Matt Stow
Senior UX Engineer at Thinkmill. Designs (digital, craft, board games). Writes (code, fiction, reviews). Loves a11y, design systems, alt rock, & Nintendo.
Specialties
- Front-end Engineering,
- Accessibility,
- Design Systems,
- React,
- GraphQL
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Accessibility at Thinkmill
How we approach the multi-faceted world of accessible design, and how improvements made for one user group can benefit all of us.
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The $64,000 question to create more accessible and inclusive experiences
Empathising with your blind users to create better experiences for all.
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Building layouts with placeholder components
An approach to rapidly building and evolving layouts as a project progresses and becomes more defined.
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More posts from other Thinkmill voices
Inclusive user testing with browser-based prototypes
Last year, we partnered with the Queensland Government and Meld Studios to design a website that helps people find tools and information to improve their digital literacy. This was a great chance to apply our inclusive design skills and build a site that’s usable and accessible to as many people as possible.
· 4 min readProgressive Web Apps (PWAs): A stepping stone towards a native mobile application
Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are now a viable option for providing a mobile experience that meets users’ high expectations. This article provides an introduction to the history of PWAs for those new to the topic, as well as what can be expected from them in 2024. We also look at where PWAs sit in the mobile landscape and how they can be a practical stepping stone towards a native application experience in the future.
· 11 min readBuilding a Multi Brand Design System with Tailwind: Tips, Tricks and Tradeoffs
I recently wrapped up a project to help build a multi-brand design system. This article explores why we chose Tailwind CSS for styling and discusses the pros and cons of using it in this context.
· 16 min read
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