Raindrop.io Bookmarks 03/30/2025
- How Regular Audits Keep Your Design System Relevant | by Dan Balaban | Medium
"By performing regular audits, you ensure that the design system remains relevant and effective, supporting product development at every stage. Audits help catch issues like redundant components, outdated assets, or technical debt before they become larger problems."
- Website Accessibility Risks for Alcohol E-Commerce
"While many e-commerce companies, including alcohol suppliers, have turned to "accessibility widgets" to improve WCAG compliance, these quick-fix solutions are not always what they seem."
- 75% of firms risk fines as EU Accessibility Act deadline nears
"With just over three months until the EU's European Accessibility Act's highly anticipated implementation date, new research by Storyblok reveals that only 25% of European businesses say they are fully prepared to comply with the Act's provisions."
- The <select> element can now be customized with CSS | Blog | Chrome for Developers
"From Chrome 135, web developers and designers can finally unite on an accessible, standardized and CSS styleable <select> element on the web."
- Best Practices for Cognitive Accessibility in Web Design - The A11Y Collective
"Unlock the full potential of your website with expert cognitive accessibility tips. Explore WCAG guidelines, design patterns, and real-world case studies."
- Popover vs Dialog
"Popovers and dialogs are similar in many ways. That's particularly the case since HTML introduced the closedby attribute for the dialog element, enabling light-dismiss functionality. So how are they different?"
- Can we actually design for sustainability? | by Allie Paschal | Mar, 2025 | UX Collective
"Climate change is happening, and the internet's emissions heavily contribute to it. A lot goes into powering the internet, from data centers to our individual devices, but there is a large dependency on UX design that determines how sustainable (or not) a certain digital product is."