A Dao of Web Design

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2000 · web architecture · original online
WhatEssay on designing for the web’s flexibility.
Why nowIt predicted the right design philosophy early.
Statusoriginal online
Found inweb architecture

John Allsopp argues for accepting the web’s fluidity instead of forcing print-era control onto screens.

WHY IT STILL MATTERSModern responsive design sits on this shift: stop fighting the medium, design with it.
Best opened when a design starts pretending every browser, device, and reader is the same machine.
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