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Interesting books
These books are free to download or read directly on the web:
- Användbarhetsboken (2005) by Tommy Sundström (in Swedish)
- Designing for Performance (2014) by Lara Callender Hogan
- Essential Image Optimization (2017) by Addy Osmani
- High Performance Browser Networking (2013) by Ilya Grigorik
- http2 explained (2014, also available as a living version on Gitbooks) by Daniel Stenberg
- Introduction to Web Accessibility: Essential Accessibility for Everyone by Greg Gay
- Tillgänglig video: En handbok om hur du gör video som alla kan ta del av (in Swedish)
- Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy by The Chang School
- Readability Guidelines Handbook 2019 – a book on content strategy and text content design.
- Webbanalys – förstå och förbättra användarnas upplevelse (2016) by Marcus Österberg (in Swedish)
- Webbstrategi för alla (2014) by Marcus Österberg (in Swedish)
Reports
A list of interesting reports for the curious mind.
Mary Meeker's trend report – Internet Trends
Mary Meeker, also known as the "Queen of the Internet", publishes an annual report on how the internet is used.
Svenskarna och Internet, SOI, by Internetstiftelsen
A Swedish equivalent of Mary Meeker's Internet Trends report is Internetstiftelsen's Svenskarna och internet, released each autumn.
- Svenskarna och internet 2020
- Svenskarna och internet 2019 – read Webperf's summary
- Svenskarna och internet 2018
Svenskarna med funktionsnedsättning och internet (SMFOI)
SMFOI clearly shows that there is a significant digital divide in society.
Web Service Awards trend report
Published annually by Swedish Web Service Award.
Other interesting reports
- The state of design 2019 – on designing things
- Chrome User Experience Report – Google's CruX report
- HTTP Archive: State of the web – statistics on how websites are evolving
Podcasts
Interesting podcasts on accessibility, usability and web performance.
- 13 Letters – a podcast about accessibility.
- Chasing Waterfalls – conversations with people working to make the web faster.
- Hundra nyanser av grönt – on design systems (in Swedish).
- Planet Performance Podcast – interviews with people in web performance.
- Smashing Podcast – on digital development.
- Sökpodden – on SEO, SEM, Google and Facebook (in Swedish).
- User Defenders – on UX.
- World Wide Waste – Gerry McGovern on digital waste.
Newsletters
- Accessibility Newsletter (t12t) – on accessibility in digital channels.
- Alertbox Email Newsletter – on usability, from Nielsen Norman Group.
- Boagworld newsletter – digital strategy, UX and web design.
- Conversionista! – conversion tips.
- Developer Newsletter – news for web developers.
- Performance Newsletter – tools and resources every two weeks.
- The Moz Top 10 – search engine optimisation and digital marketing.
Slack groups
- Insights & Analytics Sverige – on web analytics and conversion optimisation.
- t12t.se – Swedish group on web accessibility.
- Webperf.se – support around test results.
Jupyter Notebooks
On Webperf's GitHub account you can get started with simple development and benefit from code examples. Check out the code on GitHub
Tools and browser extensions
Extensions for Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Brave, Edge):
- 45to75 – highlights text with overly long sentences.
- Accessibility Insights for Web – solve accessibility issues.
- axe - Web Accessibility Testing – review WCAG guidelines.
- Funkify – simulate disabilities.
- headingsMap – displays the heading structure.
- Lighthouse – SEO, accessibility, PWA and best practices.
- Siteimprove Accessibility Checker – accessibility.
- taba11y – visualises the tab order.
- Wappalyzer – technology detector.
- WAVE Browser Extensions – web accessibility (Chrome and Firefox).
- Web Developer – toolbar.
- Web Disability Simulator – by Swedish company Metamatrix.
Extensions for Firefox:
- NoCoffee – simulates visual impairments.
- Total Validator – validates accessibility, HTML, CSS, links and spelling.
- WCAG Contrast Checker – contrast checker.
Applications and apps:
- a11yTools – app for iPhone/iPad (119 SEK).
- Koa11y – tests accessibility (Windows, macOS, Linux).
- NVDA – screen reader for Windows.
- Screaming Frog SEO Spider – SEO tool.
- VSCodium – open version of Visual Studio Code.
Web services:
- Beacon – measure a website's environmental impact.
- DIGG's document template for accessibility statements
- Digital tillgänglighet: Introduktion till WCAG by Per Axbom (in Swedish).
- Lightest.app – compare response times.
- Meta Tags – debug your content before sharing.
- Open Graph Meta Tags – check OG tags.
- Squoosh – compress images in the browser.
- Webbkollen – examines personal privacy.
Stuff for developers
- perfume.js – Node package for RUM data (Real User Monitoring).