Squared Eye
- 72. Who’s pushing things forward? Tim Van Damme, Made By Elephant Mike Kus, Carsonified Miguel Ripoll, Cesser Digital Jason Santa Maria Matthew Smith, Squared Eye
- 74. Who’s pushing things forward? Tim Van Damme, Made By Elephant Mike Kus, Carsonified Miguel Ripoll, Cesser Digital Jason Santa Maria Matthew Smith, Squared Eye
- 75. Jason Santa Maria jasonsantamaria.com
- 76. Who’s pushing things forward? Tim Van Damme, Made By Elephant Mike Kus, Carsonified Miguel Ripoll, Cesser Digital Jason Santa Maria Matthew Smith, Squared Eye
- 83. The nicer your site looks...
- 84. The nicer your site looks... ... the longer your visitors will look at it...
- 85. The nicer your site looks... ... the longer your visitors will look at it... ... the longer your visitors look at it, the longer they’ll spend on your website...
- 86. The nicer your site looks... ... the longer your visitors will look at it... ... the longer your visitors look at it, the longer they’ll spend on your website... ... and the longer they spend on your website, the easier it will be for you to sell them your product or service
- 87. Web design, for me, is predominantly full of boring, unimaginative work. Let’s change that.
- 91. Yes, yes. Bear with me...
- 92. Yes, yes. Bear with me... New techniques won’t validate...
- 95. The CSS3 Validator could offer the option to ignore vendor specific extensions Validator suggestions css3.info/the-big-css3-validation-debate/
- 96. The CSS3 Validator could offer the option to ignore vendor specific extensions The CSS3 Validator could highlight vendor specific extensions with a warning, rather than an error Validator suggestions css3.info/the-big-css3-validation-debate/
- 97. The CSS3 Validator could offer the option to ignore vendor specific extensions The CSS3 Validator could highlight vendor specific extensions with a warning, rather than an error The validator could mark such code as ‘experimental’ rather than an error or warning Validator suggestions css3.info/the-big-css3-validation-debate/
- 98. Yes, yes. Bear with me... New techniques won’t validate... ... and it doesn’t matter!
- 99. Yes, yes. Bear with me... New techniques won’t validate... ... and it doesn’t matter! Recognise the value of intentional invalidation
- 102. <b>
- 103. #tops b { display:block; float:right; width:333px; height:15px; background:url(/images/paulsmith.gif) no-repeat; } Intentional invalidation in hicksdesign.co.uk/css/layout-9.css
- 104. Yes, yes. Bear with me... New techniques won’t validate... ... and it doesn’t matter! Recognise the value of intentional invalidation Validation does not equal conformity to Web Standards: you can build a site with tables and a complete lack of semantics yet still have it validate
- 106. Validation
- 107. does
- 108. not
- 109. equal
- 110. conformity
- 111. to
- 112. Web
- 113. Standards
- 115. We’re looking at it in the wrong way
- 116. We’re looking at it in the wrong way “We can’t ensure that all users get the same experience.” // negative
- 117. We’re looking at it in the wrong way “We can’t ensure that all users get the same experience.” // negative “We can add further enhancements above the norm.” // positive
- 118. We’re looking at it in the wrong way “We can’t ensure that all users get the same experience.” // negative “We can add further enhancements above the norm.” // positive The flexibility the web offers is a blessing, not a curse
- 119. We’re looking at it in the wrong way “We can’t ensure that all users get the same experience.” // negative “We can add further enhancements above the norm.” // positive The flexibility the web offers is a blessing, not a curse Ensure a good experience for most; a great one for some
- 120. It’s not just about making things look pretty. Forward-thinking code means a future-proof website.
- 121. 10%
- 122. 10% of users today will be 100% of users tomorrow
- 123. 10% of users today will be 100% of users tomorrow The amount of people who see your enrichments might seem small right now, but that number will only grow, not decline
- 124. 10% of users today will be 100% of users tomorrow The amount of people who see your enrichments might seem small right now, but that number will only grow, not decline It’s our duty to push forward-thinking development; to make the most of the tools made available to us and our users
- 125. 10% of users today will be 100% of users tomorrow The amount of people who see your enrichments might seem small right now, but that number will only grow, not decline It’s our duty to push forward-thinking development; to make the most of the tools made available to us and our users New CSS techniques will never become mainstream if we designers aren’t using them
- 127. @
- 128. My site before Firefox 3.5 (no @font-face support) elliotjaystocks.com
- 129. My site after Firefox 3.5 (with @font-face support) elliotjaystocks.com
- 131. Note: CS3 panel shown Dreamweaver adobe.com/products/dreamweaver
- 132. The early days... ... Dreamweaver... ... confusion!
