• We Need to Talk About the Front Web

    The experience we have using the web deserves our attention; when the web loses, we lose too.

    The front web is systematically undermined, and the main targets are precisely the aspects that make the web a powerful medium.

    While these attacks are systematic, I'm not sure how conscious and intentional they are: are we never satisfied with what we have and we keep trying to improve it, or are we just “breaking things”?

    Whether we are breaking things around or trying to improve the front web, what is clear to me is that instead of getting the most of it, we just keep making it heavy, inaccessible, unmanageable, and offering a very bad UX. It is hard to say who is benefiting from these attempts.

    A Talk by Angela Ricci gericci.me
    • ⭐ Front-end development’s identity crisis Elly Loel

      I’m not a “[full-stack] developer”, regardless of what my last job title says.

      I’m not even a front-end developer, thanks to the JavaScript–industrial complex.

      I’m a front-of-the-front-end developer, but that’s too long.

      So, I’m a web designer. And I also specialise in accessibility, design systems, and design.

      ...The current landscape of front-end development presents challenges for web designers like me. As I navigate through the complexities of our industry, I will continue to advocate for the importance of expertise in these undervalued areas.