clipPath vs. mask

These things are so similar, I find it hard to keep them straight. This is a nice little explanation from viewBox (what a cool name and URL, I hope they keep it up). The big thing is that clipPath (the element in SVG, as well as clip-path in CSS) is vector and when it is applied, whatever you are ..

Product management and design: Who does what?

It’s nothing new that conflict may arise between Product and Design teams. Here’s what we did to help everyone work together. Continue reading on UX Collective »

The big flaw of social networks, and how to solve it

A little more than two decades ago, the young web had a very big problem: Finding the “right” information and what you needed was very hard. In other words, back then, search engines sucked. And then came Google, with a single purpose, to show people what they need, when they need it. It was not an ..

A swiss cheese model for reducing biases in user research

Developing a model to reduce the impact of cognitive biases in User Research.Fig: Swiss Cheese Model for preventing Corona Virus infection.Every accident has underlying factors behind its occurrence. Those factors are usually human or design-related which causes slips and mistakes, which cause the a..

A Utility Class for Covering Elements

Big ol’ same to Michelle Barker here: Here’s something I find myself needing to do again and again in CSS: completely covering one element with another. It’s the same CSS every time: the first element (the one that needs to be covered) has position: relative applied to it. The second has position: ..

Weekly News for Designers № 572

2020 Web Design Year in Review – A look back at some important and interesting developments that impacted web designers this past year. Search Engine Optimization Checklist (PDF) – Use this handy reference to solve your most tedious SEO issues. Wavelry – Create your own custom wave graphics with t..

How the enneagram made me a better product manager

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Prototyping competition – Share your awesome paper prototypes to win!

Have you recently taken part in a design thinking workshop and created an awesome prototype using Marvel? We’re looking for cool examples of prototypes that have helped bring your ideas to life; what’s more, we’re looking to reward and showcase the best ones that we receive. The winner will receive..

Responsible, Conditional Loading

Over on the Polypane blog (there’s no byline but presumably it’s Kilian Valkhof (it is)), there is a great article, Creating websites with prefers-reduced-data, about the prefers-reduced-data media query. No browser support yet, but eventually you can use it in CSS to make choices that reduce data u..

How volunteering for a crisis hotline makes me a better designer

I’m going to tell you something about myself that will make me sound extraordinarily privileged: hearing stories from those contacting our… Continue reading on UX Collective »