What web development can learn from the Nintendo Game and Watch.
The Web now consists of an ever-growing number of different frameworks, methodologies, screen sizes, devices, browsers, and connection speeds. “Lateral thinking with withered technology” – progressively enhanced – might actually be an ideal philosophy for building accessible, performant, resilient, and original experiences for a wide audience of users on the Web.
The result of adding more constraints means that the products have a broader appeal due to their simple interface. It reminds me of a Jeremy Keith talk I heard last month about programming languages like CSS which have a simple interface pattern:
selector { property: value }. Simple enough anyone can learn. But simple doesn’t mean it’s simplistic, which gives me a lot to think about.
What’s important is that you test it with real users… and stop using hover menus.
Strong agree!
The spirit of 5K.org lives on. View source: this JavaScript version of Tetris is less than 1K. Details on Github.
Learn JavaScript by playing/programming a platform game.
Tetris in your browser. Visit it once and it works offline (if your browser supports service workers) so go ahead and add it to your home screen.
An interface pattern for Ajax interactions that’s borrowed from video games.
Offline could be the new normal.
It’s kind of ridiculous that this functionality doesn’t exist yet.
The number one feature request I have for mobile Safari is web notifications (even if I won’t personally use them).
Filing an issue for the lazy web. Somebody build this!