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November 3, 2026
Modern CSS Might Make Your Front-End More Complex

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Replacing JavaScript with a modern CSS feature can simplify a piece of code while making the wider application harder to reason about. Gabriel Shoyombo explores what happens when logic is split between CSS and JavaScript, sharing practical guidance to help you […]

October 31, 2026
A Spark Of Color In November’s Gray (2026 Wallpapers Edition)

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Let’s kick off November with a new collection of desktop wallpapers! Designed by creatives from across the globe, the wallpapers come in a variety of screen resolutions and can be downloaded for free. Enjoy! November can feel rather gray in many […]

October 23, 2026
Accordion Icons: Which Work Best?

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More So what icon is the most reliable to show expansion and collapsing for accordions? Is there really any noticeable difference between carets, chevrons, arrows, and triangles? Well, research shows that there is some difference indeed. But what’s more interesting is that […]

October 22, 2026
Dark Mode for Medium

Source: Medium.design - Medium | Read More Try out dark mode by going to your user menu on the top-right nav and selecting the Appearance option. One of the sources of optimism for me about this AI era is the way that we‘ve run out of excuses to build the best quality products for our users. […]

October 22, 2026
Dark Mode for Medium

Source: Medium.design - Medium | Read More Try out dark mode by going to your user menu on the top-right nav and selecting the Appearance option. One of the sources of optimism for me about this AI era is the way that we‘ve run out of excuses to build the best quality products for our users. […]

October 20, 2026
Embracing Playful Imperfection With The CSS `random()` Function

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In design, we love spending hours obsessing over consistency, grids, and alignment. But when I heard that the native CSS random() function landed in Safari and is rolling out in Chrome 156, I started wondering: where does randomness actually make sense […]

October 16, 2026
Is Your Organization Messing Up AI Adoption?

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More The way I see most organizations roll out AI feels more like a farce than a strategy. If it were turned into a movie, reviewers would say it was unbelievable. Nobody could be that stupid. Yet here we are. And what […]

October 6, 2026
A Practical Guide To Naming Things

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Naming is hard. The language we use shapes the way we think about things, but also the conversation we have about it. That’s why we have so much confusion about colors, icons, UI components, features — and that’s why we struggle […]

September 30, 2026
Under Autumn’s Spell (October 2026 Wallpapers Edition)

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Misty mornings, leaves shining in bright red, yellow, and orange hues, and spooky creatures making an appearance — October has a very special charm. So, how about some new desktop wallpapers to celebrate October’s beauty, and the upcoming Halloween season, of […]

September 24, 2026
We’re looking for a Staff Product Designer to join the Medium team

Source: Medium.design - Medium | Read More Here’s what the opportunity is about Vintage collage of a card catalog, handwritten letter, and a hand writing with a fountain pen, overlaid with the text: Medium is hiring a Staff Product Designer. Today we are starting a search for a Staff Product Designer to join Medium— a role […]

September 24, 2026
We’re looking for a Staff Product Designer to join the Medium team

Source: Medium.design - Medium | Read More Here’s what the opportunity is about Vintage collage of a card catalog, handwritten letter, and a hand writing with a fountain pen, overlaid with the text: Medium is hiring a Staff Product Designer. Today we are starting a search for a Staff Product Designer to join Medium— a role […]

September 21, 2026
If you’re a designer and missed Medium Day, here are your must-watch recordings

Source: Medium.design - Medium | Read More Sessions are available to re-watch until 🎃 Oct 31 Medium Day 2026 is wrapped, but through the power of the internet, you can still partake. All of our sessions are recorded and available for free, on-demand, until Halloween night PST. Yes, “Halloween night” is a time and date, arguably […]

September 21, 2026
If you’re a designer and missed Medium Day, here are your must-watch recordings

Source: Medium.design - Medium | Read More Sessions are available to re-watch until 🎃 Oct 31 Medium Day 2026 is wrapped, but through the power of the internet, you can still partake. All of our sessions are recorded and available for free, on-demand, until Halloween night PST. Yes, “Halloween night” is a time and date, arguably […]

September 18, 2026
Come to the Design Team Trunkshow at Medium Day 2026

Source: Medium.design - Medium | Read More And the warm-up mix I listened to ahead of the talk Medium Day is our biggest gathering of humans who love reading and writing around the world. It’s a full day of sessions spanning a diverse range of topics for writers and technologists alike, and it’s totally free. Grab […]

September 18, 2026
Come to the Design Team Trunkshow at Medium Day 2026

Source: Medium.design - Medium | Read More And the warm-up mix I listened to ahead of the talk Medium Day is our biggest gathering of humans who love reading and writing around the world. It’s a full day of sessions spanning a diverse range of topics for writers and technologists alike, and it’s totally free. Grab […]

September 16, 2026
Stop Treating CSS Container Queries Like Traditional Media Queries

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More To be completely honest with you, I missed the news when CSS Container Queries first shipped. And when I finally heard about it, my very first thought was, “Why exactly do I need this when media queries already exist?” I’m not […]

September 11, 2026
Building A UX ROI Case That Survives The Boardroom

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Sooner or later, a CFO looks at your wireframes and asks what any of it actually does for the bottom line. Storyboards don’t answer that question, and the era when a 5-minute pitch could answer it ended, unfortunately, a while ago. […]

September 9, 2026
The Death Of The Button: Why The Best Interface Is No Interface

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Ever since the commercialisation of the Graphical User Interface pioneered by systems like the Xerox Star and popularised by the original Apple Macintosh, software has relied heavily on point-and-click interactions. If you wanted to book a trip, buy a pair of […]

August 31, 2026
The Many Faces Of September (2026 Wallpapers Edition)

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More For more than 15 years already, our monthly wallpapers series has been the perfect opportunity for creatives of all backgrounds to put their skills to the test. You don’t have to meet stakeholder or client requirements; for a change, it’s just […]

August 26, 2026
Rethinking Data Visualisation: A UX Approach To Dashboards That Actually Drives Decisions

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In organisations today, data has never been more available. Dashboards and performance decks exist for almost every function — sales, product, marketing, operations — and the tools to build them have never been more accessible. And yet, in weekly standups and […]

August 25, 2026
Why Your Website Should Never Stop Changing

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More This article is a sponsored by Fimo Every website is at its best the day it ships. The final branch merges, the site goes live exactly as designed, and it is briefly perfect. It will never be this good again. Not […]

August 20, 2026
Timing Charts: A Blueprint For SMIL Animations

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More We know that everything on the web is a box by default, but you’ll find many animated <div>s pretending to be circles. But if you’ve ever met a real <circle>, you’ll know that they’ve got a lot more going for them. […]

August 13, 2026
New EU Guidelines For AI Labelling

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More There’s been a lot of confusion and panic this week about “huge fines”, “drastic measures” and “sweeping new AI rules” in the EU. In reality, it’s a lot more narrow — and a lot more sensible. And mostly it’s about making […]

August 11, 2026
Building Tactile UX: Honoring Intentional Design With Lottie

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More This article is a sponsored by Isadora Agency When front-end developers and UX engineers are tasked with building a web interface that feels tactile, bouncy, or destructive, the industry instinct is almost always the same: reach for a physics engine. Frameworks […]

August 7, 2026
How Baseline Can Help You Ship Less JavaScript

Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Most of us install a dependency once and never look at it again. It does its job, the tests pass, and we move on. But the web platform keeps moving too, and a surprising number of the libraries sitting in your […]

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