2026-04-28T20:06:07Z https://yabu.me Robin Whittleton https://yabu.me/npub1uvppmw38n6u6dt4ylua20u8khswap58tcyw63ane0pgfvvpxt74qyd6zv7 https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/accounts/avatars/111/368/494/940/574/427/original/05c0ed79cf5ec4d1.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/accounts/avatars/111/368/494/940/574/427/original/05c0ed79cf5ec4d1.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstv5egq5fkjlup5wrrs3jkxrv93w982v2rutmuz0asrja47nw3fsgzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065ydlewu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx8ezw9l9gcd9kprk62yfkq6lnqyndlaj65rf7e8f9llmk0h6ly0qcl4q7d'>nevent1q…4q7d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>at least on Mastercard there are different types of notch for different types of card; I’d hope that Visa has followed suit? <a href="https://www.mastercard.com/global/en/news-and-trends/press/2021/october/mastercard-introduces-accessible-card-for-blind-and-partially-sighted-people.html">https://www.mastercard.com/global/en/news-and-trends/press/2021/october/mastercard-introduces-accessible-card-for-blind-and-partially-sighted-people.html</a> 2026-04-09T16:13:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfp0zpvpytnyzymhtq0cejxk0w33j7szcddqe0c333fckk8e4zkngzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye0656dhxre In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg587q5gq5j3h9unzqm39lzyqzxv3p8gzygn7fz00trhze0mtau5cdf736w'>nevent1q…736w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>they’re not cheap, but I’ve broadly moved completely to Nudie as they seem pretty much bullet-proof, and they do free repairs if you’re near one of their locations: <a href="https://www.nudiejeans.com/en-SE/stores?filter=Repair+Partner&amp;filter=Nudie+Jeans+Repair+Shop">https://www.nudiejeans.com/en-SE/stores?filter=Repair+Partner&amp;filter=Nudie+Jeans+Repair+Shop</a> 2026-03-07T17:56:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsww5elclclhtzk0ukky76xeluysg809ppun6pu5jh7zau0uvm23dqzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065w2t4qe Given the recent Ars Technica fuckup I’ve cancelled my subscription. Any non-US equivalents worth supporting with that money? (The Verge and 404 Media would be candidates, but they’re a bit US-centric.) 2026-02-14T14:14:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszm97fsddcguj7qr330xs4xf73pgdm57kxhr03ahm776f2a42nz7qzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065a9fplx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8v5u7gef4klhhrt0ey3qe3sp26ty8nh3njpq6tx5jczhwq3l7efcdss38m'>nevent1q…s38m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I read the first three a couple of years ago, really should finish it off. 2026-02-11T09:07:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvs9xxly33fz39sakkravuadgpwuxpyjkj9k3jg8h7jz4z2qwmulszyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065nzkvd0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszdjhap7qlkaeswn4t0x8ydt34dwvagmgmu4tyzpgw9kcx7ht9h6sygrq3r'>nevent1q…rq3r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Gritney Spears was a good one 2026-01-08T22:45:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswmx9jdnrnpznaqqje2gphlhlr8frjys87jh829v3y6kl2pk6uvsczyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065y8axdl The Danes turn out to go all out on fireworks. In the small (~1.5K people) town I’m staying in, fireworks started at around 7pm, and ramped up until midnight, at which point commenced what I can only describe as a bombardment for over an hour.<br/><br/>If nothing else, I’m surprised that people have this much money to burn. But mostly I’m just sad for the poor dogs, who had gone past shaking with fear and into some sort of mental shutdown. At least it all seems to have been forgotten this morning. 2026-01-01T08:19:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfzc9zk8cwde87z0ujsz9vxjh5chw7juh84sr9uxemkm30jkyp3sgzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065uh8q9x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0cynvffvnrykasu54wc9crz34uvqxhey37cfurnuc6yc2aywurkql5fazr'>nevent1q…fazr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>similar research won an Ignobel Prize in 2014: <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3882779/">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3882779/</a> 2025-12-13T09:59:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqcglt88yhcm4ahr37h55my9umfmmmsn3m07rgshdwd95u9yqe8nczyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye0653e2zgt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8d28szl62ecd6upcpfxzhld8t67rx6xnmfzy3ksaldltfe7f46esnx0ycz'>nevent1q…0ycz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was poking at the site and I’m quite impressed with not only how unreadable the font on <a href="https://www.taylorswift.com/my-letter/">https://www.taylorswift.com/my-letter/</a> is, but