I am completely convinced that empowering users remains a cornerstone of effective UX and UI design. Apple’s latest innovation, the iOS 18 Distraction Control feature, epitomizes this principle. We’ve all looked at a news website on our mobile, only to be overwhelmed by ads and overlays and abandon the content. A new iOS 18 feature, … continue reading
Imagine you’re playing darts, but instead of aiming at a pre-drawn target, you throw darts randomly at a blank wall. After throwing, you draw the bullseye around the cluster of darts that hit the wall. This scenario might seem absurd, yet it illustrates the Texas Sharpshooter fallacy. It probably comes from a Texan who randomly … continue reading
WordPress Permalinks Keep Breaking We have a WordPress Multisite installation for a growing WooCommerce store, and in the build up to a busy period, our permalinks kept breaking. This was initially a simple fix each time, hitting “Save” in the WordPress Dashboard > Permalinks page. Eventually, this stopped working and only a reset of the … continue reading
I have been working on a website project for University, and ran into a problem. My font-face files worked perfectly locally, on my computer, but when uploaded to my server, the font-face wouldn’t work. Additionally, when the URL to the file (which had uploaded successfully, and visible in cPanel) was typed in, it gave a 404 … continue reading