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20 Best New Websites, January 2022
So here we are, in a brand spanking new year—time for looking forward with fresh ideas and renewed hope for the year ahead. We are kicking off 2022 with a mixed bag and, we hope, something for everyone.
Whether you’re looking for inspiration to update your site or a fresh approach to work for a new..
20 Top Designers Chose These Books As a Must Read
60 design books you should be reading (from my 20 20 20 designer series).
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UX Writing vs. Content Design
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What’s in a name? And would a rose by any other name really smell as sweet? Technically yes, but you’d never stop to smell it in the first place if it was called a shoehorn. Maybe names do matter.
In this article, we’ll explore what, if any, are the diffe..
How to Get Started with the MVP Workflow
Few things are more important to a web designer or developer’s chances of success than having the proper workflow. The term “workflow” applies to the set of standardized steps you or your company uses to create, test, and deploy designs or products.
Over the years, as development processes have evo..
Scenarios Where the WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor Replaces Custom Code
Extensibility has long been one of the strengths of WordPress. If there’s something the content management system (CMS) doesn’t do out-of-the-box, you can write code or install a plugin to enable it.
Thus, building websites with WordPress usually means adding at least some custom code along the way..
Best (free) Figma Plugins 2021
Best Free Figma Plugins for Wireframing, Flow Charts, Responsive Design, Breakpoints, Maps, Redlines, and Google Sheets integration
Why would a business push a native app over a website?
I wanted to write down what I think the reasons are here in December of 2021 so that we might revisit it from time to time in the future and see if these reasons are still relevant. I’m a web guy myself, so I’m interested in seeing how the web can evolve to mitigate these concerns.
I’m exclusively..
Using Position Sticky With CSS Grid
Say you’ve got a two-column CSS grid and you want one of those columns to behave like position: sticky;. There is nothing stopping you from doing that. But the default height for those two columns is going to be “as tall as the tallest content in either column” because the default behavior for grid ..
Standardizing Focus Styles With CSS Custom Properties
Take two minutes right now and visit your current project in a browser. Then, using only the Tab key, you should be able to navigate between interactive elements including buttons, links, and form elements.
If you are sighted, you should be able to visually follow the focus as it jumps between elem..
Pantone Color of the Year 2022
At this time every year, Pantone announces its choice for Color of the Year for the coming 12 months. The last year has been uncertain, to say the least, and although a tentative optimism seems to be piercing the general gloom, it’s difficult to see how that can be expressed in color.
On this occas..