how zooming in on the page zooms it out. 2025-09-29T08:34:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr0dntv36d7kx0h5dgwqgf76uezamsacgst3ekhv5dnt50dcheyyszyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065t3rzdn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvk38xaaxmmgfzvf26665sshveqzxq6z8qnttl66gv4yr8qdnzmsqm9277q'>nevent1q…277q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what’s important is first independence, and then if help is needed a plurality of methods to allow people to pick the way that best suits them. 2025-09-28T21:11:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs275e75c9znf3092s6q3xl9nkanvpn479j4kuk0g09eveasdtz7gqzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye0654dc924 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2exgr470w3qprunj9vk3jpvtdhet0eq4075y3r79nu7pt2wuge6cjyw6us'>nevent1q…w6us</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’d definitely read that as the second option, unfortunately. 2025-09-28T19:15:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsge4l6570at334ycutmf05axu45xmf2pg0lu426w9jwm732tdj7hqzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065g7dx8h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswp2f23cpa77euxw8vqw0fdvuzfkjnfyjpx27aw0wmv2y4y70nwxspmu63w'>nevent1q…u63w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we’ve got a product called Kreativ that does most of that. The default planner doesn’t have ceiling height and isn’t the same level of detail as the kitchen planner, but it’s probably enough. Alternatively you can scan your actual room, then try 3D IKEA furniture in it (it’ll let you delete existing furniture if there’s something you want to replace). <a href="https://www.ikea.com/de/en/home-design/">https://www.ikea.com/de/en/home-design/</a> 2025-09-23T18:50:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyx6v4pxdnghk0rhlw5mrcaj7mnm9r8ws3d9du9a4wnnrx7g6wy6czyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye0650q7w4f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfg0y9shud4674pg0xp7xfg88ex57kf2s9zzq7va0rt8aknm9mamcfzlpnh'>nevent1q…lpnh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>can you do it the other way around by working with the user to sort them out with a retainer? 2025-08-25T11:09:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvn46epj2pxkptwkuxnl42356rnq8aj9228d9xh9f0fwnrnkq6l5qzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065chfx7q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ct8dsvjqugg876gpynsvt2zsfv5fhyv3f3h6fy8d3fnpfvc5gegyeh5k7'>nevent1q…h5k7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that’s my assumption. To be honest, I’m not 100% sure about the rule as I can’t find anything about it online, but I did check in with a couple of colleagues who confirmed they’d been asked about it when they gave blood recently. 2025-07-16T09:19:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyk7u8lj04clzklsnzme8cjl7zrf82p2qeaw6h3h8ar7zva2gd6ggzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065d55nyt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8uges4erk9gz9x9rrht8hl7e4u2g5xlc7zdjvnthqgxrxk5zkdxcglkfqw'>nevent1q…kfqw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>unfortunately I’m blocked in Sweden from giving blood because I lived in the UK in the late 80s / early 90s. 2025-07-16T09:10:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsze0jwmp2spf8w30qvhj9uv3fgfrena9xn6jqls3fy9aegqxsul8szyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye0650p9mtt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvqf78h3q6fzhjvuwgy7nxy07nfh0ycpp7fpmem47astklhpu76js96sh2k'>nevent1q…sh2k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what matters is not the design but the outcome of the design. Maybe I’m misunderstanding your point (and please correct me if I am) but I do not see how providing a palette of high quality options and context to a designer leads to disempowering designers to effect change. 2025-06-03T07:47:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspzgycnnqxggpvjy74symzyj3ksfr3y02s4j23jckhtcywv9fgaggzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065w2halx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8td68wmsh4kmu40wq72ylwnvswcg8rgeavz9jhrwsgppaw57xhaguda9x2'>nevent1q…a9x2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that design systems are somehow designed to exclude designers. The assumption here is that design systems remove autonomy from designers, but:<br/><br/>(a) most design work should realistically be service and content design anyway, and<br/><br/>(b) it doesn’t stop visual designers from doing interesting work, it just shifts the level that interesting work is done at away from noodling on a button to page-level visual design supported by design system components and tokens 2025-06-03T07:42:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstme7z6zjm5kwkwhanmvykythd2pfazzs43jlsct5tw3eajh3tjsqzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye0659ev25u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsynta562vk3a8fm6uxgyn3eck042kag7jsyscvssh6gvqttltulcg3k3zmd'>nevent1q…3zmd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what a horrible take on design systems. Design systems empower designers to focus on the design that matters. 