- 133. The early days... ... Dreamweaver... ... confusion! The choice of fonts appeared to be system-wide
- 134. The early days... ... Dreamweaver... ... confusion! The choice of fonts appeared to be system-wide It wasn’t clear about web-safe fonts
- 135. The early days... ... Dreamweaver... ... confusion! The choice of fonts appeared to be system-wide It wasn’t clear about web-safe fonts To an extent, Dreamweaver is still guilty
- 136. The allure of Flash
- 137. The allure of Flash You can use any font you like
- 138. The allure of Flash You can use any font you like Layout freedom, a la print design (vs. HTML inconsistency)
- 139. The allure of Flash You can use any font you like Layout freedom, a la print design (vs. HTML inconsistency) Hence type can be presented as intended
- 140. Back to basics: HTML
- 141. Back to basics: HTML Accessible: screenreader-friendly and allows for resizing
- 142. Back to basics: HTML Accessible: screenreader-friendly and allows for resizing Updatable: the source text dictates the final render
- 143. Back to basics: HTML Accessible: screenreader-friendly and allows for resizing Updatable: the source text dictates the final render Simple: HTML and CSS — that’s it!
- 144. Image replacement
- 145. Image replacement PROS It looks good It gives control over other elements besides type
- 146. Image replacement PROS It looks good It gives control over other elements besides type CONS Difficult to update Inaccessible in some situations Potentially it differs from the source code
- 147. sIFR at work on Jason Santa Maria’s site jasonsantamaria.com
- 148. sIFR
- 149. sIFR The best of both worlds: the accessibility and ‘selectability’ of HTML but with (some of*) the benefits of Flash-based rendering. * = Layout is still determined by HTML
- 150. sIFR The best of both worlds: the accessibility and ‘selectability’ of HTML but with (some of*) the benefits of Flash-based rendering. Gracefully degrades for users without Flash / JS. * = Layout is still determined by HTML
- 151. sIFR The best of both worlds: the accessibility and ‘selectability’ of HTML but with (some of*) the benefits of Flash-based rendering. Gracefully degrades for users without Flash / JS. It’s brilliant, but essentially it’s a hack; not a solution. * = Layout is still determined by HTML
- 152. Mike Davidson, mikeindustries.com/blog/sifr While sIFR gives us better typography today, it is clearly not the solution for the next 20 years. It is but a nice stopgap for people who value the importance of typography and don’t want to wait 1, 5, or 10 years for browser makers, OS vendors, and type foundries to figure out a better solution. The moment that happens however, sIFR will lift right out and give way to whatever other method is available. ~ Mike Davidson “ ”
- 153. Mike Davidson, mikeindustries.com/blog/sifr While sIFR gives us better typography today, it is clearly not the solution for the next 20 years. It is but a nice stopgap for people who value the importance of typography and don’t want to wait 1, 5, or 10 years for browser makers, OS vendors, and type foundries to figure out a better solution. The moment that happens however, sIFR will lift right out and give way to whatever other method is available. ~ Mike Davidson “ ”
- 154. Mike Davidson, mikeindustries.com/blog/sifr While sIFR gives us better typography today, it is clearly not the solution for the next 20 years. It is but a nice stopgap for people who value the importance of typography and don’t want to wait 1, 5, or 10 years for browser makers, OS vendors, and type foundries to figure out a better solution. The moment that happens however, sIFR will lift right out and give way to whatever other method is available. ~ Mike Davidson “ ”
- 155. @font-face
- 156. @font-face Originated in the CSS2 spec, despite its general association with CSS3
- 157. @font-face Originated in the CSS2 spec, despite its general association with CSS3 Extremely simple to implement
- 158. @font-face Originated in the CSS2 spec, despite its general association with CSS3 Extremely simple to implement Current support: Safari (since 3.1) Firefox 3.5 Opera 10
- 159. @font-face Originated in the CSS2 spec, despite its general association with CSS3 Extremely simple to implement Current support: Safari (since 3.1) Firefox 3.5 Opera 10 Has some piracy issues (more on that in a sec!)
- 160. Jos Buivenga’s fonts josbuivenga.demon.nl
- 162. IE4!!!
- 163. Microsoft’s EOT (Embedded Open Type)
- 164. Microsoft’s EOT (Embedded Open Type) Supported since IE4 (but not in IE8 yet)
- 165. Microsoft’s EOT (Embedded Open Type) Supported since IE4 (but not in IE8 yet) Font encoding protects against piracy
- 166. Microsoft’s EOT (Embedded Open Type) Supported since IE4 (but not in IE8 yet) Font encoding protects against piracy EOT was submitted to the W3C for approval as a new standard. As far as I know, it was rejected
- 167. Microsoft’s EOT (Embedded Open Type) Supported since IE4 (but not in IE8 yet) Font encoding protects against piracy EOT was submitted to the W3C for approval as a new standard. As far as I know, it was rejected WEFT: Web Embedding Fonts Tool for making .eot files
- 168. The issues
- 169. The issues Protection is needed for font foundries to counteract font piracy (as with EOT)
- 170. The issues Protection is needed for font foundries to counteract font piracy (as with EOT) How do we cope with licenses? Mozilla proposes including license data in HTTP headers
- 171. The issues Protection is needed for font foundries to counteract font piracy (as with EOT) How do we cope with licenses? Mozilla proposes including license data in HTTP headers More fonts need to be made available so that the choice can improve. In its current state, the limited choice is turning into not much more than an alternative list of web-safe fonts
- 172. What needs to happen?
