Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More I once worked with a fleet operations team that monitored dozens of vehicles in multiple cities. Their dashboard showed fuel consumption, live GPS locations, and real-time driver updates. Yet the team struggled to see what needed urgent attention. The problem was […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More You can always get a fantastic overview of things in Stephenie Eckles’ article, “Getting Started With CSS Cascade Layers”. But let’s talk about the experience of integrating cascade layers into real-world code, the good, the bad, and the spaghetti. I could […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Having covered the developmental history and legacy of TV in Part 1, let’s now delve into more practical matters. As a quick reminder, the “10-foot experience” and its reliance on the six core buttons of any remote form the basis of […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More September is just around the corner, and that means it’s time for some new wallpapers! For more than 14 years already, our monthly wallpapers series has been the perfect occasion for artists and designers to challenge their creative skills and take […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In “A Week In The Life Of An AI-Augmented Designer”, we followed Kate’s weeklong journey of her first AI-augmented design sprint. She had three realizations through the process: AI isn’t a co-pilot (yet); it’s more like a smart, eager intern.One with […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Television sets have been the staple of our living rooms for decades. We watch, we interact, and we control, but how often do we design for them? TV design flew under my “radar” for years, until one day I found myself […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are a great way to make apps built for the web feel native, but in moving away from a browser environment, we can introduce usability issues. Declan covers how we can modify our app depending on what […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More If you are new to using AI in design or curious about integrating AI into your UX process without losing your human touch, this article offers a grounded, day-by-day look at introducing AI into your design workflow. Artificial Intelligence isn’t new, […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More AI has introduced huge efficiencies for web designers and is frequently being touted as the key to unlocking sustainable design and development. But do these gains outweigh the environmental cost of using energy-hungry AI tools? Artificial intelligence is increasingly automating large […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More AI tools are improving fast, but it’s still not clear how they fit into a real product design workflow. Nikita Samutin walks through four core stages — from analytics and ideation to prototyping and visual design — to show where AI […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Rodolpho Henrique guides you through the essential aspects of color in digital design and user experience, from the practical steps of creating effective and scalable color palettes to critical accessibility considerations. Color plays a pivotal role in crafting compelling user experiences […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Your past shapes who you are as a designer, no matter where your career began or how unexpected your career path may have been. Stephanie Campbell shows how those lessons can sharpen your instincts, strengthen collaboration, and help you become a […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More AI is almost everywhere — it writes text, makes music, generates code, draws pictures, runs research, chats with you — and apparently even understands people better than they understand themselves?! It’s a lot to take in. The pace is wild, and […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More It’s a common misconception that internationalization (i18n) is simply about translating text. While crucial, translation is merely one facet. One of the complexities lies in adapting information for diverse cultural expectations: How do you display a date in Japan versus Germany? […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More A design system is more than just a set of colors and buttons. It’s a shared language that helps designers and developers build good products together. At its core, a design system includes tokens (like colors, spacing, fonts), components (such as […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More When talking about job interviews for a UX position, we often discuss how to leave an incredible impression and how to negotiate the right salary. But it’s only one part of the story. The other part is to be prepared, to […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Everybody loves a beautiful wallpaper to freshen up their desktops and home screens, right? To cater for new and unique designs on a regular basis, we started our monthly wallpapers series more than 14 years ago, and from the very beginning […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Ever sat in a meeting where everyone jumped straight to solutions? “We need a new app!” “Let’s redesign the homepage!” “AI will fix everything!” This solution-first thinking is endemic in digital development — and it’s why so many projects fail to […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More It’s common to see Web Components directly compared to framework components. But most examples are actually specific to Custom Elements, which is one piece of the Web Components picture. It’s easy to forget Web Components are actually a set of individual […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Many products — digital and physical — are focused on “average” users — a statistical representation of the user base, which often overlooks or dismisses anything that deviates from that average, or happens to be an edge case. But people are […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More JavaScript event listeners are very important, as they exist in almost every web application that requires interactivity. As common as they are, it is also essential for them to be managed properly. Improperly managed event listeners can lead to memory leaks […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More A few years ago, I was in a design review at a fintech company, polishing the expense management flows. It was a routine session where we reviewed the logic behind content and design decisions. While looking over the statuses for submitted […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Flip phones aren’t dead. On the contrary, 200+ million non-smartphones are sold annually. That’s roughly equivalent to the number of iPhones sold in 2024. Even in the United States, millions of flip phones are sold each year. As network operators struggle […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More So you need to design a new AI feature for your product. How would you start? How do you design flows and interactions? And how do you ensure that that new feature doesn’t get abandoned by users after a few runs? […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More New technologies and innovative concepts frequently enter the product development lifecycle, promising to revolutionize user experiences. However, even the most ingenious ideas risk failure without a fundamental grasp of user interaction with these new experiences. Consider the plight of the Nintendo […]