2025-06-03T07:29:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswtfwttsuhsecjdr8c4teqf84wpg8nr9sxyh79pvj2cwe9gu8g5tgzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065zwg3r7 For better or worse, I’ve ended up as the unofficial owner of IKEA’s digital font implementation, so I’ve written up the six-year journey to the current setup of Noto IKEA: <a href="https://medium.com/flat-pack-tech/ikeas-web-fonts-8e3879f4ccbb">https://medium.com/flat-pack-tech/ikeas-web-fonts-8e3879f4ccbb</a> 2025-04-24T05:44:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrav6fvcsd3rxkdg3ezg0a7xt6ce5arve4zz9j6zan62gtv7eq4ggzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye0653sv5tk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp5fjphvsc4zj3rytlx4kfpmtydxdpex7d0ahl02xsv09n9xgwvygu2wdj5'>nevent1q…wdj5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>on Safari and Firefox on iOS at least, a long press on the back button will pop open a scrollable list of pages in the history for that tab. 2025-04-21T18:39:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst2xuza7xs7eyezqe8qa0nmwtqujln24aam5aeka5kth8rql9sfpgzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065n6f5sh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8djnyae9q3th3jq5nh9px0eyyg3c0swmkfh2ntgegjjq7v0yxtdggr3pq9'>nevent1q…3pq9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if you’ve got an iphone and Apple Wallet you can select a card for transit mode on London Underground: it’ll dramatically speed up the blip time, and will work even if the phone is out of battery. 2025-03-28T13:03:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9uvcfm6ujqss97v72vt3v83990w0sgpdsnn5sqdfnchalmjhzhqczyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065fh3nlw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp9a78fqpvp8su2z7luc5gtf39mkzlhvqf289qll24czdqyzsjses9n4kmk'>nevent1q…4kmk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>every time I go back to the UK now I get weird looks because I don’t have an exit stamp in my passport. I’ve given up and just present both British and Swedish passports and let them pick which one they’re interested in. 2025-02-16T20:05:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0gqxtd84470un2uxdd7rwq6gqdxcs6lhggmnth957c8e4tcl4jdczyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye0658fpgx5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8shtlf6zyayuxpncq5y60hr3xclsv4wc5fd2jqgpu7c7zgj7q7hqkad5uy'>nevent1q…d5uy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was playing around with <a href="https://a11y-consultant.netlify.app/">https://a11y-consultant.netlify.app/</a> yesterday, but as I’ve never taken CPACC I’ve no idea how accurate the questions and answers are. They seemed to repeat occasionally as well? 2024-11-28T12:47:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxsjp0g7g9cwxpts3n26xd03a39pqsaqa9g755jm209m4em2x9urszyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065rdankv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp7cuq37xdmhpsahsddyt0kqxfj2c5ah70cnm3092fts4rh3njyxghjrugk'>nevent1q…rugk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh wow 2024-11-26T14:38:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz7kus0wjhf50f5vecqlne9tzmwej2c0xnyr8vmf2egu2e6rs9ffqzyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065cr5q47 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspkmvyhaugap97rls5mmx9wknl93j2s4tgm24xhx0le69snmstdjsywhyu3'>nevent1q…hyu3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>replied for his bit of IKEA (landing page) but it’s also in use in my part (ecom), just not to a great extent on customer-facing stuff just yet. 2024-11-12T12:56:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvk8k8u3g2rveu49eeawa4zkawy8p7jn2lxvj3vvemfe34qyurwyczyr3sy8d6y70tnf4w5nln4fls767pm5xsa0q3m28k09u9p93sye065jyf7sl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs80fh7hc2rk362la72r6tpe7w9n75u42r33ccf84j6ma88kc05u6czknlpg'>nevent1q…nlpg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think it’s fine. I’ve used ruby in a production of Tristram Shandy for latin annotation (<a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/laurence-sterne/the-life-and-opinions-of-tristram-shandy-gentleman/text/chapter-3-11-la">https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/laurence-sterne/the-life-and-opinions-of-tristram-shandy-gentleman/text/chapter-3-11-la</a>) and I’m currently using it in a production of 1,001 Nights for metre marks in an explanatory appendix. 2024-10-10T11:55:16Z