- 173. What needs to happen? Font foundries need to be protected by the technology, as they are with EOT
- 174. What needs to happen? Font foundries need to be protected by the technology, as they are with EOT Font embedding is the path to typographic enlightenment on the web... it now has multiple browser support
- 175. What needs to happen? Font foundries need to be protected by the technology, as they are with EOT Font embedding is the path to typographic enlightenment on the web... it now has multiple browser support Start using font embedding now!
- 176. 2009: the year web typography started to grow up
- 177. Typekit typekit.com
- 179. Kernest kernest.com
- 180. Typekit, FontDeck, et al Multiple foundries
- 182. Typotheque, et al Foundry-specific system
- 183. The font-as-service: ilovetypography.com/the-font-as-service/ Some recent articles I’ve written on the subject More reasons to get excited about Typekit: elliotjaystocks.com
- 184. .webfont
- 185. .webfont This is where it gets exciting!
- 186. .webfont This is where it gets exciting! A recommendation for a new standard
- 187. .webfont This is where it gets exciting! A recommendation for a new standard Two files: font data + info.xml
- 188. .webfont This is where it gets exciting! A recommendation for a new standard Two files: font data + info.xml Built-in copyright protection
- 189. Some handy CSS3 features
- 190. Some handy CSS3 features Advanced layout
- 192. Some handy CSS3 features Advanced layout Backgrounds
- 193. div.shoutbox { background: url(top.gif) top left no-repeat, url(middle.gif) left repeat-y, url(bottom.gif) bottom left no-repeat } Multiple background images
- 194. Multiple background images div.shoutbox { background: url(top.gif) top left no-repeat, url(middle.gif) left repeat-y, url(bottom.gif) bottom left no-repeat }
- 195. Multiple background images div.shoutbox { background: url(top.gif) top left no-repeat, url(middle.gif) left repeat-y, url(bottom.gif) bottom left no-repeat }
- 196. Multiple background images div.shoutbox { background: url(top.gif) top left no-repeat, url(middle.gif) left repeat-y, url(bottom.gif) bottom left no-repeat }
- 197. Some handy CSS3 features Advanced layout Backgrounds Borders
- 199. Borders: image div.vcard { border-image:url(border.png) 10 10 10 10 round round; }
- 200. Some handy CSS3 features Advanced layout Backgrounds Borders Box shadows
- 201. Borders: image div.info { box-shadow:10px 10px 5px #888; }
- 202. Some handy CSS3 features Advanced layout Backgrounds Borders Box shadows Multi-column layout
- 203. Multiple column layouts div.article { column-count:2; column-gap:20px }
- 204. Some handy CSS3 features Advanced layout Backgrounds Borders Box shadows Multi-column layout Selectors
- 205. Nth child selectors tr:nth-child(odd) td { background:#999 }
- 206. Some handy CSS3 features Advanced layout Backgrounds Borders Box shadows Multi-column layout Selectors Text shadows
- 207. Text shadows p { text-shadow:1px 2px 1px #000 }
- 209. Tim Van Damme timvandamme.com
- 211. All the small things
- 212. All the small things CSS2.1 / CSS3 etc. allows you to write less code, speeds up development time, and generally makes life easier
- 213. All the small things CSS2.1 / CSS3 etc. allows you to write less code, speeds up development time, and generally makes life easier Consider attribute selectors
- 214. <ul class="blogroll"> <li> <a href="http://shauninman.com">Shaun Inman</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://mezzoblue.com">Dave Shea</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://hicksdesign.co.uk">Jon Hicks</a> </li> </ul> HTML with no need for class names on each <li>
- 216. All the small things CSS2.1 / CSS3 etc. allows you to write less code, speeds up development time, and generally makes life easier Consider attribute selectors Consider nth-child selectors
- 218. All the small things CSS2.1 / CSS3 etc. allows you to write less code, speeds up development time, and generally makes life easier Consider attribute selectors Consider nth-child selectors And if a browser doesn’t support these things... ... so what?
- 219. Thomas Silkjær theundersigned.net (Safari)
- 221. Thomas Silkjær theundersigned.net (Firefox)
- 222. dictionary.reference.com/browse/progressive Favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are. “ ” Progressive
- 223. Don’t fear degradation: plan for it
- 225. Slides will be available online at elliotjaystocks.com/speaking/
- 228. Thank you! elliotjaystocks.com | twitter.com/elliotjaystocks Pin-ups image by Mauren Veras - flickr.com/photos/mauren/2298724158/ Paint textures from The Stock Exchange - sxc.hu Set in FS Clerkenwell - fontsmith.com/font_details.php?font_num=251
- 230. Sexy Web Design by Elliot Jay Stocks Expert reviewers: Jina Bolton & Dan Rubin Published by SitePoint Shameless plug!