Michael Arestad
@michael-arestad on WordPress.org, @michaelarestad on Slack
- Member Since: September 27th, 2011
- Location: Colorado!
- Website: michael.blog
- Job Title: C Y B E R D E S I G N E R
- Employer: Automattic
Interests
Contribution History
Michael Arestad’s badges:- Core Contributor Core Contributor
- Core Team Core Team
- Design Contributor Design Contributor
- Design Team Design Team
- WordCamp Organizer WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker WordCamp Speaker
- Plugin Developer Plugin Developer
- Theme Developer Theme Developer
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Created a new ticket, #41189, in Core Trac:
Twenty Seventeen images are possibly not adhering to content_width2 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post What makes a great editor?, on the site Make WordPress Design:
What makes a great editor? While I think we can definitely improve the writing experience,…3 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post This week’s design meeting agenda for December 22nd, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Let's chat a bit more about process/flow. :)3 years ago
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Created a new ticket, #38758, in Core Trac:
Customize: beautify hover, focus, and active states for the partial edit ...3 years ago
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Created a new ticket, #38755, in Core Trac:
Customize: use calc() to set textarea height for custom CSS3 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Commit announcements for 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Congrats Andrea! It's well earned! 🎉3 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Release Leads: Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I would need to have a discussion with Matt to find if I can dedicate…3 years ago
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Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Denver 2016 coming up November 5th
3 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Shiny Updates Review, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Probably because it currently exists and someone once thought it would be a good idea…3 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Shiny Updates Review, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Is that because of the type of pop-up (confirm widow rather than custom built solution),…3 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Shiny Updates Review, on the site Make WordPress Design:
> Are you missing a bulk notification up top? Tried again. Still not notification up…3 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Shiny Updates Review, on the site Make WordPress Design:
update-core.php review The list Before I get into the detailed feedback of the current Updates…3 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Shiny Updates Review, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Theme interactions review theme-install.php For some reason, this has a different interaction than installing a…3 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Shiny Updates Review, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Plugin interactions review ## plugin-install.php When installing via plugin-install.php, the spinning arrows are okay,…3 years ago
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Committed [37321] to Core Trac:
Component: Administration Setting the background color on `body` is more ...4 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Get WordPress Mockups, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Can you post some full size mockups please? It's hard to get a sense of…4 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Improving Post New, on the site Make WordPress Design:
That is indeed one of the things I wanted to try. Awesome. Could be a…4 years ago
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Wrote a new post, Improving Post New, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Before I get into it, I'm going to need help to get some of these…4 years ago
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Created a new ticket, #35396, in Core Trac:
#a11y-color: Changes to the 'Add new' button need to be made on color ...4 years ago
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Created a new ticket, #35314, in Core Trac:
Background color should be applied to the body element instead of html4 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post 2FA! 2FA! 2FA!, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm still very much on the fence with this being in core from a user…4 years ago
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Committed [35831] to Core Trac:
Administration: Adds a height to number inputs. Number inputs didn't ...4 years ago
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Created a new ticket, #34904, in Core Trac:
The design of the focus outline on buttons/elements could be improved4 years ago
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp US 2015 coming up on December 4th
4 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Update: Responsive Image Support for Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
> 2. Should we support srcset and sizes in older browsers? No. No need. this…4 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Moving Dashicons from an Icon Font to SVG, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We're planning on using the `use` element ( see https://css-tricks.com/svg-sprites-use-better-icon-fonts/ ) which pulls individual icons…4 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Moving Dashicons from an Icon Font to SVG, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Sure. That doesn't SVG is better in just about every way... including semantics. A few…4 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post New committers for 4.3!, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Congrats! You all rock!4 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Weekly core UI meetings for 4.3, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Awesome. Can't wait to get going on the CSS roadmap and a few other things.…5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Press This Revamp Merge Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
We're planning on an extension. :)5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Press This Revamp Merge Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Sorry about your coffee. https://cldup.com/ugey2UvN0q.gif5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Press This Revamp Merge Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I've actually been testing it as a bookmarking service, but it's a little tricky the…5 years ago
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Wrote a new post, Press This Revamp Merge Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
What is it? Press This is a redesign of an existing feature with a focus…5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Press This update 2/10, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@jeffr0 Not for this release, although early versions would auto set the featured image which…5 years ago
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Wrote a new post, Press This update 2/10, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The merge window is supposed to open tomorrow for feature plugins. That means it's crunch…5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Emoji Feature Plugin for 4.2, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As much as I love emoji, I don't know that they should be in core.…5 years ago
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Wrote a new post, Press This meeting notes 2/5, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Huge discussion today! Lots of work to get done in the next week! Discussed Install…5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post New chapters for Ryan and Westi, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Peter, thanks! Ryan, <3 that you're taking on mobile everywhere!5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post New lead developers: Helen and Dion, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Oh hey! Congrats! You both rock!5 years ago
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Wrote a new post, Press This 1/29 Notes, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Discussed TinyMCE status will be added in the next day or so by @azaozz Media…5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Kickoff Shortcake (Shortcode UI) Discussion, on the site Make WordPress Core:
In. Will test out later this week. I strongly dislike the current shortcode UI.5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Community Hub Poll, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I'm not particularly clear on the purpose of the community site. Judging from the survey,…5 years ago
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Wrote a new post, Press This Update, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Once again, it's been awhile, but let's get everyone unfamiliar with this project as it's…5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Drew Jaynes is the 4.2 Release Lead, on the site Make WordPress Core:
YES! Congrats @drewapicture!!! I'll buy you a few beers!5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Core CSS: A potential roadmap to sanity, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I started coming up with some Sass guidelines. Will post what I have when we…5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Core CSS: A potential roadmap to sanity, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Part of what we discussed was implementing a system that compares before/after of each view…5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Core CSS: A potential roadmap to sanity, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I know the pattern library will help in those areas. We could maybe even a…5 years ago
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Released a new theme, Flatfish
5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Focus v2 demo video, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It's super distracting if the field you start typing in moves at all. I would…5 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Nightly Builds for Feature Plugins, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I know we have a plugin we use for alpha testing that allows you to…5 years ago
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