Strive

What will you ship?

September 2024

But what elements of an interface are largely universally experienced? The page speed, legible typography, information honesty, layout stability and scannability, accessible focus states, auditory feedback, and sensible DOM ordering. Alas, primitives such as performance and accessibility are not as glamorous or fruitful to obsess over — because seemingly, they are invisible, and thus are trivial to trade off when it comes to shipping quickly. Truthfully, I would much rather spend time on polishing that animation spring over tracking down what made the initial load so slow. But is having a slow website with immaculate attention to visual craft desirable?