A font-display setting for slow connections
Me, I really dislike FOUT. I like that it’s an option, because not displaying text quickly on the web is no good. I know font-display: swap; is popular because it’s good for performance, but that FOUT stuff pains me. Matt Hobbs:
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3 Steps to Enable Client Hints on Your Image CDN
The goal of Client Hints is to provide a framework for a browser when informing the server about the context in which a web experience is provided.
HTTP Client Hints are a proposed set of HTTP Header Fields for proactive content negotiation in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The client can adverti..
Using research to showcase the value of design
Moving design beyond aesthetics and towards business strategy
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I’ve just inherited a huge product backlog!
How I’ve employed product management best practices to wrap my head around prioritizing thousands of backlogged tickets.At every company I’ve joined as a Product Manager, the role inherits a giant backlog. In one company, the backlog literally consisted of over 2900 items — some of which were logged..
What to consider when deciding on a UX education
How to find a course that works best for your priorities.
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CSS Individual Transform Properties in Safari Technology Preview
The WebKit blog details how to use individual CSS Transform properties in the latest version of Safari Technology Preview. This brings the browser in line with the CSS Transforms Module Level 2 spec, which breaks out the translate(), rotate() and scale() functions from the transform property into th..
UX Psychology #2: increasing conversions with the Decoy Effect
The cognitive bias that makes us proud of being made fools of.Have you ever noticed that some fast food prices seem absolutely clueless? I mean, how come a medium Starbucks cup is $4 while an extra-large is $5? Shouldn’t it be twice as much?!
The funny thing is that most people feel like they have g..
Reflection on 2020 as a service designer: Leading with empathy for everyone
Empathy is a journey and outcomes are never certain!
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UI designers, do you need to shift focus in 2021?
Various stimuli made me think about the topic of staying relevant lately.Glasses by Xinh Studio and Binoculars by Tom Ingebretsen, from the Noun Project.The key contributor, I think, is the constant reminder of how highly valued a glossy surface is. A slick and modern UI will get the votes in 2020 (..
Cloudinary Tricks for Video
Creating video is time consuming. A well-made 5-minute video can take hours to plan, record, and edit — and that’s before we start talking about making that video consistent with all the other videos on your site.
When we took on the Jamstack Explorers project (a video-driven educational resource f..