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New Dec 31, 2024
New Front-End Features For Designers In 2025
Searching for the most flexible front-end workflows and toolkits, it’s easy to forget how powerful some of the fundamentals on the web have become these days. This post is a journey through new...
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New Dec 31, 2024
New Year, New Hopes, New Dreams (January 2025 Wallpapers Edition)
Maybe 2025 has already started as you’re reading this, maybe you’re still waiting for the big countdown to begin — either way, it’s never too late or too early for some New Year’s inspiration!...
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New Dec 23, 2024
The Design Leader Dilemma
Design leaders are expected to deliver the impossible. Instead of trying, we need to redefine our role from implementor to...
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New Dec 17, 2024
Three Approaches To Amplify Your Design Projects
There are many ways to elevate a design project from good to incredible. For web and product designers, it’s not just about adding more animations and flair. What it truly comes down to is a reframing...
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New Dec 11, 2024
An Introduction To CSS Scroll-Driven Animations: Scroll And View Progress Timelines
10 years after scroll-driven animations were first proposed, they’re finally here — no JavaScript, no dependencies, no libraries, just pure...
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New Dec 9, 2024
Mastering SVG Arcs
SVG arcs demystified! Akshay Gupta explains how to master radii, rotation, and arc direction to create stunning curves. Make arcs a powerful part of your SVG toolkit for creating more dynamic,...
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New Dec 6, 2024
The Importance Of Graceful Degradation In Accessible Interface Design
Few things are as frustrating to a user as when a site won’t respond. Unfortunately, it’s also an all-too-common scenario. Many websites and apps depend on so many elements that one of any number of...
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New Dec 3, 2024
Creating An Effective Multistep Form For Better User Experience
Forms are already notoriously tough to customize and style — to the extent that we’re already starting to see new ideas for more flexible control. But what we don’t often discuss is designing...
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New Nov 30, 2024
Dreaming Of Miracles (December 2024 Wallpapers Edition)
December is almost here, and that means: It’s time for some new desktop wallpapers! Created with love by creatives from all around the world, they are bound to lighten up the last few weeks of the...
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New Nov 27, 2024
The Hype Around Signals
From KnockoutJS to modern UI libraries like SolidJS, Vue.js, and Svelte, signals revolutionized how we think about reactivity in UIs. Here’s a deep dive into their history and impact by Atila...
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New Nov 22, 2024
Why You Should Speak At Events As An Early-Career Professional
Many talented professionals hold back from speaking at tech events, believing they need years of experience or expert status first. Drawing from her experience as a first-time speaker at WordPress...
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New Nov 19, 2024
AI’s Transformative Impact On Web Design: Supercharging Productivity Across The Industry
Discover how AI is reshaping web design, boosting productivity in design, coding, UX, and copywriting while amplifying human creativity in a new article by Paul...
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New Nov 14, 2024
Open-Source Meets Design Tooling With Penpot
Penpot helps designers and developers work better together by offering a free, open-source design tool based on open web standards. Today, let’s explore its newly released Penpot Plugin System. So...
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New Nov 12, 2024
Bundle Up And Save On Smashing Books And Workshops
It’s the end of the year, and as we look at our inventory, we thought, “Let’s help everyone in our community get ready for the year ahead!” Get friendly pricing on bundles of books and workshops to...
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New Nov 8, 2024
Alternatives To Typical Technical Illustrations And Data Visualisations
Thomas Bohm rethinks technical illustrations and data visualizations, sharing interesting and uncommon examples of how to present data and information. Bar graphs and pie charts are great, but there’s...
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New Nov 5, 2024
Why Optimizing Your Lighthouse Score Is Not Enough For A Fast Website
Feeling good with your Lighthouse score of 100%? You should! But you should also know that you’re only looking at part of the performance picture. Learn how Lighthouse scores are measured differently...
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New Oct 31, 2024
Ingredients For A Cozy November (2024 Wallpapers Edition)
November is just around the corner and that means: It’s time for some new desktop wallpapers! Created with love by the community for the community, they are available in versions with and without a...
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New Oct 30, 2024
Designing For Gen Z: Expectations And UX Guidelines
There are many myths revolving around Gen Z and how they use tech. Time to take a look at actual behavior patterns that go beyond heavy use of social media. Part of [Smart Interface Design...
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New Oct 17, 2024
CSS min() All The Things
Victor Ayomipo experiments with the CSS `min()` function, exploring its flexibility with different units to determine if it is the be-all, end-all for responsiveness. Discover the cautions he...
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New Oct 15, 2024
It’s Here! How To Measure UX & Design Impact, With Vitaly Friedman
Design decisions shouldn’t be a matter of personal preference. We can use reliable design KPIs and UX metrics to guide and shape our design work and measure its impact on business. Meet Ho...
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New Oct 11, 2024
Using Multimodal AI Models For Your Applications (Part 3)
In this third part of the series, you are looking at two models that handle all three modalities — text, images or videos, and audio — without needing a second model for text-to-speech or...
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New Oct 7, 2024
Build A Static RSS Reader To Fight Your Inner FOMO
RSS is a classic technology that fetches content from websites and feeds it to anyone who subscribes to it with a URL. It’s based on XML, and we can use it to consume the feeds in our own apps. Karin...
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New Oct 4, 2024
How A Bottom-Up Design Approach Enhances Site Accessibility
You can’t overstate the importance of accessible website design. By the same token, bottom-up philosophies are crucial in modern site-building. A detail-oriented approach makes it easier to serve a...
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New Oct 2, 2024
Interview With Björn Ottosson, Creator Of The Oklab Color Space
Go behind the scenes with Björn Ottosson, the Swedish engineer who created Oklab color space, and discover how he developed a simple yet effective model with good hue uniformity while also handling...
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New Sep 30, 2024
Crows, Ghosts, And Autumn Bliss (October 2024 Wallpapers Edition)
Could there be a better way to celebrate the beginning of a new month than with a collection of desktop wallpapers? We’ve got some eye-catching designs to sweeten up your October....
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New Sep 27, 2024
How To Manage Dangerous Actions In User Interfaces
One of the main laws that applies to almost everything in our lives, including building digital products, is Murphy’s Law: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Our goal is to prevent things...
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New Sep 23, 2024
The Timeless Power Of Spreadsheets
In this age of endless newfangled organizational tools, the spreadsheet holds firm. Frederick O’Brien explains how, from engineering to design, they can still provide a rock-solid foundation for your...
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New Sep 19, 2024
Embracing Introversion In UX
This article aims to celebrate the power of introversion in UX research and design. Victor Yocco debunks common misconceptions, explores the unique strengths introverted researchers and designers...
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New Sep 18, 2024
SVG Coding Examples: Useful Recipes For Writing Vectors By Hand
Myriam Frisano explores the basics of hand-coding SVGs with practical examples to demystify the inner workings of common SVG elements. In this guide, you’ll learn about asking the right questions to...
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New Sep 17, 2024
Creating Custom Lottie Animations With SVGator
Creating ready-to-implement Lottie animations with a single tool is now possible thanks to SVGator’s latest feature updates. In this article, you will learn how to create and animate a Lottie using...
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New Sep 12, 2024
How To Build Custom Data Visualizations Using Luzmo Flex
Bringing data to life in your application can be done without the usual headaches. Paul Scanlon shows you how you can build beautiful data visualizations using the Google Analytics API, and you won’t...
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New Sep 10, 2024
Why Anticipatory Design Isn’t Working For Businesses
Anticipatory design, powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine learning (ML), and Big Data (BD), promises to transform user experiences by predicting and fulfilling needs before users even...