Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More I was recently tasked with creating video reels that needed to be played smoothly under a slow network or on low-end devices. I started with the native HTML5 <video> tag but quickly hit a wall — it just doesn’t cut it […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More So, you just deployed a change to your website. Congrats! Everything went according to plan, but now that you look at your work in production, you start questioning your change. Perhaps that change was as simple as a new heading and […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More It might surprise you that a distinction exists regarding the word “component,” especially in front-end development, where “component” is often used and associated with front-end frameworks and libraries. A component is a code that encapsulates a specific functionality and presentation. Components […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Did you know that your WordPress site could be a target for hackers right now? That’s right! Today, WordPress powers over 43% of all websites on the internet. That kind of public news makes WordPress sites a big target for hackers. […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More When I start any UX project, typically, there is very little confidence in the successful outcome of my UX initiatives. In fact, there is quite a lot of reluctance and hesitation, especially from teams that have been burnt by empty promises […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More This article is a sponsored by DebugBear The Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) in Core Web Vitals measures how quickly a website loads from a visitor’s perspective. It looks at how long after opening a page the largest content element becomes visible. […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Struggling with slow Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)? Newly introduced by Google, LCP subparts help you pinpoint where page load delays come from. Now, in the Chrome UX Report, this data provides real visitor insights to speed up your site and boost […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Modern frameworks are supposed to help speed up development while providing modern tools and a developer-friendly workflow. In theory, this is great and makes a lot of sense. In reality, Kevin Leary has found that they cause far more problems than […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More With the days getting noticeably longer in the northern hemisphere, the sun coming out, and the flowers blooming, March fuels us with fresh energy. And even if spring is far away in your part of the world, you might feel that […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Data storytelling is a powerful communication tool that combines data analysis with narrative techniques to create impactful stories. It goes beyond presenting raw numbers by transforming complex data into meaningful insights that can drive decisions, influence behavior, and spark action. When […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Unmoderated usability testing has been steadily growing more popular with the assistance of online UX research tools. Allowing participants to complete usability testing without a moderator, at their own pace and convenience, can have a number of advantages. The first is […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Security can be an intimidating topic for web developers. The vocabulary is rich and full of acronyms. Trends evolve quickly as hackers and analysts play a perpetual cat-and-mouse game. Vulnerabilities stem from little details we cannot afford to spend too much […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Content testing is a simple way to test the clarity and understanding of the content on a page — be it a paragraph of text, a user flow, a dashboard, or anything in between. Our goal is to understand how well […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More This article is a sponsored by DebugBear Loading your website HTML quickly has a big impact on visitor experience. After all, no page content can be displayed until after the first chunk of the HTML has been loaded. That’s why the […]
Source: Medium.design - Medium | Read More Opening a New Principal Product Designer Role at Medium We’re looking for a new super senior designer to join our excellent team. Here’s more about what the job entails. Today we are opening a new Principal Product Designer role at Medium — our most senior design level and an IC leadership position […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More I don’t know how it is for other designers, but when I start a new project, there’s always this moment where I just sit there and stare. Nothing. No idea. Empty. People often think that “creativity” is some kind of magic […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More When Ethan Marcotte conceived RWD, web technologies were far less mature than today. As web developers, we started to grasp how to do things with floats after years of stuffing everything inside table cells. There weren’t many possible ways to achieve […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More This article is a sponsored by Storyblok When computers first started talking to each other, the methods were remarkably simple. In the early days of the Internet, systems exchanged files via FTP or communicated via raw TCP/IP sockets. This direct approach […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More As designers, we are always on the lookout for some fresh inspiration, and well, sometimes, the best inspiration lies right in front of us. With that in mind, we embarked on our wallpapers adventure more than thirteen years ago. The idea: […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More I recently wrote for Smashing Magazine about how UX leaders face increasing pressure to deliver more with limited resources. Let me show you how a digital playbook can help meet this challenge by enhancing our work’s visibility while boosting efficiency. While […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Animating from and to display: none; was something we could only achieve with JavaScript to change classes or create other hacks. The reason why we couldn’t do this in CSS is explained in the new CSS Transitions Level 2 specification: “In […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Svelte occupies a curious space within the web development world. It’s been around in one form or another for eight years now, and despite being used by the likes of Apple, Spotify, IKEA, and the New York Times, it still feels […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More This article is a sponsored by Storyblok Open source is the backbone of modern software development. As someone deeply involved in both community-driven and company-driven open source, I’ve had the privilege of experiencing its diverse approaches firsthand. This article dives into […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More There seemed to be a hot minute when the tech industry understood the value of idle tinkering and made a point of providing ‘side project time’ as an explicit working perk. The concept endures — I’m lucky enough to work somewhere […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More It’s not too far-fetched to say AI is a pretty handy tool that we all rely on for everyday tasks. It handles tasks like recognizing faces, understanding or cloning speech, analyzing large data, and creating personalized app experiences, such as music […]