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Testing is one of those things that you either get super excited about or kinda close your eyes and walk away. Whichever camp you fall into, I’m here to tell you that front-end testing is for everyone. In fact, there are many types of tests and perhaps that is where some of the initial fear or confu..

Critical CSS is one of those things I see in my performance reports but always seem to ignore. I know what it means. It means to put only the CSS required to render things immediately visible in a tag in the so it comes across in the first network request, then load the rest asynchron..

(Note: Unfortunately, e-mail and RSS don’t support advanced layouts and features. If the graphics in this article look strange, you may want to read the article in your web browser.) Key Takeaways Users often instinctively reach for a submit button to the right of the search field — whether it’s there or not — instead of looking towards the touch keyboard. Not displaying a search submit button next to the field slows users down, especially during search iterations. Without keyboard optimization specific to search, users who do look towards the touch keyboard to submit their query will struggle to identify the default keyboard submit key. When searching for products on mobile websites, users won’t always look towards the touch keyboard to submit their search queries. Indeed, during our large-scale mobile usability testing, some users would mainly look to the webpage UI itself at first, therefore failing to notice or recognize the touch keyboards’ search submit button provided by ..

The timeless business card is one of the most important marketing and networking tools a creative professional can possess. It not only delivers your personal brand to future clients, but it is also the first window of opportunity to showcase your skills as a designer. How do you, as a designer, cr..

Consistency is good practice in all areas of web design. On the front end, it makes for a better user experience. Under the hood, maintenance becomes more efficient. Yet there are times when a specific part of a design doesn’t quite fit the mold. It may be a one-off design feature that is utilized ..

Modern apps place high demands on front-end developers. Web apps require complex functionality, and the lion’s share of that work is falling to front-end devs: building modern, accessible user interfacescreating interactive elements and complex animationsmanaging complex application statemeta-progr..

I’ve been using Local for ages. Four years ago, I wrote about how I got all my WordPress sites running locally on it. I just wanted to give it another high five because it’s still here and still great. In fact, much great than it was back then. Disclosure, Flywheel, the makers of Local, sponsor th..

Want to know which of the top blogging platforms you should consider using this year? Blogging is still one of the best ways to draw attention to your brand, generate thought leadership, and build your credibility. Research suggests that US internet users spend 3x more of their browsing time on blo..

We all love typography. And when type is set in motion, we love it even more! When used properly, text distortion effects (or, the “glitch” effect) can greatly enhance the typography of a web design, especially when used for drawing attention to a particular headline, tagline, or regular block of t..

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