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X-post: WCEU 2020 Online Contributor Day: All that team facilitators and experienced Contributors need to know
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/updates: WCEU 2020 Online Contributor Day: All that team facilitators and experienced Contributors need to know
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Design Team Meeting Notes May 20, 2020
These are the weekly notes for the design meeting that happens on Wednesdays. You can read the full transcript on our Slack channel and find the meeting agenda here. You can join the SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ channel by following…
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Design Meeting Agenda 20 May 2020
This is the agenda for the weekly design chat meeting on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 18:00 UTC Housekeeping Updates from any specific focuses Status of GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to…
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Gutenberg Phase 2 Friday Design Update #53
Howdy! Gutenberg 8.1 was released this past Wednesday. Some of the recent features include: New patterns. Ability to search patterns. Ability to copy individual blocks. Query blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea…
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Design meeting notes May 13th
These are the weekly notes for the design meeting that happens on Wednesdays. You can read the full transcript on our Slack channel and find the meeting’s agenda here. You can join the SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ channel by following…
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Open Source and Design
Designing for open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. projects can be difficult and opinionated. It takes a confident designer to share their process (mistakes and accomplishments) with…
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Design and Inclusion
Inclusive design at its heart is a way of creating products and services that attempt to reach the broadest range of people possible, particularly those in underserved communities.1 Marc Coleman: Diversity And The Design Team December 11, 2016 — The products we build as designers often have to reach a variety of audiences. Some of…
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Accessibility
AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) focuses on how a disabled person accesses or…
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Visual and Interface Design
Visual design focuses on the aesthetics of a site and its related materials by strategically implementing images, colors, fonts, and other elements.1 User Interface (UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface – the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing.)…
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User Research and Testing
User research focuses on understanding user behaviors, needs, and motivations through observation techniques, task analysis, and other feedback methodologies.1 Lily Dart: Guerilla Usability Testing June 1, 2015 — Guerrilla usability testing is an inexpensive and speedy way to put users at the centre of your design process. It can help to keep clients focused on…