Author Aaron Gustafson

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As would be expected from a former manager of the Web Standards Project, Aaron Gustafson is passionate about web standards and accessibility. He has been working on the Web for over two decades now and is a web standards advocate at Microsoft, working closely with their browser team. He is also Editor in Chief of A List Apart and writes about whatever’s on his mind at aaron-gustafson.com.

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Native And PWA: Choices, Not Challengers!

February 9, 2018 — Deciding to build a PWA or a native app should be based on the needs of the specific project, not hype. In this article, Aaron Gustafson walks you through the pros and cons of each approach to help you arrive at an informed decision. Read More…

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When Your Code Has To Work: Complying With Legal Mandates

March 2, 2017 — Douglas Crockford famously declared browsers to be “the most hostile software engineering environment imaginable,” and that wasn’t hyperbole. Ensuring that our websites work across a myriad of different devices, screen sizes and browsers our users depend on … Read More…

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Experimenting With speechSynthesis

February 14, 2017 — I’ve been thinking a lot about speech for the last few years. In fact, it’s been a major focus in several of my talks of late, including my well-received Smashing Conference talk “Designing the Conversation.” As such, I’ve been keenly interested in the development of the Web … Read More…

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Developing Dependency Awareness

May 23, 2016 — I’m sure you’ve heard the proverb, “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link,” probably many times. Its written origin dates back to the 18th century, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was much, much older. And though the work we do has little to do with actual chains, … Read More…