Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In this two-part series, Andrii Zhdan outlines common challenges faced at the start of a design career and offers advice to smooth your journey based on insights from his experience hiring designers. Learn why mastering design tools is crucial, how to […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Handling translations for multilingual websites is famously difficult and, yet, crucial for many companies and organizations that serve a global audience. Thankfully, modern tooling abstracts away a great deal of the work, allowing for seamless translations that dynamically update the rendered […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Do you need a little inspiration boost? Well, then our new batch of desktop wallpapers might be for you. Designed by the community for the community, they come in versions with and without a calendar for August 2024. Enjoy! Everybody loves […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Many UX professionals often find themselves working alone, and usually face more projects impacting user experience than they can handle. In this article, Paul Boag explains how UX teams can be transformed into a significant driver of customer-centric innovation within organizations. […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Joas Pambou built an app that integrates vision language models (VLMs) and text-to-speech (TTS) AI technologies to describe images audibly with speech. This audio description tool can be a big help for people with sight challenges to understand what’s in an […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More WCAG provides guidance for making interactive elements more accessible by specifying minimum size requirements. In fact, the requirements are documented in two Success Criteria: 2.5.5 and 2.5.8. Despite this, WCAG can be difficult to achieve due to a number of misconceptions […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In today’s turbulent landscape of design, Penpot stands out with its commitment to open-source, free unlimited access, and its unique, robust features. An example could be its new components system that takes another leap forward in aligning design with code. Let’s […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More This in-depth guide takes you through the three crucial phases of conversational search, revealing how users express their needs, explore results, and refine their queries. Learn how AI agents can overcome communication barriers, personalize the search experience, and adapt to evolving […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Today, UX design contributes to the problem of encouraging and facilitating excessive consumption through persuasive e-commerce practices and designing for companies with linear and exploitative business models. Anna Rátkai explores practical steps we can take to reduce material consumption and the […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Visualize the user experience with user journey maps. Here are some helpful templates, real-world applications, and insights on the importance of mapping both successful and unsuccessful touchpoints. Part of Smart Interface Design Patterns by yours truly. User journey maps are a […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Let’s welcome the new month with some fresh desktop wallpapers! Created by artists and designers from across the globe, they come in versions with and without a calendar for July 2024. Enjoy! For many of us, July is the epitome of […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Not all companies can afford to hire a full-time UX writer (or are mature enough to consider it yet). As a result, UX writing is often outsourced to team members who may not have sufficient expertise in working with text, such […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Gaining buy-in for accessibility can be challenging due to common myths and misunderstandings. For many, accessibility remains a big mystery. Here are some practical techniques for winning stakeholder support. Part of Smart Interface Design Patterns by yours truly. Getting support for […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More The biggest mistake you can make in UX design is to launch a website or app and then walk away. Monitoring and improving after launch will benefit users and your metrics. Nothing will bring bigger gains. Whether you’ve launched a redesign […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Balancing the age-old simplicity of words on paper with the myriad creative possibilities of the web is a tension as old as the web itself. Leaning into that overlap can bring new dimensions not just to the things we write but […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers Read More Have you heard of the Screen Orientation API? What about the Device Orientation API, Vibration API, or the Contact Picker API? Juan Diego Rodriguez is interested in these under-the-radar web features and discusses how they can be used to create more usable […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Job openings typically cast a very restrictive frame for candidates, with long lists of expectations and requirements. But what if this narrow focus can overlook the value of “V”-shaped designers who excel by crossing boundaries, connecting dots, and innovating beyond rigid […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers Read More Whether you want to take your user research skills to the next level, get better at UX writing, or stay up-to-date on the latest design trends, a newsletter is the perfect opportunity to get the best of the best resources delivered straight […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers Read More What are these CSS Container Style Queries, and why should you use them? Juan Diego Rodríguez delves deeply into style queries, and not at the syntax level, but at what exactly they are solving and what sort of use cases you would […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More The 2-page login pattern is becoming pervasive. Here are the reasons behind this design choice and alternative solutions to create a more efficient and user-friendly authentication experience. Why do we see login forms split into multiple screens everywhere? Instead of typing […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Kristian Mikhel covers various practical applications of scents in product experience, from immersive entertainment to healing spaces and medical appliances, and how designers can drive innovation across spheres and disciplines. Imagine that you could smell this page. The introduction would emit […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Do perfect Lighthouse scores mean the performance of your website is perfect? As it turns out, Lighthouse is influenced by a number of things that can be manipulated and bent to make sites seem more performant than they really are, as […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers Read More The times for CSS have probably never been more exciting than today. In this quick read, we’ve got some useful CSS tips and techniques for you that you can apply to your work right away. Let’s dive deeper into self-modifying CSS variables, […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More There’s more to achieving good UX than research and design. We need to effectively communicate our ideas to gain buy-in from key stakeholders. How do we share our findings with diverse audiences in a way that will empower them to make […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More The web is still a young platform, and we’re only now beginning to recognize what “success” looks like for large projects. In his recent Smashing book, Success at Scale, Addy Osmani presents practical case studies featuring the web’s most renowned companies […]