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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 3h

I used to joke about the fact that a UX researcher job is 20% research with users and 80% of other stuff, around the research to prepare, analysis, etc. Apparently, same for development. By Dave Rupert

Many years on the job and I still don't get it. (5min) daverupert.com/2025/09/you-...

Many years on the job and I still don’t get it.

I’m coming up on 20 years of professional web development and I still don’t get it sometimes. I tend to measure myself or view work productivity through the lens of “How much code did I write?” and that does a great disservice to myself and what I do.

daverupert.com

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 21h

I can't, it's screenshot from the wix "loading" interface, on the right they push examples that move all around. Meh

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 21h

Those examples appear now while their new studio loads (which takes forever also). Just looking at their example of scrolling animation made me nauseous. I have prefers-reduced motion switched off, but, I still get the very annoying example. Meh.

#Accessibility #VestibularDisorder

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 21h

Wix going all "use text marquee to add scrolling effect to content you want to highlight", how about, no? This is an accessibility nightmare, there's a reason the HTML marquee tag was removed.
Also, scroll animations, again, please no. Or at least, respect prefers-reduced motion.

Screenshot of a wix tip, with some repeating banner at the top and bottom that are supposed to move, and the text "use text marquee to add scrolling effect to content you want to highlight"

Screenshot of a wix tip, with some page example, and the text "use scroll animations to engage site visitors as they scroll through your site"

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 1d

Today's beautiful procrastination is Messenger, a cute cozy multi players game in the browser where you deliver letters

messenger.abeto.co/

A 3D pastel stylized game scene, focused on a character with a ponytail, a messenger bag and yellow shirt standing on a dock, with a boat in the background. She's talking to a NPC, with some text on top of him. The text reads: Package received. Take the mystery letter to Dave at Smelly Falls.

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 1d

Haaa the gold w3c little tag, yeah. I honestly miss those. Let's bring them back!!

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 1d

(this is why all my stickers have cut animals, no hands required, hehe)

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I like the idea of having it augment your art, or deal with the parts you don't like.
I'm annoyed, because the part I don't like, is drawing hands. And AI is notoriously bad at it, haha, no help for me.

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 2d

The Oatmeal's view on AI art is quite interesting. It brings some mediocrity to the world, but also, it can help artists with tasks they find administrative. In the end, it will never have a heart. And that's what makes a difference.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 2d

It didn't, at least not to me.

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 2d

"Oui oui baguette" should be the one by default, it show a French je ne sais quoi, with the non-chalance of people who might not have a prime minister, again, maybe, maybe not, haha.

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 2d

For me, writing the prompt would already be, maybe, a good exercise, into "okay, what exactly do I want to describe, what's the purpose of this image, why did I choose it". So, the prompting itself might be a very good exercise to force yourself into thinking about image choices and alt texts.

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 2d

same answer as here, maybe it's faster if you are native speaker, but, not if you search for words: bsky.app/profile/step...
also, might be helpful for dyslexic people as well (I'm not, so this is a wild guess, if anyone from the dyslexic community wants to pitch in)

Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 2d

i would say it might depend on your skill language. For example, I'm not a native speaker, so I might take a lot of time to find the right vocabulary to describe a building, or something complex in a domain I don't master. Maybe the LLM could give me a starting point to make it faster for me?

Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 2d

i would say it might depend on your skill language. For example, I'm not a native speaker, so I might take a lot of time to find the right vocabulary to describe a building, or something complex in a domain I don't master. Maybe the LLM could give me a starting point to make it faster for me?

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 2d

. @jaredcunha.bsky.social explains that LLMs can lower the burden of writing useful alt text for images, with the right prompting: state you want an alt text, give context, tell what to emphasize, the length. I’m curious if anyone has experience with this, and how it went? Was the alt text any good?

Writing alt text with AI

LLMs can lower the burden of writing useful alt text for images, with the right prompting.

jaredcunha.com

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 6d

Friday fun: a little reminder that, 15 years ago, before we had AI generation, people were creating wacky nightmarish fun 3D rending videos of cows becoming spiders, and this belongs in a museum.
Have a nice day 😁

(Also trigger warning: spiders)

youtu.be/FavUpD_IjVY?...

Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 8d

And if you don’t use Figma, I’ve added links to web-based tools so you can follow along too.

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 8d

What to expect:
- Six accessible yellow and purple palettes, ready to use
- Step-by-step guide to building palettes in Figma
- A 19 minutes video tutorial to make my whole process easy to follow

👉 Read the full article + tutorial on my blog: stephaniewalter.design/blog/yellow-...

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 8d

I built six WCAG-tested palettes to show that accessibility doesn’t limit creativity. And I turned the process into a full tutorial (with video) so you can learn how to build your own accessible color palettes in Figma.

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 8d

Let’s debunk the old myth that “accessibility limits color choices.” What limits your choices is a lack of knowledge, and / or creativity. I can't do anything about creativity, but, I can help you with accessibility knowledge.

stephaniewalter.design/blog/yellow-...

Accessibility: Yellow, Purple and the Myth of “Accessibility Limits Color Palettes”

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 8d

I'm here for it, I've seen mockups in excel, very 1999 colspan rowspan style muhhaha

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 9d

Excel is a design and UX research tool. You can now fight @morganepeng.bsky.social and me on that. 💜

#uxcon2025 #uxcon #EnterpriseUX

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 9d

Let's play a game of "is it PowerPoint or a meditation app I'm about to open'". Surprise 🫢

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 9d

Microsoft’s new Office icons are now available in TestFlight versions of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint on iOS

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 9d

Does your work overlap with your passion?
Working in enterprise UX, I never really know how to answer that. Am I passionate about car dealerships, cranes on construction sites, custom forms, finance and banking? Nope.
But I am passionate about solving complex problems. So, it kind of does?
#uxcon

A man standing on stage at a UX conference. Behind him is a large screen showing a Venn diagram with two circles labeled Passion and Purpose overlapping in the center, with text below reading that’s the good stuff.

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 9d

Naaah chamomile is absolutely loyal good. Chaotic neutral would be like chai, but with some milk I guess 😂

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