
When every new website on the internet has perfect, semantic, accessible HTML and exceptionally executed, accessible CSS that works on every device and browser, then you can tell me that these languages are not valuable on their own. Until then we need to stop devaluing CSS and HTML.
To do this we need to understand who it is we’re making things for. An interesting thing about humans, is that the ones in terrific health, with perfect eyesight and hearing, who can read and write well, who can multi-task efficiently, and who are fully functional all of the time, are the ones in the minority. The rest of us wear glasses, are in noisy environments, have disabilities, have broken wrists or ear infections, are pushing a shopping trolley, have hangovers, are on alousy wifi connection, are colour-blind, are out in bright sunshine or pouring rain, are… you get the picture. When we think about the people in our target audience, about the only thing we can be absolutely su…