162 Jeremy Keith on the Resiliency of the Web

Web pioneer Jeremy Keith talks with us about the resiliency of the web, upcoming innovations in CSS and browser support, native vs. web, and what he's excited about in web development. You can follow him on his site at https://adactio.com/.   ==================   Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of hosting. Head over to https://liquidweb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount.   ==================   Table of Contents for Episode 161 0:00 Podcast intros. 2:16 Resilient Web Design, and how the past influences the future 4:42 Has the web gotten too complex? How has the evolution of the web influenced our job roles? 9:19 What brings about an obsession with tools rather than underlying principles? 11:54 What was it like during the Web Standards movement, and why is that important today? 17:29 What things that are going to be supported by browsers in the next year are making you excited? Both CSS and JS APIs? 23:18 If you're a developer, what is your advice for people wanting to experiment more with emerging browser technologies? 26:27 What's Jeremy's view of the WordPress ecosystem and community? 31:12 Native vs web is not a productive argument. Both will exist side-by-side forever. 36:50 Things you once you could only do in Flash, you can now do with CSS and SVG. 38:05 Thoughts on voice recognition, artificial intelligence, and touch screens. 46:27 Why Clearleft stays always from having a CMS of choice and stays dedicated to front end development. 49:27 What are the biggest misconceptions people have about progressive enhancement? 53:00 Podcast outros. 55:10 Bonus Content. 55:12 Why the biggest threat to the web isn't technical, but cultural. 58:40 Is internet surveillance a reason people might be fearful of using the web in the future? Why the heart of the web has always been decentralization, and how monolithic platforms are a threat to the openness of the original web.   ===================   Links mentioned during this episode: Clearleft http://clearleft.com/ HTML5 For Web Designers https://abookapart.com/products/html5-for-web-designers Designing with Web Standards (3rd Edition) https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Web-Standards-Jeffrey-Zeldman/dp/0321616952 Resilient Web Design https://resilientwebdesign.com/ Codepen http://codepen.io/ JSBin https://jsbin.com/ GitHub https://github.com/ Scott Jenson: Mobile Apps Must Die (2011) https://jenson.org/mobile-apps-must-die/ Once Upon a Forest (Flash site) http://www.once-upon-a-forest.com/ Praystation (Flash site) http://ps3.praystation.com/pound/v2/ Hype Cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle http://www.gartner.com/technology/research/methodologies/hype-cycle.jsp