Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More The common rule of thumb is to never “block” the browser’s main thread when running JavaScript tasks. But is this a hard rule? Victor Ayomipo describes a use case he encountered involving a screenshot extension where he made an exception to […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Many companies assume everyone craves new AI features. But the reality is that most people don’t want more AI — at least not in the way most AI leaders envision it. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces, friendly […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More The strongest visual concepts don’t start in Figma. They start with the right questions. Explore the pre-concept phase of brand identity design, where teams research brand context, uncover hidden assumptions with stakeholders, and turn shared direction into a visual foundation before […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Many UI trends are designed to capture attention and signal innovation, but those goals often conflict with the needs of mental health apps: reducing cognitive strain, fostering trust, and providing a sense of refuge. Kat Homan introduces an evaluation framework that […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More We have been building websites inside boxes for years on WordPress. Let’s take a closer look at Kirki, the first freeform visual builder with an infinite canvas, and explore how it redefines the experience with cleaner performance, full design freedom, and […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More A closer look at why users don’t need more tools in their daily lives. What they need are seamless integrations of useful features to match already existing, established mental models. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces, friendly video […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More We’ve fallen into conversational tunnel vision, defaulting every AI capability into a chat-based interface simply because LLMs are trained on dialogue data. But great UX is about matching modality to users’ context, intent, and cognitive load, so the interface adapts to […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Teams can generate UI faster than ever, but they still have to guarantee that what they ship is usable, secure, and maintainable. Accessibility as an operational capability rather than a compliance checklist or end-of-project audit, and what that looks like in […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More July is just around the corner, and that means… It’s time for some new desktop wallpapers! As every month, the wallpapers in this collection were created by the community for the community and can be downloaded for free. Enjoy! The scent […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In a world where AI is informing more design choices, it’s easy to mistake predictions for certainties. This article introduces Probabilistic Design, a mindset that allows UX and product teams to accept uncertainty, decipher AI outputs with nuance, and make smart, […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More We have officially moved past the era of humanoid robots as mere public relations stunts. As they become increasingly lifelike, society may soon face profound social, psychological, and ethical challenges. What happens when the boundary between humans and machines becomes almost […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Findings from an exploratory user research study highlighting the unique insights and practical UX recommendations shared by participants with cognitive disabilities. In the summer of 2024, I became co-chair of a working group of expert researchers who came together to determine […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Practical guide on how to reduce drifts, minimize mistakes, maintain context, and improve the quality of AI-generated prototypes. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces, friendly video course on UX and design patterns by Vitaly. AI-generated prototypes often don’t […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Let’s kick off June — and the beginning of summer — with some fresh inspiration! Artists and designers from across the globe once again tickled their creativity to welcome the new month with a new collection of desktop wallpapers. Enjoy! Everyone […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Seventy percent of websites still fail basic WCAG contrast checks in 2025. After years of design system tooling, accessibility linters, and JavaScript libraries, nothing moved the needle. We didn’t need better libraries. We needed better CSS.contrast-color()is that better CSS. The HTTP […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More There’s a moment in almost every usability session where a participant pauses at the login screen, types something, and glances up: checking whether they’re “doing it right.” That pause is a clear sign. They’ve already clocked that this isn’t a real […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More What people say, feel, think, and do are often very different things. To understand the underlying reasons for user behavior, it helps to look beyond the surface and explore hidden motivations, root causes, and the different layers of reality that shape […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Meetsibling-index()andsibling-count(). Staggered cascade effect in one line of CSS without:nth-child()rules or JS workarounds. Works for 5 items or 5,000. You know that thing where you have a grid of cards, and you want them to fade in one after another? That […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Every extra second of friction has a measurable business cost. Carrie Webster shares ten data-backed UX facts that link user experience directly to revenue, retention, and long-term growth. In the high-stakes economy of today, the cost of a friction-heavy interface is […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Why traditional loading patterns like spinners fail in agentic AI experiences, and how interface patterns that reveal the system’s process, status, and decision-making can improve transparency and build user trust. In the first part of this series, we talked about the […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More What does it really take to build local-first web apps in 2026? A grounded, experience-driven perspective for developers who’ve been doing this long enough to be skeptical of silver bullets. Last October, I was sitting in a hotel room in Lisbon, […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Design always starts with function — function shapes form. But if that function can’t be made completely invisible and people still have to interact with it, it inevitably becomes part of their experience. In this article, Kyrylo Levashov explains why the […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Streaming UIs are an easy concept on the surface, but are quite complicated in practice. There are many considerations that need to be accounted for, from layout shifts and motion preferences to proper markup and various states, that may not be […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Let’s welcome May with a new collection of desktop wallpapers! Following our monthly tradition, the wallpapers were created by the community for the community and can be downloaded for free. Enjoy! May has a way of sneaking in with longer days, […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Streaming UIs are an easy concept on the surface, but are quite complicated in practice. There are many considerations that need to be accounted for, from layout shifts and motion preferences to proper markup and various states, that may not be […]