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Simple & Useful: A Guide to Web Design

November 14, 2012 - 8:49am — DavidPassmore

To be facilitated by Jerrold Maddox, Professor of Art, PSU School of Visual Arts. More detail to follow in November, but I thought those of you interested in web design and accessibility might want to get this on your calendar now. Jerry’s “Simpler, Smarter, and Smaller” page (https://s3.amazonaws.com/simpleuseful/90less.html ) challenges us to reconsider our entire web design philosophy.

In his “Simple & Useful: A Guide to Web Design” (https://s3.amazonaws.com/simpleuseful/index.html ), he asks, "Can html be styled well enough and simply enough so that anyone can write for the web, using just a text editor, and share that work with anyone else, regardless of the platform they are using, the speed of their connection and any disabilities they may have?"