Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More So, I love drawing birds with code. Inspired by my brother’s love for birdwatching, I admire the uniqueness of their feathers, colors, and sounds. But what I notice most is the way their bodies curve and different birds can have dramatically […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Graceful degradation is a design approach that ensures the basics of a website will still function even if specific individual parts of it stop working. The approach removes single points of failure: just because one thing stops working doesn’t mean the […]
Source: Medium.design - Medium | Read More A simple trick with Figma variables A Bit of Context How do I change the appearance of my fixed button depending on the chosen payment method? Above is a screenshot of a prototype I worked on for mobile purchase funnel iterations. I work as a product designer at Medium, mostly […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More It’s the end of the year, and as we look at our inventory, we thought, “Let’s help everyone in our community get ready for the year ahead!” Get friendly pricing on bundles of books and workshops to dive deep into the […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More For a multistep form, planning involves structuring questions logically across steps, grouping similar questions, and minimizing the number of steps and the amount of required information for each step. Whatever makes each step focused and manageable is what should be aimed […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More As the year is coming to a close, many of us feel rushed, meeting deadlines, finishing off projects, or preparing for the upcoming holiday season. So how about some beautiful, wintery desktop wallpapers to sweeten up the month and get you […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More The groundwork for what we call today “signals” dates as early as the 1970s. Based on this work, they became popular with different fields of computer science, defining them more specifically around the 90s and the early 2000s. In Web Development, […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More On Thursday, October 10, 2024, I gave my first talk at an international event, the WordPress Accessibility Day (WPAD) 2024. Just a few months before, I was a newcomer to the world of web accessibility. Yet here I was, speaking to […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More As I sit down to write this article, I can’t help but marvel at the incredible changes sweeping through our industry. For the first time in my career, I feel like we’re no longer limited by our technology but by our […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More This article is a sponsored by Penpot Penpot is a free, open-source design tool that allows true collaboration between designers and developers. Designers can create interactive prototypes and design systems at scale, while developers enjoy ready-to-use code and make their workflow […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More It’s the end of the year, and as we look at our inventory, we thought, “Let’s help everyone in our community get ready for the year ahead!” Get friendly pricing on bundles of books and workshops to dive deep into the […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Thomas Bohm rethinks technical illustrations and data visualizations, sharing interesting and uncommon examples of how to present data and information. Bar graphs and pie charts are great, but there’s so much more to explore! Good technical illustrations and data visualisations allow […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Feeling good with your Lighthouse score of 100%? You should! But you should also know that you’re only looking at part of the performance picture. Learn how Lighthouse scores are measured differently than other tools, the impact that has on measuring […]
Source: Medium.design - Medium | Read More You might have noticed a change to Medium’s logo and app icon. Here’s why and how we did it. Alright, yes, we changed the logo again. Sort of. But not really that much at all. It’s for a good reason, we promise. Hear us out. This year has been one […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More November is just around the corner and that means: It’s time for some new desktop wallpapers! Created with love by the community for the community, they are available in versions with and without a calendar. Enjoy! When the days are gray […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More There are many myths revolving around Gen Z and how they use tech. Time to take a look at actual behavior patterns that go beyond heavy use of social media. Part of Smart Interface Design Patterns by yours truly. Every generation […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Victor Ayomipo experiments with the CSSmin()function, exploring its flexibility with different units to determine if it is the be-all, end-all for responsiveness. Discover the cautions he highlights against dogmatic approaches to web design based on his findings. Did you see this […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Design decisions shouldn’t be a matter of personal preference. We can use reliable design KPIs and UX metrics to guide and shape our design work and measure its impact on business. Meet How To Measure UX and Design Impact, our new […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More You’ve covered a lot with Joas Pambou so far in this series. In Part 1, you built a system using a vision-language model (VLM) and a text-to-speech (TTS) model to create audio descriptions of images. In Part 2, you improved the […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More RSS is a classic technology that fetches content from websites and feeds it to anyone who subscribes to it with a URL. It’s based on XML, and we can use it to consume the feeds in our own apps. Karin Hendrikse […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More You can’t overstate the importance of accessible website design. By the same token, bottom-up philosophies are crucial in modern site-building. A detail-oriented approach makes it easier to serve a more diverse audience along several fronts. Making the most of this opportunity […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Go behind the scenes with Björn Ottosson, the Swedish engineer who created Oklab color space, and discover how he developed a simple yet effective model with good hue uniformity while also handling lightness and saturation well — and is “okay” to […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Could there be a better way to celebrate the beginning of a new month than with a collection of desktop wallpapers? We’ve got some eye-catching designs to sweeten up your October. Enjoy! The leaves are shining in the most beautiful colors […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More One of the main laws that applies to almost everything in our lives, including building digital products, is Murphy’s Law: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Our goal is to prevent things from going wrong and, if they do, […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In this age of endless newfangled organizational tools, the spreadsheet holds firm. Frederick O’Brien explains how, from engineering to design, they can still provide a rock-solid foundation for your work. Part of me can’t believe I’m writing this article. Applying the […]