Web Design Myths
Net Magazine asked followers on Twitter to submit any web design myths they wanted busted:
Got a web design myth you want busted? Let us know and we'll print the best tweets in the mag!
— net magazine (@netmag) September 16, 2015I took this to mean web development, not just design, and went on a bit of a tear:
@netmag That there is an 'alt' *tag* when it's an attribute. That meta keywords matter. That you can use <h#> out of order.
— Adrian Roselli (@aardrian) September 16, 2015@netmag That there is no scroll and that there is a scroll. That window size stats matter as much as viewport stats. That users don't print.
— Adrian Roselli (@aardrian) September 16, 2015@netmag That blind users don't surf. That all disability is vision related. That we don't all acquire disabilities as we age or wipe out.
— Adrian Roselli (@aardrian) September 16, 2015@netmag That libraries and/or frameworks are a good default starting point. That other developers know better. That you know better.
— Adrian Roselli (@aardrian) September 16, 2015@netmag That anyone can afford to attend a conference. That speakers know everything. That it hasn't already been solved a hundred times.
— Adrian Roselli (@aardrian) September 16, 2015@netmag That there is only one version of Chrome for Android. That user agent sniffing works. That IE6 is truly dead. Same for IE7 & IE8.
— Adrian Roselli (@aardrian) September 16, 2015@netmag That low contrast text is awesome. That links don't need underlines. That nobody navigates with a keyboard. That large window = kbd.
— Adrian Roselli (@aardrian) September 16, 2015@netmag That hamburgers make sense to all users. That touch areas are easy to hit. That "dynamic" means motion. That 2MB pages are ok.
— Adrian Roselli (@aardrian) September 16, 2015@netmag That the spacer GIF was invented by David Siegel and not dozens of folks in shops around the world at the same time.
— Adrian Roselli (@aardrian) September 16, 2015Based on this feedback, it seems like some readers of the magazine might like to see this stuff addressed:
@aardrian A great list. I would love it if @netmag would bust these myths comprehensively. As a respected magazine, web devs listen to them.
— Matt Hill (@matthillco) September 16, 2015Update: November 11, 2015
The latest issue of Net Magazine arrived and none of mine made the cut:
