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5 Big Web Design Predictions for 2022
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5 Big Web Design Predictions for 2022

Every year, at this time, blogs like this one like to try and predict what’s going to happen in the year ahead. It’s a way of drawing a line under the archive and starting afresh. A rejuvenation that, as humans, we find life-affirming. Ten years ago, I would have had high confidence in these predictions — after all I was eventually right about SVG adoption, even if it took a decade. But the last few years have shown that web design is tightly interwoven with the muggle world, and that world is anything but predictable. So as we look at what might occur in the next year (or five), think of it less as a set of predictions and more as a wishlist. Last Year’s Predictions When I write this post every January, I like to keep myself honest by glancing back at the previous year’s predictions to ga...
Is It Time to Reset HTML?
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Is It Time to Reset HTML?

HTML is one of the foundational building blocks of the Web. But just as web design best practices and techniques change over time, so does the code we use. As HTML evolves, some of its older markup has been deprecated while other parts have been repurposed. Does that create more problems for us, though? Would we be better off starting over so we can make sure we’re all working from the same language rather than trying to edit out the bits we don’t want or need? Problems With Holding Onto Legacy HTML Let’s take a look at what happens when we amend the rules of HTML over time and how it impacts the Web: 1. It’s Risky to Leave Deprecated HTML Behind Whether certain features have become outdated and need to go, or browsers have stopped supporting certain tags altogether, deprecated code eventu...