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The Large, Small, and Dynamic Viewports
We’ve got viewport units (e.g. vw, vh, vmin, vmax), and they are mostly pretty great. It’s cool to always have a unit available that is relative to the entire screen. But when you ask people what they want fixed up in CSS, viewport units are always on the list. The problem is that people use them to..
Exciting New Tools For Designers, August 2021
It’s almost time for another season of change. Although the temperatures might not reflect it, this is the time of year where most of us start thinking about what’s next.
This collection of tools and resources for designers is just the spark to propel you forward with work as you think ahead. Here’..
Exploring the CSS Paint API: Image Fragmentation Effect
In my previous article, I created a fragmentation effect using CSS mask and custom properties. It was a neat effect but it has one drawback: it uses a lot of CSS code (generated using Sass). This time I am going to redo the same effect but rely on the new Paint API. This drastically reduces the amou..
8 CSS Snippets for Creating Split-Screen Layouts
Split-screen UIs have become a popular way to showcase content. We often think of them as being utilized in areas where we want users to choose between two options. But we’re also seeing other creative uses of the technique.
For example, a split-screen can also be used to great effect as a full-pag..
Popular Design News of the Week: August 2 2021 – August 8, 2021
Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site.
The best way to keep up with the most important stories..
SVG Gobbler
Great little project from Ross Moody:
SVG Gobbler is a browser extension that finds the vector content on the page you’re viewing and gives you the option to download, optimize, copy, view the code, or export it as an image.
When a site uses SVG as an ![]()
, you can right-click/save-as like any o..
New Nuxt Features past v2.10
Nuxt offers an incredible developer experience, with a lot of performance and application setup best practices baked in. In recent releases, they’ve been working on taking this developer experience to the next level, with some newer features that speed up and simplify developer processes. Let’s expl..
Efficient Infinite Utility Helpers Using Inline CSS Custom Properties and calc()
I recently wrote a very basic Sass loop that outputs several padding and margin utility classes. Nothing fancy, really, just a Sass map with 11 spacing values, looped over to create classes for both padding and margin on each side. As we’ll see, this works, but it ends up a pretty hefty amount of CS..
gridless.design
Donnie D’Amato built a whole site around the thesis that “digital designers still expect to use the grid while experienced layout engineers have moved beyond it.” The idea isn’t that we should never literally use display: grid; but rather that strict adherence to an overall page grid isn’t necessary..
Review: Should Designers Use Design Bundles?
One of the most challenging stages of a design project is laboriously producing all those assets that bring it to life.
Whether you’re a web designer in need of icons, or a brand designer looking for mockups, it’s a smart move to fall back on stock assets to speed up your turnaround, reduce costs, ..
